Corruption, Mismanagement, and Disrespect Fuel Puerto Rico Protests
Corruption, Mismanagement, and Disrespect Fuel Puerto Rico Protests
“Joining me now to discuss the recent events in Puerto Rico is Julio Lopez Varona. He’s a Co-Director of campaigns at...
“Joining me now to discuss the recent events in Puerto Rico is Julio Lopez Varona. He’s a Co-Director of campaigns at the Center for Popular Democracy, which organizes the Puerto Rican community in the US to advocate for a just recovery for the island. He joins us today from San Juan, Puerto Rico.”
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Close the concentration camps," hundreds protest migrant children being held at Fort Sill
Close the concentration camps," hundreds protest migrant children being held at Fort Sill
According to United We Dream, the following individuals and groups from Oklahoma City were involved in Saturday’s...
According to United We Dream, the following individuals and groups from Oklahoma City were involved in Saturday’s protest:
... Schools Network, The Majority, Workers Defense, Bend the Arc, Sunflower Community Action, Center for Popular Democracy, Sunrise Movement…
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Does Defunding Work? $1.9 Billion Later ... Private Prisons Seem to Think So
Does Defunding Work? $1.9 Billion Later ... Private Prisons Seem to Think So
This week a new report by In the Public Interest, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Public Accountability...
This week a new report by In the Public Interest, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Public Accountability Initiative demonstrated just how much pain private prison companies are feeling.
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Warren's next battleground: private equity firms
Warren's next battleground: private equity firms
The legislation is supported by the AFL-CIO, Americans for Financial Reform, American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, the...
The legislation is supported by the AFL-CIO, Americans for Financial Reform, American Federation of Teachers, SEIU, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Economic Policy Institute, Public Citizen, and others with similar political viewpoints.
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#RickyRenuncia rally at Union Square draws hundreds
#RickyRenuncia rally at Union Square draws hundreds
“Folks have had enough,” said Jesus Gonzalez, national organizer at The Center for Popular Democracy, who attended the...
“Folks have had enough,” said Jesus Gonzalez, national organizer at The Center for Popular Democracy, who attended the rally. “I don’t know how he can stay in office.”
Puerto Rico will not back down
"This is something that has never been seen," Julio E. López Varona, a member of Construamos Otro Acuerdo, told AL DÍA...
"This is something that has never been seen," Julio E. López Varona, a member of Construamos Otro Acuerdo, told AL DÍA. "We had never seen a time when the entire town was summoned against a governor who represents perhaps the worst we've seen, not only in the administration but in the way people are talked about."
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In midst of 'Prime Day,' Amazon workers in Shakopee to strike
In midst of 'Prime Day,' Amazon workers in Shakopee to strike
“Amazon responded to the planned strikes by saying it is already offering what the workers are demanding. "It's time...
“Amazon responded to the planned strikes by saying it is already offering what the workers are demanding. "It's time for change", says Ana María Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, a grassroots organizing network that's supporting the protests.”
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Trump’s packed Supreme Court backs ‘forced arbitration’ that bars workers from taking abusive bosses to court
Trump’s packed Supreme Court backs ‘forced arbitration’ that bars workers from taking abusive bosses to court
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy says that by 2024, more than 80%...
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy says that by 2024, more than 80% of non-union private-sector workers will find courthouse doors chained shut by forced arbitration clauses that ban lawsuits and collective actions. (EPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to press the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions.)
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Connect The Dots – Denying Sanctuary
Listen to Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director...
Listen to Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy and a national voice for immigrant justice, women’s rights and the urgency of a people-centered democracy discussing the devolution of the U.S historic welcome to immigrants, the shocking reality that the U.S. Is incarcerating and mistreating children, the politic dynamic around that, and where we go from here— in conversation with Alison Rose Levy.
Fifth Third slams the door on financing private prison companies
Fifth Third slams the door on financing private prison companies
Fifth Third had $40 million in outstanding balances on term loans and revolving credit lines with Nashville, Tenn.-...
Fifth Third had $40 million in outstanding balances on term loans and revolving credit lines with Nashville, Tenn.-based CoreCivic, one of the two largest private prison operators, as of year-end, according to a report produced by the Center for Popular Democracy, In the Public Interest and the Public Accountability Initiative. CoreCivic has a total of $400 million in outstanding balances with big banks.
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