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Activists: Fed Has Power to Spur Recovery in Poor Communities

The Charlotte Post - March 6, 2015, by Herbert White - America’s economy may be in recovery, but Simone McCray can’t see it.

McCray works at a Charlotte warehouse where she earns $8.10 an...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

A 'striking lack of diversity' at the Fed distorts economic policy in ways most people don’t consider

In a new report from the liberal-leaning Fed Up, a coalition of community groups advocating for continued low interest rates from the Fed with a view to helping the country's poorer families enjoy...

Business Insider | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

For immigrants fighting deportation, a push for government-funded lawyers

Nearly 4,000 immigrants in the Washington region face deportation every year without a lawyer, according to a report that calls on area governments to follow the lead of New...

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Banks eye changes to CEO gatherings

Banks eye changes to CEO gatherings

BANKS EYE CHANGES TO CEO GATHERINGS — When the Financial Services Forum holds its next meeting, a key item on the agenda may well be the fate of the organization representing CEOs of the nation's...

Politico Morning Money | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

New York charter school audits reveal $28 million in questionable expenses

New York State charter schools have made more than $28 million in questionable expenditures since 2002, according to a new review of previous audits of the publicly funded, privately run schools...

Puerto Rico Activists Crash Federal Reserve Panel With Creative Protest

NEW YORK — Over a dozen activists descended on a building where Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and her three living predecessors were speaking on Thursday to demand that the Fed bail out...

Huffington Post | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Citizenship: A Wise Investment for Cities

Citizenship: A Wise Investment for Cities

Metropolitan areas derive much of their vitality from their large immigrant populations. When immigrants become citizens, they make...

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Emboldened Fight for Health Care as a Right

Emboldened Fight for Health Care as a Right

WELCOME TO INTERVIEWS FOR RESISTANCE. Since election night 2016, the streets of the U.S. have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do...

The Baffler | Civic Engagement

Progressive Group Sues Fed, Seeking Information on Presidential Selection

The left-leaning Center for Popular Democracy on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Federal Reserve, seeking to shine light on the central bank’s president selection process....

Morning Consult | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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Warren Calls on Yellen to Increase Diversity at the Fed

Warren Calls on Yellen to Increase Diversity at the Fed

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday committed to increasing diversity at the central bank, particularly within the Fed’s leadership ranks.

“It’s something we will continue to...

Morning Consult | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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