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Experts Urge Fed To Pursue 'Genuine Full Employment' Before Rate Hike

The Federal Reserve should pursue "genuine full employment" with "robust wage growth" before raising interest rates, experts from the Center for Popular...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up
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‘Patriot’ Dimon dodges calls to disavow Trump policies

‘Patriot’ Dimon dodges calls to disavow Trump policies

By Ben McLannahan

Jamie Dimon endured a rough ride at the annual meeting of America’s biggest bank on Tuesday morning, as shareholders repeatedly attacked the JPMorgan Chase chief over his...

Financial Times | Civic Engagement

Family Resource Centers celebrate 25 years of removing barriers to learning

No two days at school are the same for Geri Willis. One day she’s finding hats and gloves for students, the next she’s helping a grandmother navigate the court system to gain guardianship.

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KyForward | Organizing for Education Justice

Mayor Signals New Future with Paid Sick Days Move

Gotham Gazette - January 23, 2014, by Amy Carroll & Javier Valdés - Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito have announced an expansion of paid sick leave coverage...

Report: City Agencies Noncompliant with Voter Registration Law

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Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy
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Denver's rapid charter expansion yields underwhelming results

Denver's rapid charter expansion yields underwhelming results

Dive Brief:

Twenty-seven new charter schools have opened in Denver in the last five years with six more set to open this summer, but critics point to data about underwhelming performance...

EducationDive | Organizing for Education Justice

Allentown leaders, residents rally for immigration reform

The Express-Times - June 18, 2013, By Sarah Cassi - Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski and City Council President Julio Guridy were among the residents and community leaders rallying tonight at City...

Protecting Immigrant Communities

Man with Lou Gehrig’s disease makes emotional plea to Jeff Flake to vote down Trump’s tax plan

One of Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)’s last major votes before retirement could be a death sentence for tens of thousands of Americans. One of them is Ady Barkan, a 33-year-old California father living...

ThinkProgress | Civic Engagement
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Our Fight for Health Care During Recess and Beyond

Our Fight for Health Care During Recess and Beyond

It’s time to ramp up our resistance to the Trump-Ryan agenda on health care. We scored our biggest legislative victory so far on March 24, when Speaker Paul Ryan called off his bid to repeal the...

ourfuture.org | Civic Engagement

Rivera and Camara Push 'Ambitious' Bill for Noncitizen Voting

Capital NY - June 16, 2014, By Nidhi Prakash - With just four remaining days in the state legislative session, sponsors of a new bill to grant citizenship rights to undocumented immigrants said...

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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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