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How Cities and States are Taking the Lead on Immigration Reform

As attacks on immigrants grow more vocal and more galling this election season, it can be easy to feel sickened and...

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Risking Public Money: Illinois Charter School Fraud

Best Practices to Protect Public Dollars & Prevent Financial Mismanagement...

Insurer To Cover Dying Activist’s Breathing Machine After Twitter Campaign

The California-based insurance company HealthNet agreed to cover a breathing assistance machine for Ady Barkan, a 34-...

The Huffington Post | Civic Engagement
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NY coalition pushes for reliable work schedules nationally

NY coalition pushes for reliable work schedules nationally

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A coalition of New York-based advocates on Tuesday launched a national campaign to press large...

Associated Press | Restoring a Fair Workweek

Was the ‘Original Bargain’ with Charter Schools a Raw Deal?

The Washington Post - October 5, 2014, by Valerie Strauss - Charter school advocates didn’t like it recently when Brown...

My Daughter And I Dressed As Handmaids And Got Arrested To Protest Brett Kavanaugh

The whole time though, we were together with our community of activists and had people waiting for us on the other side...

The Huffington Post | Civic Engagement

Trabajadores demandan freno a la ‘epidemia’ de robo de salarios en NYC

Nueva York— Freno a la epidemia de robo de salarios fue la consigna que gritaron sin cesar  unas 30 empleadas...

La campaña PODER del gobernador Rosselló no defiende el interés de los puertorriqueños

En los últimos meses, el gobernador Ricardo Rosselló ha montado un “media tour” en varios estados que cuentan con...

El Diario NY | Civic Engagement

Part-Time Schedules, Full-Time Headaches

New York Times - July 18, 2014, By Steven Greenhouse - A worker at an apparel store at Woodbury Common, an outlet mall...

East Orange Officials Applaud Changes to Mortgage Sale Program Announced by HUD

EAST ORANGE, NJ - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced significant improvements to...

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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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