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This summer, we have the opportunity to influence crucial policy decisions that could impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers and families across the country. As the House and Senate...
07/26/21
Federal Advocacy: Fighting Back & Fighting Forward
Strategic research, policy, and legal expertise are critical components to advancing national and local campaigns in communities across the country. From highlighting the experiences of our...
07/26/21
Nearly 40 million people were left unemployed after COVID-19 struck in 2020. If we don’t make bold changes to our nation’s economic and social foundation now, we could squander our best chance to...
07/26/21
Unemployed Action
CPD network affiliates have been in the streets, organizing, rallying and lobbying since the pandemic began to keep their members in their homes and neighborhoods. So many of CPD affiliate members...
07/26/21
Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive
How many people should be unemployed? Do we want wages for working people to be rising? Should we end the racial employment gap that means Black workers will no longer be unemployed at twice the rate...
07/26/21
Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
CPD’s network of affiliates are proof that strong movement organizations can win transformational change. Creating a strong base is key to our work and CPD’s national base-building program, staffed...
07/26/21
Base-Building & Affiliates
This June, ProGov21, a progressive policy project of COWS at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is featuring CPD’s work on voting rights on their website and media platforms. In preparation for the...
07/26/21
Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy
Yesterday was a powerful day for racial justice. The House Judiciary Committee reviewed the Immigration No Ban Act, and there were historic hearings in Congress held for the Self-Determination Act to...
04/15/21
Justice Transformation
We are celebrating a huge victory in New York this week! After a year-long fight that culminated in a 23-day hunger strike led by the members of CPD's affiliates Make the Road New York (MRNY), New...
04/08/21
Strategic research, policy and legal expertise are critical components to advancing both CPD-driven national campaigns and local affiliate-driven campaigns in communities across the country. From...
04/08/21

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