Wall Street banks still funding the private prison industry
Wall Street banks still funding the private prison industry
New data reveals how Wall Street banks provided more than $2.6 billion in financing to the private prison industry....
New data reveals how Wall Street banks provided more than $2.6 billion in financing to the private prison industry. UNews spoke to Ana María Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, one of the three organizations responsible for the report.
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Bank of America Is Now the Only Big Bank ‘Profiting From Family Separation’
Bank of America Is Now the Only Big Bank ‘Profiting From Family Separation’
A report released Tuesday by In the Public Interest, the Public Accountability Initiative, and the Center for Popular...
A report released Tuesday by In the Public Interest, the Public Accountability Initiative, and the Center for Popular Democracy detailed how Wall Street continues to finance private prisons that violate human rights. That includes financing from Bank of America, now the only top-six bank in the United States providing credit to the for-profit prison industry.
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New Data Reveals Wall Street Continues to Provide Private Prisons Over $2.6 Billion in Financing
New Data Reveals Wall Street Continues to Provide Private Prisons Over $2.6 Billion in Financing
Today, a freshly published data brief by In the Public Interest, the Public Accountability Initiative, and the Center...
Today, a freshly published data brief by In the Public Interest, the Public Accountability Initiative, and the Center for Popular Democracy revealed that Wall Street banks provide over $2.6 billion in credit and loans to private prison companies, despite widespread reports on human rights abuses that occur in prisons and detention centers those companies operate.
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Fair workweek proposal addresses shift workers’ precarious schedules
Fair workweek proposal addresses shift workers’ precarious schedules
“Just-in-time scheduling is the practice, pervasive in low-wage industries, of publishing work schedules just days in...
“Just-in-time scheduling is the practice, pervasive in low-wage industries, of publishing work schedules just days in advance and tweaking those schedules up until the last minute, in an attempt to precisely calibrate staffing to match expected demand,” explained Rachel Deutsch of the Center for Popular Democracy. “Scheduled work hours and workdays may change substantially week-to-week, and employees may have their shifts changed, cancelled, or added at the last minute.”
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Unpaid NY workers' claims languish amid case backlog, advocates say
Unpaid NY workers' claims languish amid case backlog, advocates say
Between 2013 and 2015, the DOL helped workers collect an average of $27 million annually in mandated pay, such as the...
Between 2013 and 2015, the DOL helped workers collect an average of $27 million annually in mandated pay, such as the full minimum hourly wage, overtime compensation and tips, according to a report authored by the workers' rights groups, Make the Road New York and the Center for Popular Democracy.
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Immigration Advocates Are Asking Companies Not To Hire Former Trump Officials
Immigration Advocates Are Asking Companies Not To Hire Former Trump Officials
The groups also took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times reading, "Attention corporate America: don't...
The groups also took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times reading, "Attention corporate America: don't let hate into your boardroom." The effort is being organized by Restore Public Trust, together with some 40 groups that have signed on. Among them are the National Immigration Law Center, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
Lincoln Yards investor Lone Star Funds accused of predatory lending
Those kinds of loans “diverge” from federal and industry standards, according to a report by the Center for Popular...
Those kinds of loans “diverge” from federal and industry standards, according to a report by the Center for Popular Democracy and the ACCE Institute. Because they don’t offer real relief, “modifications from Caliber are less likely to preserve homeownership than loan modifications from many of the other large servicers in the country who follow better standards,” according to the report.
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Elected officials rally against 'discriminatory' bills at Texas Capitol
Elected officials rally against 'discriminatory' bills at Texas Capitol
About a dozen city and county elected officials, including Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, were at the Capitol...
About a dozen city and county elected officials, including Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, were at the Capitol Thursday to talk with lawmakers and voice their opposition to several bills. They want to make sure Senate Bill 15 (SB15), by Conroe Republican Senator Brandon Creighton, doesn't pass. It would ban cities and counties from passing ordinances related to employee benefits and employment policies. That includes paid sick leave policies, LGBTQ protections and banning the box, which is taking questions about criminal history off initial job applications.
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Rally at capitol held to protest bills that would give the state power over cities
Rally at capitol held to protest bills that would give the state power over cities
City council members said they've worked hard to pass paid sick leave and anti-discrimination ordinances. They call the...
City council members said they've worked hard to pass paid sick leave and anti-discrimination ordinances. They call the bills an attack on their work.
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Congressional Disorientation
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating...
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating that they might capture the new members’ attention. Hoping to amplify their message through the most visible members of the progressive movement, they invited Ayanna S. Pressley (D-Mass.) to co-sponsor their Medicare-for-All rally.
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