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The Federal Reserve Is Still Largely White and Male—But Pressure is Building For That To Change

But others aren’t convinced. While the Federal Reserve has taken steps to reduce gender, racial and ethnic disparities...

Pramila Jayapal to introduce Medicare for All bill that would overhaul nation’s health-care system

In thinking about 2020, in thinking about both the Senate and the presidential race, this is a moment for us to put a...

03/5/2019 | Seattle Times | Civic Engagement

New report: Rent Control is the only policy tool that can provide immediate relief to renters facing unaffordable rent increases

PolicyLink, along with the Right To The City Alliance and the Center for Popular Democracy released a new report, Our...

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03/5/2019

America moves toward universal health coverage

America moves toward universal health coverage

The Medicare For All Act is the only viable fix to a health care system that leaves far too many people in this country...

03/5/2019 | New Jersey Today | Civic Engagement

In wake of protests, JPMorgan Chase breaks up with private prison industry

Although JPMorgan Chase does not directly admit it, it was grassroots and digital organizers who pressured cancellation...

[created] | Published by: The News & Observer
03/5/2019

Bull City Politics: Durham City Council members announce re-election bids

Bull City Politics: Durham City Council members announce re-election bids

Johnson also serves on the board of Local Progress, a group of progressive elected officials across the country....

03/5/2019 | The News & Observer

Rent control isn’t the only way to fix the housing crisis–but it is the fastest

The bill in Oregon is just one example of how tenants and advocacy organizations are mobilizing for better rent...

[created] | Published by: People's World
03/5/2019

With wide backing, progressive lawmakers formally unveil Medicare For All

With wide backing, progressive lawmakers formally unveil Medicare For All

Surrounded by more than 100 backers at a Feb. 27 outdoor Capitol Hill press conference, from National Nurses United (...

03/5/2019 | People's World | Civic Engagement
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03/5/2019

JPMorgan Chase Is Done With Private Prisons

JPMorgan Chase Is Done With Private Prisons

Over the past few years, there’s been a steady drumbeat of actions from civil society addressing this relationship. In...

[created] | Published by: Colorlines
03/5/2019

Oregon Passes the Nation's First Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law

Oregon Passes the Nation's First Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law

The stats in Oregon are reflective of a nationwide housing crisis, per a new report released on February 27 by Right To...

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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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