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Passenger with ALS Calls Out Sen. Jeff Flake on Tax Vote, DACA

Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake recently has been masquerading as a Republican with a heart, someone willing to...

Splinter | Civic Engagement

Jeff Flake Explains Why He Called for a Delay on the Kavanaugh Vote

As for Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher, the women who confronted him in the elevator, Flake said their...

NY Mag | Civic Engagement

Victoria's Secret on-call policy remains under wraps

In the face of a legal challenge in California and a probe by the New York State attorney general, underwear purveyor...

Activist With ALS Spearheads Campaign To Punish Lawmakers Who Voted For Tax Law

The campaign will involve using digital persuasion ads and get-out-the-vote efforts to vote out incumbents who...

The Intercept | Civic Engagement

“These Disasters Aren’t Natural Anymore”: A Dispatch from Puerto Rico After Maria

Several weeks ago, Puerto Rico avoided a direct hit from Hurricane Irma, which shifted north at the last minute. But...

Metro Phoenix Woman Fights For Toys R Us Workers' Severance Pay

Auerbach got mad and got moving. With the help of two groups, Rise Up Retail and Center for Popular Democracy, she...

Charter Schools Fail: New Reports Call Their ‘Magic’ Into Question

Education Opportunity Network - May 7, 2014, by Jeff Bryant - When members of the U.S. House of Representatives...

Report Says Minnesota's Job Boom Has Skipped Minorities

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - March 6, 2015, by Mark Riley - Minnesota's unemployment rate for black job-...

A 'striking lack of diversity' at the Fed distorts economic policy in ways most people don’t consider

In a new report from the liberal-leaning Fed Up, a coalition of community groups advocating for continued low interest...

Report: Charter Schools Pose $54M Fraud Risk

Utica Observer-Dispatch - December 13, 2014, by Alissa Scott - Charter schools have been accused of posing a $54...

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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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