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Protesters disrupt Senate hearing on health care bill that may be dead

WASHINGTON — The Republican bill to replace Obamacare appears all but dead in the Senate, but the chamber’s Finance Committee proceeded with a hearing on it anyway Monday afternoon.

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USA Today | Civic Engagement

The Workers Defense Project, a Union in Spirit

The New York Times - August 10, 2013, by Steven Greenhouse - Like most construction workers who come to see Patricia Zavala, the two dozen men who crowded into her office in Austin, Tex.,...

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How Flake came to secure Kavanaugh delay

How Flake came to secure Kavanaugh delay

At a crucial moment during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s rancorous debate on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) realized he had to act and ducked out of the...

The Hill | Civic Engagement
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Activist Group Presses for Diversity on Fed Boards

Activist Group Presses for Diversity on Fed Boards

An activist group on Monday named a slate of candidates it would like to see placed on the boards overseeing the regional Federal Reserve banks, saying these people would promote diversity at the...

Wall Street Journal | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Outside Clout in Final Report?

Times Union - August 10, 2014, by  Casey Seiler - Between its draft and final versions, a report by...

Urban Outfitters heeds call to end on-call shifts

WELL, THAT was fast!


Yesterday I wrote about an "on-call" scheduling practice at Urban Outfitters that's unbelievably abusive to its lowest-wage workers. Within...

Restoring a Fair Workweek

Why the Federal Reserve is due for a radical reinvention

The Federal Reserve is a hot topic in the news these days. Usually, the stories revolve around the merits of its decisions: Was quantitative easing a good idea? Should it raise interest rates...

The Week | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Progressive Activists Keep Up Campaign to Thwart Rate Rises

NEW YORK—A group of activists lobbying the Federal Reserve to hold off on raising interest rates is pressing its campaign amid signs from the central bank that it is moving closer to lifting...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Candidates from both parties: Sign pledge to restore democracy in US

Dear presidential candidates:

As you seek election to the highest office of the country, we are asking you to pledge allegiance to the American people. 

Our democracy is in crisis....

Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy

230,000+ Progressives Urge DSCC Not to Fund Any Senate Dems Who Help Confirm Gorsuch

WASHINGTON - Progressive leaders delivered more than 230,000 petition signatures Monday urging the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to publicly announce that it will not allocate campaign...

Common Dreams | Civic Engagement, Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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