Local legislators support bill to grant driver's licenses regardless of immigration status
Local legislators support bill to grant driver's licenses regardless of immigration status
Legislator Anna Kelles, who worked on the resolution, said the bill being considered are not intended fix anything...
Legislator Anna Kelles, who worked on the resolution, said the bill being considered are not intended fix anything about immigration on a federal level, but is specifically designed to improve road safety. She said there are already people driving who are undocumented, and this measure is intended to make sure they get a license that verifies their identity and knowledge of road safety rules. The license would not be valid for federal purposes such as international travel.
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JPMorgan Chase Stops Funding Private Prison Companies, and Immigration Activists Applaud
JPMorgan Chase Stops Funding Private Prison Companies, and Immigration Activists Applaud
Ana Maria Archila is the co-executive director for the Center for Popular Democracy, a national network of community...
Ana Maria Archila is the co-executive director for the Center for Popular Democracy, a national network of community organizations and individuals that has organized public protests at the bank’s headquarters, at annual meetings and outside the bank’s chief executive’s home in Manhattan.
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Activists Deliver 750,000+ Petition Signatures Urging the Senate to Revoke Trump's National Emergency Declaration
Activists Deliver 750,000+ Petition Signatures Urging the Senate to Revoke Trump's National Emergency Declaration
The petition signatures were collected by CREDO, Public Citizen, Color Of Change, Win Without War, United We Dream,...
The petition signatures were collected by CREDO, Public Citizen, Color Of Change, Win Without War, United We Dream, MoveOn, NDWA, UltraViolet, DailyKos, Defending Rights & Dissent, Bend the Arc Jewish Action, People Demanding Action, Women’s March, Center for Popular Democracy…
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Legislators urge state to 'double down' on funding for water infrastructure improvements
Legislators urge state to 'double down' on funding for water infrastructure improvements
With a resolution passed Tuesday, Tompkins County legislators are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state leaders to "double...
With a resolution passed Tuesday, Tompkins County legislators are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state leaders to "double down" on water infrastructure funding through the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, which has successfully helped towns locally and across the state make needed, expensive improvements.
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Moms Celebrate That JPMorgan Chase Will No Longer "Bank the Private Prison Industry"
Moms Celebrate That JPMorgan Chase Will No Longer "Bank the Private Prison Industry"
Members of MomsRising signed thousands of petitions and delivered letters to their local Chase bank branches from coast...
Members of MomsRising signed thousands of petitions and delivered letters to their local Chase bank branches from coast to coast as part of the nationwide Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability campaign. Across the country, more than 500,000 people made it clear the funding of private prisons by Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase is unacceptable, including those with the Families Belong Together coalition, Make the Road NY, Candide Group, Presente.org, Center for Popular Democracy…
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The Marxist Roots of "Medicare for All"
Jayapal was surrounded by more than 100 supporters, many from groups such as National Nurses United, the Center for...
Jayapal was surrounded by more than 100 supporters, many from groups such as National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy, Our Revolution, Coalition of Labor Union Women, and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer.
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Central Florida 100: Legislature, Rosen and the search for a UCF leader
Central Florida 100: Legislature, Rosen and the search for a UCF leader
Last week: Justice for Renters: Florida is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. A report released last week by...
Last week: Justice for Renters: Florida is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. A report released last week by PolicyLink and the Center for Popular Democracy, sheds light on the unprecedented scale of the crisis facing renters and establishes principles for effective rent control policies.
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Rent control gains momentum after Chicago voters again give it thumbs up
Rent control gains momentum after Chicago voters again give it thumbs up
The push for rent control is nationwide. Oregon passed the country’s first statewide rent control law this week. A...
The push for rent control is nationwide. Oregon passed the country’s first statewide rent control law this week. A report released this week by two nonprofit advocacy groups, PolicyLink Right to the City Alliance and Center for Popular Democracy, concluded it is the best policy for stabilizing housing costs.
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"People Power Beats Corporate Greed": After Years of Pressure, JPMorgan Agrees to Divest from Private Prisons
"People Power Beats Corporate Greed": After Years of Pressure, JPMorgan Agrees to Divest from Private Prisons
Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy, and New York Communities for Change were among the organizations...
Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy, and New York Communities for Change were among the organizations credited with pressuring the bank to stop bankrolling CoreCivic and GEO Group, the nation's largest private prison operators.
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Rent Control The Best Way To Stabilize Housing Costs, Says New Report
The new report “Our Homes Our Future,” by PolicyLink Right to the City Alliance and Center for Popular Democracy, says...
The new report “Our Homes Our Future,” by PolicyLink Right to the City Alliance and Center for Popular Democracy, says “Leveraging this powerful yet underutilized tool would have tremendous payoff: if the rent control and tenant protection policies being debated right now in states and localities become reality, 12.7 million renter households will be stabilized. If adopted by states nationwide, 42 million households could be stabilized.
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