Grupos comunitarios censuran plan para quitar fondos a Puerto Rico
Grupos comunitarios censuran plan para quitar fondos a Puerto Rico
Este plan absurdo para quitarle fondos claves a puertorriqueños, tejanos, californianos y otros que les falta mucho para recuperarse de las tormentas, incendios y otros desastres que han sufrido...
Este plan absurdo para quitarle fondos claves a puertorriqueños, tejanos, californianos y otros que les falta mucho para recuperarse de las tormentas, incendios y otros desastres que han sufrido el año pasado, representa otra escalada más de la persecución de Trump (en contra) de las comunidades de color", dijo Julio López Varona, director de Dignidad Comunitaria y portavoz del Center for Popular Democracy.
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Informe advierte sobre plan de ajuste de Cofina
En rueda de prensa desde el Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas en San Juan, representantes de Little Sis, del Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoría de la Deuda, VAMOS, Center for Popular Democracy, entre...
En rueda de prensa desde el Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas en San Juan, representantes de Little Sis, del Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoría de la Deuda, VAMOS, Center for Popular Democracy, entre otros, opinaron que el plan de ajuste de Cofina es una señal de lo que está por venir en el próximo plan de ajuste, y sugirieron que la movilización del pueblo y de retirados es crucial para evitarlo.
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The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World
The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World
25. Ana Maria Archila: Last September the sexual-violence survivor confronted Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on live TV moments before he was to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination...
25. Ana Maria Archila: Last September the sexual-violence survivor confronted Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on live TV moments before he was to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. “In a split second I made the decision to use my voice and my story,” she says. “It forced him to grapple with the gravity of the message he’d send to women by voting to install in the Supreme Court someone accused of sexual assault.
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El acuerdo de COFINA compromete el futuro de Puerto Rico
El acuerdo de COFINA compromete el futuro de Puerto Rico
“El informe fue presentado en una conferencia de prensa con la asistencia de representantes de LittleSis, Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoría de la Deuda, VAMOS, Center for Popular Democracy,...
“El informe fue presentado en una conferencia de prensa con la asistencia de representantes de LittleSis, Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoría de la Deuda, VAMOS, Center for Popular Democracy, Federación de Maestros, Colectiva Feminista en Construcción, Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción y ¡Dignidad!
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School Suspension Hearings: New Pro Bono Project Gives Students Representation
School Suspension Hearings: New Pro Bono Project Gives Students Representation
Throughout law school I worked with the Suspension Representation Project (SRP) as an advocate in New York City public school suspension hearings, and am now helping to coordinate a new project at...
Throughout law school I worked with the Suspension Representation Project (SRP) as an advocate in New York City public school suspension hearings, and am now helping to coordinate a new project at Proskauer through our partnership with SRP and The Center for Popular Democracy. This post will examine the school suspension process in New York City, and the great need for increased attention to this issue and representation for the students in these hearings.
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There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
Trump’s call for a “wall” then is, as Ana María Archila, from the Center for Popular Democracy, wrote in a press release, the “latest in a series of racist, anti-immigrant attacks that are meant...
Trump’s call for a “wall” then is, as Ana María Archila, from the Center for Popular Democracy, wrote in a press release, the “latest in a series of racist, anti-immigrant attacks that are meant to fuel hatred.”
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Seattle council members give New York a lesson on what comes with Amazon
Seattle council members give New York a lesson on what comes with Amazon
Monday's event was facilitated by labor-friendly groups Local Progress and The Center for Popular Democracy, and sponsored by Make the Road.
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Monday's event was facilitated by labor-friendly groups Local Progress and The Center for Popular Democracy, and sponsored by Make the Road.
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During visit to New York, Seattle councilmember says Amazon didn't keep its word
During visit to New York, Seattle councilmember says Amazon didn't keep its word
"In fact, they funded the opposition," she said during a briefing hosted by Local Progress. "And what we saw was not just an attack on policy, but on the very existence on public policy making and...
"In fact, they funded the opposition," she said during a briefing hosted by Local Progress. "And what we saw was not just an attack on policy, but on the very existence on public policy making and the role we have to play."
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Former Toys R Us Employees In Metro Phoenix Get Money
Former store manager Tracy Auerbach teamed up with Rise Up Retail and Center for Popular Democracy to push for severance pay for 33,000 employees.
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Former store manager Tracy Auerbach teamed up with Rise Up Retail and Center for Popular Democracy to push for severance pay for 33,000 employees.
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As most states raise their minimum wages, Texas refuses to budge
As most states raise their minimum wages, Texas refuses to budge
Mercedes Fulbright, the Texas state coordinator for Local Progress, a national network of progressive local elected officials, said city officials are working to convince the state that they are...
Mercedes Fulbright, the Texas state coordinator for Local Progress, a national network of progressive local elected officials, said city officials are working to convince the state that they are capable of deciding what is best for their communities when it comes to raising the minimum wage.
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