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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Following Pressure From Advocates, JPMorgan Chase Stops Financially Backing Private Prisons
Following Pressure From Advocates, JPMorgan Chase Stops Financially Backing Private Prisons
"The country has seen the images of humans in cages and heard the cries of children begging to be reunited with their...
"The country has seen the images of humans in cages and heard the cries of children begging to be reunited with their parents. Our immigration enforcement system is cruel and inhumane. Providing financial backing to this industry is not morally defensible", said Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy.
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Severance Pay Could Be The Next Big Progressive Labor Cause
Severance Pay Could Be The Next Big Progressive Labor Cause
The effort is backed by the Organization United for Respect, which has a history of organizing Walmart employees, and...
The effort is backed by the Organization United for Respect, which has a history of organizing Walmart employees, and the liberal advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy.
Local, Federal Officials Still Seeking Answers, Support for Condemning ICE
Local, Federal Officials Still Seeking Answers, Support for Condemning ICE
The letter from Durham City Councilmember Javiera Caballero and Mecklenburg County Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-...
The letter from Durham City Councilmember Javiera Caballero and Mecklenburg County Commissioner Susan Rodriguez-McDowell was sent to the media in a release from Local Progress, a project from the larger organization Popular Democracy.
Rent control could be coming to more states after Oregon
Rent control could be coming to more states after Oregon
Rent control isn't the only way to fix the current housing crisis. But it is one of the easiest. A new report from...
Rent control isn't the only way to fix the current housing crisis. But it is one of the easiest. A new report from advocacy groups the Right to the City Alliance, Center for Popular Democracy and PolicyLink find that universal rent control would help 42 million households if implemented across the U.S.
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Here’s what the Democrats’ new Medicare for All bill would do
Here’s what the Democrats’ new Medicare for All bill would do
This means a Medicare for All program would need to be implemented as quickly as possible. Advocates with the Center...
This means a Medicare for All program would need to be implemented as quickly as possible. Advocates with the Center for Popular Democracy told ThinkProgress in January they were pushing for a faster transition period because they wanted the president who signs the Medicare for All bill into law to be the one who oversees implementation.
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House Progressives To Unveil The Most Ambitious ‘Medicare For All’ Bill Yet
House Progressives To Unveil The Most Ambitious ‘Medicare For All’ Bill Yet
Jennifer Epps-Addison, the president of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, which organizes low-income communities...
Jennifer Epps-Addison, the president of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, which organizes low-income communities of color and is backing the legislation, said that even though she and her husband had decent employer-sponsored coverage, his multiple sclerosis diagnosis three years ago turned their world “upside down.” They struggle to afford their out-of-pocket health care costs, she said, particularly now that her husband is out of work.
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