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Zara Latest ‘Cool’ Retailer in Hot Water for Alleged Discrimination

Spanish fashion chain Zara is among several “hip” retailers making headlines recently for alleged discrimination against employees.

Ian Miller, a former attorney for the mega-...

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New Toolkit Puts Municipal ID Within Reach of Legislators Across Country

New Toolkit Puts Municipal ID Within Reach of Legislators Across Country

Today, Center for Popular Democracy is releasing a new guide to setting up municipal ID Building...

Center for Popular Democracy

Immigrants, Advocates Rally For New York State Citizenship

CBS New York - June 16, 2014 - They are not U.S. citizens, but a plan is in the works to allow undocumented New Yorkers to become citizens of the state.

Chanting “New York is my home” and...

Movement for paid sick leave gains ground

The New Crossroads - May 13, 2013, By Gregory N. Heires - Grassroots campaigns for local and state laws requiring employers to provide their workers with paid sick days are gaining steam.

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Why the People’s Climate March matters to people of color like me

Ever since taking power, the Trump administration has made clear it intends to wage war on the environment. It’s given the green light to both the Dakota Access and Keystone pipelines and geared...

Grist | Organizing for Environmental Justice

No sanctuary cities in Florida? That’s not as settled as Andrew Gillum claims

It’s difficult to speak in absolutes when discussing sanctuary cities, because as Gillum said, there is no formal definition. The term can be used to make either negative or positive arguments...

Politifact Florida

The First Time Maria Gallagher Talked About Her Sexual Assault, It Was to Senator Flake

The Senate Judiciary Committee has officially voted to move Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination forward. However, Sen. Jeff Flake has requested an FBI investigation take place before the...

Elle | Civic Engagement
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Five takeaways from Colorado's campaign finance reports

Five takeaways from Colorado's campaign finance reports

KUSA - Candidates and campaigns had to file their latest round of finance reports to the Secretary of State’s office Monday.

Here’s what we learned from reading those reports.

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Colorado News 9 | Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

Gillibrand Has Received Big Campaign Donations from Puerto Rico Bondholders

“Politicians that receive money from hedge fund managers like Seth Klarman and Dan Loeb should understand that their money is coming from people who have pushed austerity and privatization as the...

Sludge | Civic Engagement

On-call Shifts String Retail Workers Along

The Boston Globe - April 19, 2015, by Dante Ramos - Because life-threatening crises arise at odd times, people in some fields have days when they’re on call. EMTs get called...

Restoring a Fair Workweek

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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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