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Private Prison Company GEO Group Says Activists Pose Risk to Bottom Line

“We will no longer bank the private prison industry,” JP Morgan announced in March after a long public pressure...

05/8/2019 | Newsweek | Holding Wall Street Accountable

Pledging to Treat Opioid Epidemic 'Like the Public Health Crisis That It Is,' Warren Unveils CARE Act

"If we are serious about addressing the opioid crisis, we must pass the CARE Act," Jennifer Flynn Walker of the Center...

05/8/2019 | Common Dreams | Civic Engagement
[created] | Published by: Wisconsin Public Radio
05/7/2019

Student Activists Call On Lawmakers, MPS To Break School-To-Prison Pipeline

Student Activists Call On Lawmakers, MPS To Break School-To-Prison Pipeline

About 50 young people, mostly students of color, who are activists with the community-based justice organization...

05/7/2019 | Wisconsin Public Radio | Organizing for Education Justice

Do Susan Collins and Cory Gardner Really Want to Make Their Re-elections About Keeping Kids in Cages?

“We were at the forefront of holding Secretary Nielsen accountable for the role she played in crafting and executing...

05/7/2019 | The Intercept
[created] | Published by: Lovett or Leave It
05/4/2019

Democracy: Endgame (Live from Houston)

Democracy: Endgame (Live from Houston)

Marvel introduces a gay character (who’s in one scene and has NO powers). Kamala Harris wipes the floor with William...

05/4/2019 | Lovett or Leave It
[created] | Published by: Medium
05/4/2019

Trump is not a Tyrant — he just admires them

Trump is not a Tyrant — he just admires them

Nick Licata served on the Seattle City Council for 18 years until his retirement in December 2015, named progressive...

05/4/2019 | Medium
[created] | Published by: The New York Times
05/3/2019

Dying Is No Reason to Stop Fighting

Dying Is No Reason to Stop Fighting

Ady Barkan rolled into Washington this week in a motorized wheelchair, unable to talk or to chew food or to lift his...

05/3/2019 | The New York Times | Civic Engagement

Funding private immigrant detention centers would be off limits for NY banks under new law

A report by research group In the Public Interest analyzing financial backers of the industry noted that by providing “...

05/3/2019 | New York Daily News | Holding Wall Street Accountable

Coalition of Left-Wing Groups Demands Universities Blacklist Former Trump Officials

It publicly names 38 different groups: Restore Public Trust, Allied Progress, America’s Voice, American Bridge, Bridges...

05/2/2019 | PJ Media

To End Crushing Debt, Warren Introduces Relief Package to Help Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico 'Recover With Dignity'

Jesus Gonzalez, an organizer with the Center For Popular Democracy, pointed out in a statement that tougher action on...

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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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