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ermonters to join national protest to 'Kill the Bill, Don't Kill Us'

Following the direct actions of June 28 and July 10, in which 140 Americans, including many with serious health...

Vermont Biz | Civic Engagement
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Campaign regulatory board stymied by Legislature

Campaign regulatory board stymied by Legislature

Minnesota’s campaign finance regulatory board heads into election season with its slimmest possible board membership...

Trump’s Replacement for Janet Yellen as Fed Chair Should Follow Her Lead, Economists Say

Not everyone was so optimistic in Powell. Sam Bell—a research adviser at Fed Up, a campaign to encourage the central...

I Love Working at Starbucks—But Conditions Have to Change

Caitlin O’Reilly-Green is a member of Rise Up Georgia, a partner of Center for Popular Democracy. Too many employees...

JPMorgan's Dimon defends Trump advisory role, deregulation

JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon on Tuesday responded to criticism from angry shareholders...

Reuters | Civic Engagement

Behind the Business Attire, Many Bank Workers Earn Poverty Wages

The Committee for Better Banks (CBB), a Communications Workers of America (CWA)-affiliated community and labor...

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How Flake came to secure Kavanaugh delay

How Flake came to secure Kavanaugh delay

At a crucial moment during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s rancorous debate on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh,...

The Hill | Civic Engagement

Jeff Flake debates GOP tax plan with voter on a plane

While traveling Thursday on an airplane from Washington, GOP Sen. Jeff Flake debated a voter in a wide-ranging...

Nationwide #DisneyLetHimGo Protests Call on Disney CEO to Leave Trump Council

NATIONWIDE - Today the Center for Popular Democracy and its affiliates including Organize Florida and ACCE, together...

Rivera and Camara Push 'Ambitious' Bill for Noncitizen Voting

Capital NY - June 16, 2014, By Nidhi Prakash - With just four remaining days in the state legislative session, sponsors...

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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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