Elected officials rally against 'discriminatory' bills at Texas Capitol
Elected officials rally against 'discriminatory' bills at Texas Capitol
About a dozen city and county elected officials, including Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, were at the Capitol...
About a dozen city and county elected officials, including Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, were at the Capitol Thursday to talk with lawmakers and voice their opposition to several bills. They want to make sure Senate Bill 15 (SB15), by Conroe Republican Senator Brandon Creighton, doesn't pass. It would ban cities and counties from passing ordinances related to employee benefits and employment policies. That includes paid sick leave policies, LGBTQ protections and banning the box, which is taking questions about criminal history off initial job applications.
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Rally at capitol held to protest bills that would give the state power over cities
Rally at capitol held to protest bills that would give the state power over cities
City council members said they've worked hard to pass paid sick leave and anti-discrimination ordinances. They call the...
City council members said they've worked hard to pass paid sick leave and anti-discrimination ordinances. They call the bills an attack on their work.
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Congressional Disorientation
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating...
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating that they might capture the new members’ attention. Hoping to amplify their message through the most visible members of the progressive movement, they invited Ayanna S. Pressley (D-Mass.) to co-sponsor their Medicare-for-All rally.
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Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.
Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate...
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate agenda through national organizing networks like the Center for Popular Democracy and People’s Action. Community organizing groups are also strategizing about state power-building through new informal venues that cross network lines like the State Power Caucus.
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A push to cancel Puerto Rico debt
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups...
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups Alianza por Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Me Llama, Vamos4PR, the Center for Popular Democracy and Hedge Clippers, want the judge to dismiss $6 billion of the debt that the territory’s Fiscal Control Board declared illegal, as the debt violates the Puerto Rican Constitution.
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Why Couldn’t New York Get a More Progressive Budget?
Why Couldn’t New York Get a More Progressive Budget?
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York...
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York, even by the standards of other states. Public financing could, according to the Brennan Center and other progressive groups like the Center for Popular Democracy, increase the power of small donors and make lawmakers more accountable to their constituents.
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House Democrats on key committees receive funding from anti-single payer groups
House Democrats on key committees receive funding from anti-single payer groups
“Health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, and other corporate players make billions of dollars off of...
“Health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, and other corporate players make billions of dollars off of America’s illness — and they want to keep it that way,” said Jennifer Flynn Walker, director of mobilization and advocacy at the Center for Popular Democracy, an advocacy group that promotes progressive policies.
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Trump's Justice Department Just Declared All-Out War on Obamacare. What Does It Mean?
Trump's Justice Department Just Declared All-Out War on Obamacare. What Does It Mean?
The Justice Department's recent move is "absolutely outrageous," says Jennifer Flynn, a co-organizer of Birddog Nation...
The Justice Department's recent move is "absolutely outrageous," says Jennifer Flynn, a co-organizer of Birddog Nation, a national grassroots network of activists who hound candidates on health care, funded by Housing Works and the Center for Popular Democracy. "It ignores the hundreds of thousands of people who took action in 2017 to save the ACA -- 10,000 distinct actions nationwide, as reported by [House Speaker, Democrat] Nancy Pelosi. It goes against Trump's own advisers. Both houses of Congress voted down the effort to kill ACA. It's just a stupid move to distract people from the illegal actions of the Trump administration and to terrorize people with pre-existing conditions, which is most of us, and people with disabilities or sick kids."
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Mythbusters: Top Five Myths About Prison Divestment
Mythbusters: Top Five Myths About Prison Divestment
The prison-industrial complex also included financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co until recently. Under...
The prison-industrial complex also included financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co until recently. Under pressure from activist groups Make the Road New York & the Center for Popular Democracy, JP Morgan committed to stop funding private prison companies last week.
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Newburgh backs universal rent control laws
Newburgh backs universal rent control laws
City officials in Newburgh threw their support behind a statewide initiative to regulate rental rates and bolster...
City officials in Newburgh threw their support behind a statewide initiative to regulate rental rates and bolster protections for tenants and landlords through universal rent control laws.
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