Protesters Rally, Disrupt Opening Session at AMA Meeting
Protesters Rally, Disrupt Opening Session at AMA Meeting
Jennifer Epps-Addison, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, a grassroots lobbying organization, led the group in chants of "Everybody In, Nobody Out!" She explained that her...
Jennifer Epps-Addison, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, a grassroots lobbying organization, led the group in chants of "Everybody In, Nobody Out!" She explained that her husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a few years ago, and even though she has good health insurance, it costs the family $800 per month in premiums, and still more in other out-of-pocket costs. "This current healthcare system not only doesn't work for low-income and no-income people, but it doesn't work for the middle class families who are struggling to get by either," she said. "My family is one job transition away from risking my husband's life. That ain't right."
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Linea Abierta: Immigration Edition
Linea Abierta: Immigration Edition
Advocates greet the House passage of the Dream and Promise Act (HR 6) calling it a historic legislation and vowing to take now their fight to the Senate. On other news, according to new figures,...
Advocates greet the House passage of the Dream and Promise Act (HR 6) calling it a historic legislation and vowing to take now their fight to the Senate. On other news, according to new figures, the number of people who are becoming citizens is rising again while activists continue pressing USCIS to deal with the huge backlog of applications. On other story: pastors and churches who help asylum seekers in Arizona are being threatened and harassed by extreme anti-immigration groups and they are not going to take it anymore. These and other stories are discussed in this weekly edition.
Guests: Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director, Center for Popular Democracy, New York, NY; Susan Collins, Director of Policy and Advocacy, National Partnership for New Americans, Washington, DC; Others TBA.
Tune into the program on Tuesday, June 11.
Single Payer Advocates to Protest AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago
Single Payer Advocates to Protest AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago
The protests against the AMA are being organized by Physicians for a National Health Program, Students for a National Health Program, National Nurses United, Public Citizen, The Center for Popular...
The protests against the AMA are being organized by Physicians for a National Health Program, Students for a National Health Program, National Nurses United, Public Citizen, The Center for Popular Democracy, labor unions, teachers, activists.
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Durham City Council says no to more police
“Kumar Rao of the Center for Popular Democracy was one of the authors of the report. “As a nation we’re spending over $100 billion a year on policing and the vast bulk at that is actually at the...
“Kumar Rao of the Center for Popular Democracy was one of the authors of the report. “As a nation we’re spending over $100 billion a year on policing and the vast bulk at that is actually at the local level,” he told the Daily Appeal. “In cities, the single largest allocation of resources is going to the police department. … No place has unlimited resources and there are tradeoffs involved in that kind of expenditure on policing. It means less investment in the things that keep communities safe.”
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Mueller found no collusion — The Russians didn’t need it
Nick Licata, a 5 term Seattle City Councilmember, named progressive municipal official of the year by The Nation, and is founding board chair of Local Progress, a national network of 800...
Nick Licata, a 5 term Seattle City Councilmember, named progressive municipal official of the year by The Nation, and is founding board chair of Local Progress, a national network of 800 progressive municipal officials.
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Celine McNicholas on Forced Arbitration, Ian Head on Freedom of Information
Celine McNicholas on Forced Arbitration, Ian Head on Freedom of Information
...but a new report outlines just tell a tilted the workplace balance of power has become in this country and what we need to do to restore workers' voice and power and work titled unchecked...
...but a new report outlines just tell a tilted the workplace balance of power has become in this country and what we need to do to restore workers' voice and power and work titled unchecked corporate power forced arbitration the enforcement crisis and how workers are fighting back the report comes from the Center For Popular Democracy the economic policy institute we'll speak with one of the authors…
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Beyond Amazon: An Inclusive Economic Vision for New York
Beyond Amazon: An Inclusive Economic Vision for New York
We forged national and international alliances before the HQ2 moment hit, and we leaned on allies like the Partnership for Working Families and the Center for Popular Democracy to keep us in sync...
We forged national and international alliances before the HQ2 moment hit, and we leaned on allies like the Partnership for Working Families and the Center for Popular Democracy to keep us in sync with folks from Seattle to Europe, Northern Virginia to Minneapolis. Local Progress, a national network of local progressive elected officials, connected us to the Seattle council members who taught us what to expect from Amazon.
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Chicago Predictive Scheduling Bill Revived With Mayor’s Support
Chicago Predictive Scheduling Bill Revived With Mayor’s Support
“I think Chicago is breaking new ground in terms of industries where we all know that there are problems with erratic and unreliable schedules and bringing in additional industries where workers...
“I think Chicago is breaking new ground in terms of industries where we all know that there are problems with erratic and unreliable schedules and bringing in additional industries where workers really need that coverage,” said Rachel Deutsch, the supervising attorney for worker justice at the Center for Popular Democracy. “And through that sort of iterative process from one city to another, I think we’re more likely to expand the scope.”
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Universal Rent Control Now
Ignore the neoliberal naysayers; rent control can be an important tool in our battle for housing justice.
Rent control is making a comeback. Across the country, tenants and housing justice...
Ignore the neoliberal naysayers; rent control can be an important tool in our battle for housing justice.
Rent control is making a comeback. Across the country, tenants and housing justice organizers are taking on the mighty real estate lobby and its political allies through a powerful escalation of legislative and electoral activity. Oregon enacted a statewide rent cap in February.
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Advocacy Groups Report Pushes For Expanded Drivers License...
Advocacy Groups Report Pushes For Expanded Drivers License...
A new report is pointing out social and financial benefits to expanding drivers license access. The report finds that allowing undocumented immigrants access to drivers licenses would bring...
A new report is pointing out social and financial benefits to expanding drivers license access. The report finds that allowing undocumented immigrants access to drivers licenses would bring millions of dollars for New York and New Jersey. It’s from the Center For Popular Democracy and the National Immigration Law Center.
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