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Fed Hawks Ignore Reality of Stagnant Wages, No Jobs

WSJ 12.01.2014 “A Central Bank...

Puerto Rico was just hit by an island-wide power outage — here are the best charities to donate to for victims of Hurricane Maria

The Center for Popular Democracy – located in Brooklyn, New York – has launched the Maria Fund, which is focusing on...

Business Insider | Civic Engagement
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Fed Up Coalition Complains About Jackson Hole Room Cancellations

Fed Up Coalition Complains About Jackson Hole Room Cancellations

A group of activists planning to attend the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual economic symposium in Jackson...

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Communities Demand End to HUD Distressed Loan Sales

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Communities Demand End to HUD Distressed Loan Sales

US Finance Post - September 10, 2014, by Christine Layton - Community groups and homeowners in 10 cities have started...

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The Fight for Paid Sick Leave Moves South

The Fight for Paid Sick Leave Moves South

It’s not surprising that the same sort of coalition of elected officials advancing the fight against SB4 have turned to...

CityLab
[created] | Published by: The Fiscal Times

The Fed’s Big Mistake: Rate Hikes Hurt US Workers

The Fed’s Big Mistake: Rate Hikes Hurt US Workers

Protesters rallied in Washington, New York City and Philadelphia yesterday against an imminent government action that...

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...

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Letter: No point putting faith in GOP lawmakers

Letter: No point putting faith in GOP lawmakers

Anyone who buys the GOP story that they are going to give us better health care is a sucker. We will get hosed by the...

Times Union | Civic Engagement

Why the People’s Climate March matters to people of color like me

Ever since taking power, the Trump administration has made clear it intends to wage war on the environment. It’s given...

Regional Feds' head-hunting under scrutiny over insider bias, delays

Efforts to fill top positions at some U.S. Federal Reserve regional branches are casting a spotlight on a decades-old...

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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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