The Federal Reserve Is Still Largely White and Male—But Pressure Is Building For That To Change
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...
“But others aren’t convinced. While the Federal Reserve has taken steps to reduce gender, racial and ethnic disparities over the years, progress has been incremental and slow, says Maggie Corser, a research analyst at the economic and racial justice campaign Fed Up.
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Protests slam Trump’s declaration as states ready lawsuit
Protests slam Trump’s declaration as states ready lawsuit
Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the left-leaning Center for Popular Democracy, said the president had...
Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the left-leaning Center for Popular Democracy, said the president had undertaken to “steal money that we desperately need to build a country of our dreams so that he can build a monument to racism along the border.
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Report names banks that ‘created and profited’ from Puerto Rico debt
Report names banks that ‘created and profited’ from Puerto Rico debt
“The report, titled “Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks,” was released Wednesday at a public forum organized by...
“The report, titled “Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks,” was released Wednesday at a public forum organized by the student movement at the University of Puerto Rico’s Río Piedras campus by the Public Accountability Initiative (PAI), in partnership with Hedge Clippers, a group that advocates for income equality by targeting hedge and private equity funds, and the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) a progressive politics advocacy group.
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Lanzan campaña para nuevos acuerdos de reestructuración de deuda
Lanzan campaña para nuevos acuerdos de reestructuración de deuda
Por su parte, Julio López Varona, Co-Director de Campañas comunitarias de El Center for Popular Democracy y coordinador...
Por su parte, Julio López Varona, Co-Director de Campañas comunitarias de El Center for Popular Democracy y coordinador de Hedge Clippers expresó: “Durante años, grupos comunitarios han argumentado que partes importantes de la deuda puertorriqueña se habían emitido ilegalmente y no deberían pagarse. En un sorprendente giro de los acontecimientos, la Junta se ha unido a nuestro coro. Hoy aprendemos que la deuda no solo se emitió ilegalmente, sino que una vez más encontramos puertas giratorias de corrupción que ayudaron a algunas personas selectas a enriquecerse. La pregunta ahora es: ¿qué hará la Juan para perseguir a los bancos que se beneficiaron de esta deuda ilegal? ¿La Junta realmente tomará una postura por Puerto Rico o continuará su historial de apoyo con tenedores de bonos y bancos mientras la isla sufre?”
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La diáspora pide aprovechar decisión judicial para acabar con la Junta
La diáspora pide aprovechar decisión judicial para acabar con la Junta
Julio López Varona, director de campañas de Dignidad Comunitaria del Center for Popular Democracy y también miembro de...
Julio López Varona, director de campañas de Dignidad Comunitaria del Center for Popular Democracy y también miembro de Vamos4PuertoRico, sostuvo que más que las personas nombradas a la junta, el problema es la naturaleza del ente fiscal y los abarcadores poderes que se le han conferido.
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Fired for not smiling enough? US fast-food workers fight unfair dismissals
Fired for not smiling enough? US fast-food workers fight unfair dismissals
On Wednesday, four progressive groups, including the National Employment Law Project and the Center for Popular...
On Wednesday, four progressive groups, including the National Employment Law Project and the Center for Popular Democracy, released a research report that provided intellectual ammunition for the just-cause bill. Researchers surveyed 539 New York fast-food workers and found that 65% of the 192 who had ever been terminated from a job reported that they had, in at least one instance, not been given any reason for being fired.
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Severance Pay Could Be The Next Big Progressive Labor Cause
Severance Pay Could Be The Next Big Progressive Labor Cause
The effort in New Jersey grew directly out of that Toys R Us campaign. Infuriated over the lack of severance, former...
The effort in New Jersey grew directly out of that Toys R Us campaign. Infuriated over the lack of severance, former Toys R Us employees began publicly protesting against the bankrupt company’s debtholders last year. They took on the name Rise Up Retail and began agitating for better protections for all retail workers who lose their jobs. The effort is backed by the Organization United for Respect, which has a history of organizing Walmart employees, and the liberal advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy.
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Northern Virginia Is Keeping Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs, and Wants You to Know It
Northern Virginia Is Keeping Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs, and Wants You to Know It
“Do not come to our cities expecting to ignore the democratic process and hoard the resources that our communities...
“Do not come to our cities expecting to ignore the democratic process and hoard the resources that our communities desperately need,” Local Progress, an organization of local officials, said in a statement.
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New York’s Ejection of Amazon Is the Start of a Movement
New York’s Ejection of Amazon Is the Start of a Movement
In a letter released Wednesday by the advocacy organization Local Progress, representatives from New York City, Chicago...
In a letter released Wednesday by the advocacy organization Local Progress, representatives from New York City, Chicago, Columbus, Austin, Dallas, Indiana, Somerville, D.C., Philadelphia, and Dallas city councils—including some who signed the original non-aggression pact—stated that they’d “do all we can to prevent our cities from participating in Amazon’s rigged game.
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Report: Jobs from Amazon's New York expansion likely won't come to Seattle
Report: Jobs from Amazon's New York expansion likely won't come to Seattle
"In fact, they funded the opposition," Mosqueda said during a briefing hosted by Local Progress. "And what we saw was...
"In fact, they funded the opposition," Mosqueda 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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