CPD In The News
Activist Ady Barkan
Ady Barkan is an organizer and activist with the Center for Popular Democracy in Brooklyn, NY, and the founder of the Be A Hero PAC.
According to Escobar, the fair workweek concept was hatched at the Center for Popular Democracy, which advocates for workers rights, immigrants right, racial and economic justice.
In parts of rural Indiana, New Hampshire, and Vermont, grassroots organizations—some of which are part of larger national organizing networks such as People’s Action and the Center for Popular Democracy
According to a new report from the
Unpredictable schedules can be brutal for hourly workers, upending their lives.
Alicia Fleming had worked as a server at restaurants in Massachusetts for a decade and a half. She enjoyed the work, but after she had her son at the age of 32, she found it impossible to stay in the job.
Looking at economies around the world, it’s easy to think that reconciling markets with justice, or profit with basic fairness and human decency, is simply impossible.
When Fairfax County Public Schools appointed Clint Mitchell as the new principal at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School, the district’s primary directive to its newest administrator was change the culture.
It did not take Mitchell long to understand why.
Over the past year, private prison giants CoreCivic and GEO Group have been abandoned by Wall Street and seen their stock prices plummet.
