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Janet Yellen, the first woman Fed chair, proved the skeptics wrong and got fired anyway

On February 3, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the central bank and likely the most...

Two weeks before hurricane season, Puerto Rico is not ready, groups warn

“One thing is evident at the core of the response,” said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director at the Center for...

NBC Latino | Civic Engagement

The incredible story of how “civil rights plus full employment equals freedom"

Washington, D.C.'s think tanks produce a tsunami of studies, reports and manifestos. Most of it has a readership that,...

Versace Sued for Allegedly Using a Code Word to Profile Black Shoppers (Update)

Update: December 30, 2016, 12:00 p.m. EST: Versace has issued a statement affirming its commitment to equality: “...

Allure Magazine | Combating Wage Theft

The Fair Workweek Initiative Takes on Abusive Scheduling Practices on Aljazeera America

Aljazeera America - July 24, 2014 - The Center for Popular Democracy's Fair Workweek Initiative Director Carrie Gleason...

Small Business Hiring is Swinging Higher

CBS News - March 3, 2015, by Jonathan Berr - Want another sign of the economic rebound? Small-business hiring is on the...

House Republicans face voters in home districts angry over health care bill

Rep. Tom Reed of New York, who was among the Republican members of Congress to vote for a bill to repeal and replace...

ABC News | Civic Engagement
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Beware the Soros zombies

Beware the Soros zombies

They’re headed to the Republican convention with a mission to disrupt and distract Billionaire George Soros has funded...

Washington Times

$20 Million severance fund started for Toys R Us workers

A campaign supported by the advocacy groups Center for Popular Democracy and Gleason's group applauded the move in a...

[created] | Published by: Morning Consult

Advocates for Greater Fed Diversity Bring Case to Capitol Hill

Advocates for Greater Fed Diversity Bring Case to Capitol Hill

Members of Congress involved in overseeing the country’s financial regulators agree that changes to the Federal Reserve...

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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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