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Puerto Rico, Diaspora Call on Congress to Hold Hearings on FOMB

06.19.2019

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06/19/2019 | Organizing for a Just Recovery in Puerto Rico and Beyond

New York Could Become First State To Be Completely Done With Private Prisons

According to a groundbreaking April 2019 data brief by #FamiliesBelongTogether coalition members In the Public Interest and The Center for Popular Democracy, GEO Group has a $900 million revolving...

06/19/2019 | Forbes | Holding Wall Street Accountable
[created] | Published by: Jacobin
06/17/2019

Universal Rent Control Now

Universal Rent Control Now

The Center for Popular Democracy, the Right to the City Alliance, and PolicyLink recently released a report, “Our Homes, Our Future,” to highlight the critical importance of rent control. Our...

06/17/2019 | Jacobin | Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive
[created] | Published by: CNN
06/16/2019

United Shades of America

United Shades of America

Last year, L.I.T. and the Center For Popular Democracy released a report that showed Milwaukee’s black high school students made up 53% of the student body but accounted for 80% of the over  10,...

06/16/2019 | CNN | Organizing for Education Justice
[created] | Published by: The Huffington Post
06/12/2019

Activists Take On Medicare For All, The Census And Abortion In Day Of Action

Activists Take On Medicare For All, The Census And Abortion In Day Of Action

A few dozen protesters participated in a series of events, organized by the advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy, that were based around a common theme: the belief that the decisions of...

06/12/2019 | The Huffington Post
[created] | Published by: Medpage Today
06/10/2019

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...

06/10/2019 | Medpage Today | Civic Engagement
[created] | Published by: The Appeal
06/10/2019

Durham City Council says no to more police

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...

06/10/2019 | The Appeal
[created] | Published by: Radio Bilingue - National Latino Public Radio Network
06/7/2019

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,...

06/7/2019 | Radio Bilingue - National Latino Public Radio Network
[created] | Published by: Corporate Crime Reporter
06/6/2019

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...

06/6/2019 | Corporate Crime Reporter | Civic Engagement
[created] | Published by: Medium
06/2/2019

Mueller found no collusion — The Russians didn’t need it

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...

06/2/2019 | Medium

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