Women’s March Brings ‘Medicare for All’ Lobbying to Washington
Women’s March Brings ‘Medicare for All’ Lobbying to Washington
Other progressive organizations that participated in the lobbying push Friday included Center for Popular Democracy,...
Other progressive organizations that participated in the lobbying push Friday included Center for Popular Democracy, Healthcare Now, National Nurses United, and Physicians for a National Health Program.
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Hoping to Transform 'Momentum Into Policy', Thousands Expected to Flood Capitol Hill to Demand Medicare for All
Hoping to Transform 'Momentum Into Policy', Thousands Expected to Flood Capitol Hill to Demand Medicare for All
The Women's March and the Center for Popular Democracy are among the organizations participating in the push, hoping to...
The Women's March and the Center for Popular Democracy are among the organizations participating in the push, hoping to convince as many lawmakers as possible to co-sponsor Medicare for All bills in the Senate and House—proposals that represent the majority of American public opinion.
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Women's March plans 'Medicare for All' day of lobbying in DC
Women's March plans 'Medicare for All' day of lobbying in DC
Other progressive organizations that will participate in the lobbying push Friday include Center for Popular Democracy...
Other progressive organizations that will participate in the lobbying push Friday include Center for Popular Democracy.
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Indignación por amenaza de cortes de fondos de ayuda para desastres a Puerto Rico
Indignación por amenaza de cortes de fondos de ayuda para desastres a Puerto Rico
Este plan absurdo para quitarle fondos claves a puertorriqueños, texanos, californianos y otros que les falta mucho...
Este plan absurdo para quitarle fondos claves a puertorriqueños, texanos, 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 a las comunidades de color”, dijo Julio López Varona, director de Dignidad Comunitaria. Campañas, Center for Popular Democracy y miembro del comité directivo del colectivo VAMOS4PR.
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Sindicatos protestarán acuerdo de COFINA frente al Tribunal Federal
Sindicatos protestarán acuerdo de COFINA frente al Tribunal Federal
La manifestación convocada por Prosol-Utier, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico y su Comité de Jubilados, Frente...
La manifestación convocada por Prosol-Utier, Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico y su Comité de Jubilados, Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoria de la Deuda, Coordinadora Sindical, VAMOS, Colectiva Feminista en Construcción, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, Colectivo Dignidad, Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción,Center for Popular Democracy, Sindicato Puertorriqueño de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras, UNETE, EDUCAMOS, Asociación Puertorriqueña de Profesores Universitarios y su Capítulo de Jubilados, Junte de Artistas Boricuas, Unión General de Trabajadores, el Movimiento No a la Reforma Laboral, Colegio de Profesionales del Trabajo Social de Puerto Rico y la Federación Central de Trabajadores comenzará desde las 7:00 de la mañana y se extenderá mientras dure la vista de aprobación del Plan de Ajuste de Deuda de la Corporación del Fondo de Interés Apremiante (Cofina) en la sala de la jueza Laura Taylor Swain.
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Organizaciones rechazan desvío de fondos para el muro
Organizaciones rechazan desvío de fondos para el muro
Este plan absurdo para quitarles fondos claves a puertorriqueños, tejanos, californianos y otros que les falta mucho...
Este plan absurdo para quitarles 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 a las comunidades de color”, dijo Julio López Varona, director de Dignidad Comunitaria, Campañas, Center for Popular Democracy y miembro del comité directivo de VAMOS4PR. “Una vez más, quiere ignorar la ley y todos los principios de decencia humana, insistiendo en que nos dividan los muros del odio, en lugar de reconstruir los hogares y negocios en nuestras comunidades.
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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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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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