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Working People Still Need a Voice at the Fed: 2018 Diversity Analysis of Federal Reserve Bank Directors

In 2016 the Center for Popular Democracy’s Fed Up campaign published “To Represent the Public: The Federal Reserve’s Continued Failure to Represent the American People.” The report uncovered a...

02/14/2018 | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

Deepening Our Democracy: How Localities Can Expand Voting Rights

American democracy is at a crossroads. To deliver on the promise of a representative, inclusive democracy, our electoral system must provide every American the opportunity to meaningfully participate...

01/4/2018 | Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy

Reclaim, Reimagine, and Reinvest: Analysis of Los Angeles County's Criminalization Budget

For too long, Los Angeles County (“the County”) has viewed public safety exclusively through a policing and incarceration lens and poured billions of limited public resources into failing solutions....

12/12/2017 | Justice Transformation

Wall Street's Border Wall: How Five Firms Stand to Benefit Financially from Anti-Immigrant Policy

Donald Trump has made his call for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border a signature feature of his campaign for the presidency and his first year in office. A symbol of the rising tide of xenophobia...

11/16/2017

A Practical Guide to Combatting Wage Theft: Lessons from the Field

The reality is that many employers commit wage theft with impunity. Increasing the consequences of wage theft for employers, improving the remedies available to workers, and strengthening wage theft...

11/15/2017 | Combating Wage Theft

Policy Brief: Young People’s Vision for Safe, Supportive, and Inclusive Schools

This policy brief provides a blueprint for safe and supportive schools. The young people who navigate interpersonal conflict in schools and experience harm due to harsh policing and disciplinary...

10/30/2017 | Organizing for Education Justice

CPD Annual Report 2016

During 2016, CPD and CPD Action grew significantly, in size, scale, and most importantly, impact.

10/30/2017

The Full Employment Mandate of the Reserve: Its Origins and Importance

As we approach the 40th anniversary of the landmark Humphrey-Hawkins Act, this report underscores how the Federal Reserve’s full employment mandate has made the Fed more accountable to working people...

07/11/2017 | Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

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