Oregon Passes the Nation's First Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law
Oregon Passes the Nation's First Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law
The stats in Oregon are reflective of a nationwide housing crisis, per a new report released on February 27 by Right To...
The stats in Oregon are reflective of a nationwide housing crisis, per a new report released on February 27 by Right To The City, the Center for Popular Democracy and PolicyLink. The report, “Our Homes, Our Future,” calls for sweeping rent control policies to protect tenants from excessive rent increases around the country.
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"Medicare for All" Measure Puts Centrist Democrats in Quandary
"Medicare for All" Measure Puts Centrist Democrats in Quandary
The legislation has earned the support of a wide range of progressive activists and organizing groups, among them:...
The legislation has earned the support of a wide range of progressive activists and organizing groups, among them: National Nurses United, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, Physicians for a National Health Program, Social Security Works, Center for Popular Democracy, and Public Citizen.
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Oregon Now Has Statewide Rent Control, Push Continues Across Country
Oregon Now Has Statewide Rent Control, Push Continues Across Country
The report, called Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities, is the work of the...
The report, called Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities, is the work of the Right to the City Alliance, PolicyLink, and the Center for Popular Democracy. It was released Wednesday alongside the webinar in Sharp and other tenants’ advocates and organizers discussed efforts to establish rent-control policies in Oregon, Illinois, and New York.
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Tenant groups rally at state Capitol to push for rent control
Tenant groups rally at state Capitol to push for rent control
PolicyLink, the Right to the City Alliance and the Center for Popular Democracy recently released a report that found...
PolicyLink, the Right to the City Alliance and the Center for Popular Democracy recently released a report that found communities of color are most affected by rising rents. It also found that 6,300 families across the country face eviction each day. Braccio says they’d like to see rents capped at a 3% yearly increase.
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Fairer Labor Laws Would Prevent Getting Fired for ‘Not Smiling Enough’
Fairer Labor Laws Would Prevent Getting Fired for ‘Not Smiling Enough’
Gomez’s story highlights the precariousness of fast-food jobs. In a new survey of 539 New York City fast-food workers,...
Gomez’s story highlights the precariousness of fast-food jobs. In a new survey of 539 New York City fast-food workers, 65 percent of respondents said they had been fired without explanation at least once. Half had either been terminated or forced to quit due to intolerable working conditions. The findings are in a February report, “Fired on a Whim,” by four worker advocacy groups, the Center for Popular Democracy, Fast Food Justice, 32BJ SEIU and the National Employment Law Project.
Will Statewide Rent Control Catch On Beyond Oregon?
Affordable housing -- or lack thereof -- isn't an issue confined to Oregon. While the U.S. median household income has...
Affordable housing -- or lack thereof -- isn't an issue confined to Oregon. While the U.S. median household income has remained relatively flat since 2001, the median rent has shot up by more than 40 percent in the same time period, according to a new report from PolicyLink, a research organization that advocates for economic and racial equity.
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Organizers Oust Amazon HQ2 From New York
New Yorkers began drawing increased attention to these predatory aspects of Amazon’s business model as soon as they...
New Yorkers began drawing increased attention to these predatory aspects of Amazon’s business model as soon as they heard about HQ2. Weeks after the deal was announced, community groups, including ALIGN, New York Communities for Change, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Partnership for Working Families and Make the Road New York, released a report outlining how Amazon HQ2 would exacerbate the city’s already high inequality.
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Ocasio-Cortez Wants Hearing on Banks Funding Immigrant Prisons
Ocasio-Cortez Wants Hearing on Banks Funding Immigrant Prisons
People deserve to know who is benefiting from caging children," said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the...
People deserve to know who is benefiting from caging children," said Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, an advocacy group connected to Make the Road. "Too little is known about the profit motives behind aggressive immigration enforcement.
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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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