Protestan dentro y fuera de la audiencia sobre Promesa
Protestan dentro y fuera de la audiencia sobre Promesa
La protesta en las afueras de la audiencia fue convocada por los grupos Casa, Diáspora en Resistencia, New York...
La protesta en las afueras de la audiencia fue convocada por los grupos Casa, Diáspora en Resistencia, New York Communities for Change, VAMOS4PR, Power4PuertoRico, Hedge Clippers, Center for Popular Democracy, y Boricuas Unidos en La Diáspora.
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Gobernador pide enmiendas a la ley Promesa
Un grupo de activistas de varias organizaciones confrontó a Jaresko fuera de la audiencia, reclamando la cancelación de...
Un grupo de activistas de varias organizaciones confrontó a Jaresko fuera de la audiencia, reclamando la cancelación de la deuda, una auditoría formal de las obligaciones generales de la isla y que se echen hacia atrás los recortes en el presupuesto de la UPR.
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Gobernador pide enmiendas a la ley Promesa
Un grupo de activistas de varias organizaciones confrontó a Jaresko fuera de la audiencia, reclamando la cancelación de...
Un grupo de activistas de varias organizaciones confrontó a Jaresko fuera de la audiencia, reclamando la cancelación de la deuda, una auditoría formal de las obligaciones generales de la isla y que se echen hacia atrás los recortes en el presupuesto de la UPR.
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Colleges urged to shun Trump officials tied to family separation
Colleges urged to shun Trump officials tied to family separation
The coalition is made up of more than 40 civil rights, immigration, and progressive groups. It includes America's Voice...
The coalition is made up of more than 40 civil rights, immigration, and progressive groups. It includes America's Voice, the National Immigration Law Center, Center for Popular Democracy, American Bridge, Southern Poverty Law Center and RAICES.
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How Unions Are Pushing Back Against the Rise of Workplace Technology
How Unions Are Pushing Back Against the Rise of Workplace Technology
In the retail industry, software for scheduling employee hours is a big sticking point, says Carrie Gleason, who...
In the retail industry, software for scheduling employee hours is a big sticking point, says Carrie Gleason, who directs the Fair Workweek Initiative at the advocacy group The Center for Popular Democracy. The technology weighs the hours when stores are expected to be busy or empty to schedule workers, creating a so-called just-in-time workforce.
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Ady Barkan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Ady Barkan is a lawyer and activist who works with the Center for Popular Democracy. Barkan, a 35 year old man, is also...
Ady Barkan is a lawyer and activist who works with the Center for Popular Democracy. Barkan, a 35 year old man, is also dying from ALS, or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the terminal illness which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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The First-Ever Medicare-for-All Hearing Was Strangely Collegial
The First-Ever Medicare-for-All Hearing Was Strangely Collegial
If Medicar for All is ever signed into law, what’s known as the “legislative history” will date back to April 30, 2019...
If Medicar for All is ever signed into law, what’s known as the “legislative history” will date back to April 30, 2019, and the first word heard by Congress on the question will have been from activist Ady Barkan.
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'Medicare for All' poised for its moment
Expect protests today to tee up tomorrow's hearing. National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy and other...
Expect protests today to tee up tomorrow's hearing. National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy and other groups will be outside PhRMA this afternoon.
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Who Is Ady Barkan? Dying Health Care Activist Vows To Appear At House Medicare For All Hearing
Who Is Ady Barkan? Dying Health Care Activist Vows To Appear At House Medicare For All Hearing
Working for the progressive advocacy group the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan started the "Fed Up" campaign in...
Working for the progressive advocacy group the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan started the "Fed Up" campaign in 2012, a grassroots movement to pressure the Federal Reserve to implement policies that would help lower income workers.
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At a rally outside PhRMA’s headquarters, activists accuse drug makers of blocking ‘Medicare for All’
At a rally outside PhRMA’s headquarters, activists accuse drug makers of blocking ‘Medicare for All’
A crowd of roughly 200 progressive protestors planted themselves on the ground in the middle of a normally bumper-to-...
A crowd of roughly 200 progressive protestors planted themselves on the ground in the middle of a normally bumper-to-bumper four-lane corridor here Monday with a firm message for the drug industry: get out of our way.
The crowd wasn’t there — in front of the trade association PhRMA’s headquarters — to protest a specific drug’s price spike or an unsafe drug. Instead, they were seated in solidarity with the speaker at the front of the crowd: Ady Barkan, a 34-year old activist with ALS confined to a wheelchair.
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