Senators Warren and Markey and Colleagues Reintroduce Historic Legislation to Confront America’s Housing Crisis
Senators Warren and Markey and Colleagues Reintroduce Historic Legislation to Confront America’s Housing Crisis
“We have a national housing crisis. We need federal action to solve it. Our communities can’t thrive in a marketplace...
“We have a national housing crisis. We need federal action to solve it. Our communities can’t thrive in a marketplace that redlines and displaces us. This bill begins a much-needed federal conversation about how to make sure we all have a safe place to call home,” said Jennifer Epps-Addison, Network President and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy.
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Rent Control Passed in Oregon. Will it Work as a Housing-Crisis Solution Nationwide?
Rent Control Passed in Oregon. Will it Work as a Housing-Crisis Solution Nationwide?
For the first time in decades, rent control is under serious consideration by lawmakers across the country. According...
For the first time in decades, rent control is under serious consideration by lawmakers across the country. According to a report published last week by advocacy groups Center for Popular Democracy, Right To The City Alliance, and PolicyLink, if rent-control measures pass in all of the states and cities where they’re currently on the table, nearly a third of all renter households in the United States could secure relief from the worst of the housing crisis.
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Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
On March 5, JPMorgan Chase made headlines by announcing that the bank would no longer finance private-prison and...
On March 5, JPMorgan Chase made headlines by announcing that the bank would no longer finance private-prison and immigrant-detention companies. This is the first major bank to make such an announcement, marking a potential sea change in the fight against private prisons. But it’s more than that—it also marks the sophistication and tactical savvy of an immigrant-rights movement that is working to cut off all sources of funding for the private immigrant-detention industry.
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As bankers back away, for-profit prison companies step up political spending
As bankers back away, for-profit prison companies step up political spending
In 2017, after release of the ITPI report, the national progressive advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy...
In 2017, after release of the ITPI report, the national progressive advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy launched the “Corporate Backers of Hate” campaign to target “some of the companies which most egregiously prioritize profits over people,” including JPMorgan and Wells Fargo.
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Puerto Rican Diaspora Activists Demand Federal Judge #CancelTheDebt
Puerto Rican Diaspora Activists Demand Federal Judge #CancelTheDebt
Community activists focused on Puerto Rico, including Center For Popular Democracy Action, Diáspora en Resistencia,...
Community activists focused on Puerto Rico, including Center For Popular Democracy Action, Diáspora en Resistencia, VAMOS4PR, New York Communities for Change, and others, rallied today outside a federal courtroom in downtown Manhattan, as well as in several cities, as part of a day of action to demand that the island’s public debt be cancelled.
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Newburgh supports rent control, tenant protections
Newburgh supports rent control, tenant protections
The Newburgh City Council Monday night went on record supporting rent control and tenants’ rights protection. Council...
The Newburgh City Council Monday night went on record supporting rent control and tenants’ rights protection. Council members voted to urge the state to enact those measures.
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Mainstream Medicare-for-All Proposals Just Got a Lot More Inclusive
Mainstream Medicare-for-All Proposals Just Got a Lot More Inclusive
Last week, that changed. After meetings with a team of experts arranged by Ady Barkan, an organizer with the Center for...
Last week, that changed. After meetings with a team of experts arranged by Ady Barkan, an organizer with the Center for Popular Democracy Action, Sanders and Jayapal have agreed to add these needed supports into their bill. Medicare for All just got a lot more inclusive.
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The Health 202: Jayapal's Medicare-for-all bill reflects influence of hard-line progressive groups
The Health 202: Jayapal's Medicare-for-all bill reflects influence of hard-line progressive groups
The measure bears the signs of close involvement by National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy, the...
The measure bears the signs of close involvement by National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Public Citizen, Social Security Works and other organizations that say the ACA didn’t go nearly far enough in ensuring all Americans have access to a generous range of health benefits.
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The White House Thinks It’s ‘Sad’ That JPMorgan Is Divesting From Private Prisons
The White House Thinks It’s ‘Sad’ That JPMorgan Is Divesting From Private Prisons
“We are here denouncing Jamie Dimon’s hypocrisy. On one hand he criticizes Trump’s inhumane policies of separating...
“We are here denouncing Jamie Dimon’s hypocrisy. On one hand he criticizes Trump’s inhumane policies of separating families while his company JPMorgan Chase finances the country’s largest private prison and immigrant detention companies, profiting off by putting immigrant families in jail,” protestor Ana Maria Archila, of the Center for Popular Democracy, said in a statement.
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Trump prioritizes school choice, charter schools in latest budget proposal
Trump prioritizes school choice, charter schools in latest budget proposal
"In the years since the Supreme Court struck down critical protections in the Voting Rights Act, voters of color have...
"In the years since the Supreme Court struck down critical protections in the Voting Rights Act, voters of color have faced intimidation, voter suppression and an outright theft of our electoral power,” Jennifer Epps-Addison, network president and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, said in a statement Friday.
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