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Richmond adopts eminent domain mortgage plan

Richmond is adopting a plan to take over underwater mortgages that would invoke the city’s eminent domain powers if necessary.

The city will be the first in the nation to formally adopt the...

Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive, Holding Wall Street Accountable
[created] | Published by: Center for Popular Democracy

America's Worst Employer Pageant Launches Today

America's Worst Employer Pageant Launches Today

Today, Center for Popular Democracy launches the first-ever Worst Employer Pageant asking America to help crown the nation’s worst employer based on how abominably it treats its employees. By...

Center for Popular Democracy
[created] | Published by: The Nation

The Health-Care Industry Is Sick

The Health-Care Industry Is Sick

I have ALS, a deadly, incurable neurological disease that is paralyzing my whole body, including my diaphragm. This makes it difficult for me to breathe while lying flat in bed. This month, my...

The Nation | Civic Engagement

‘Inflation Dynamics’ With the Fed as Ringmaster

In the center ring, Federal Reserve brass will be gathering for the closed-door conference that is hosted annually by the Kansas City Fed. Janet Yellen is skipping the event, as chairs of the...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Snowy Protest at Philly Fed

The Inquirer - March 5, 2015, by Joseph DiStefano - Ten cold protesters from a national group called Fed Up gathered at the Federal Reserve of Philadelphia in the storm this afternoon to urge the...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Why the Fed should target underemployment, not unemployment, as it sets interest rates

Members of the Fed Up Coalition protest during the Jackson Hole economic symposium in 2015.

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MarketWatch | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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A Call to Action From NMAC & Housing Works

A Call to Action From NMAC & Housing Works

People in the movement might be surprised by a joint letter from Charles King of Housing Works and me, but these are not ordinary times. NMAC is writing this letter to invite constituents at this...

POZ Magazine | Civic Engagement
[created] | Published by: The Progressive

Toys 'R' Us and the Death of Retail

Toys 'R' Us and the Death of Retail

When Debbie Beard found out the company she'd worked at for 29 years, Toys R Us, was closing down, she was shocked--she knew the company had been having financial difficulties for a while, but...

The Progressive | Restoring a Fair Workweek
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New York to Boost Scheduling Protections for Hourly Workers

New York to Boost Scheduling Protections for Hourly Workers

New York's governor says his administration is implementing new regulations that require employers to pay extra to workers who are called to their jobs at the last minute.

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U.S. News & World Report | Restoring a Fair Workweek

Yellen Meets With Activists Seeking Fed Reforms

ABC News - November 14, 2014, by Martin Crutsinger - A coalition of community groups and labor unions are "fed up" with the Federal Reserve.

More than two dozen activists demonstrated...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

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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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