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[created] | Published by: Slate
08/28/2019

Piper Perabo: Resistance Celebrity

Piper Perabo: Resistance Celebrity

When Perabo learned about that August 2017 march, it was already underway. Soon, she was on a train from her home in...

08/28/2019 | Slate | Justice Transformation
[created] | Published by: CNN Business
08/27/2019

The Trump administration is decimating workers' rights

The Trump administration is decimating workers' rights

The Trump administration is advancing policies that further rig a system that's already stacked against working people...

08/27/2019 | CNN Business

Next Left: Greg Casar Is Bringing Progressive Politics to Texas—and He’s Winning

There’s a smarter way of doing politics emerging in this country, one that recognizes that every elected position has...

08/27/2019 | The Nation

Broadway Advocacy Coalition Announces Second Quarterly Gathering Featuring Stephanie Hsu, Shaina Taub, and More

The Broadway Advocacy Coalitiona is a group of Broadway artists committed to building the capacity of advocates,...

08/27/2019 | Broadway World | Civic Engagement
[created] | Published by: The Intercept
08/22/2019

Hedge Fund Cash Flows to Presidential Candidates—at Puerto Rico’s Expense

Hedge Fund Cash Flows to Presidential Candidates—at Puerto Rico’s Expense

“We applaud Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in this important step and show of solidarity for the people of Puerto...

Sanders and Warren Celebrated for Returning Donations From Employees at Hedge Funds Linked to Puerto Rico

“In order to effect that change," said Julio López Varona, the co-director of community dignity campaigns at the Center...

[created] | Published by: The New Republic
08/21/2019

The New American Homeless

The New American Homeless

“Rent control is one of the most effective tools to alleviate our renter crisis,” argues a ...

08/21/2019 | The New Republic | Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive
[created] | Published by: Workers World
08/17/2019

Activists challenge ICE profiteers

Activists challenge ICE profiteers

Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, shares of CoreCivic Inc. and GEO Group (CXW and GEO on the...

08/17/2019 | Workers World

USCIS niega que director Cuccinelli ordenó retirar Estatua de la Libertad frente a sus oficinas

Una polémica se desató por el retiro de una réplica de la Estatua de la Libertad frente a las oficinas de Servicios de...

08/16/2019 | La Opinión
[created] | Published by: MarketWatch
08/13/2019

Opinion: Ingrained racism is the reason Americans can't have nice things

Opinion: Ingrained racism is the reason Americans can't have nice things

Connie Razza, director of strategic research at the progressive activist group Center For Popular Democracy, also...

08/13/2019 | MarketWatch

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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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