Releases and Advisories
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05.09.2018
WASHINGTON, DC – Toys ‘R’ Us workers, their allies in Congress and more than 100 community leaders gathered on Capitol Hill today to launch a campaign for justice for working people and communities hurt by the company’s bankruptcy, which is set to put more than 30,000 employees...
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05.03.2018
New York, NY - In response to the violent reaction of the Puerto Rico Police Department to a peaceful assembly of students, families and activists on May Day protesting against austerity measures and the national debt, the Center for Popular Democracy signed on to an open...
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04.16.2018
WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to the nomination of Richard Clarida as Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve, the Fed Up coalition released the following statement from Director Shawn Sebastian:
"Donald Trump is on his way to re-shaping the nation's most important economic...
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04.13.2018
Yesterday afternoon, the House Agriculture Committee released the 2018 Agriculture and Nutrition Act, an $844 billion measure authorizing farm programs and policy, as well as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps.
The bill that was...
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03.28.2018
NEW YORK, NY – Following...
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03.26.2018
In response to recent reports that the New York Federal Reserve Board has chosen John Williams as the next President of the...
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03.18.2018
NEW YORK, NY – Ten years to the day after Bear Stearns fell, ushering in one of the worst economic recessions in American history, a new report shows that the recovery is far from over, and that many New Yorkers are still worse off today than they were before the crash.
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02.15.2018
WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to the Rounds-King amendment proposed by the "Common Sense Caucus" as part of the Senate's open debate on immigration, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement from Co-Executive Director...
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02.14.2018
WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to the release of the Trump administration’s budget for FY 2019, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement from Co-Executive Director and Network President Jennifer Epps-Addison:
“Trump’s budget is a full-...
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02.12.2018
WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to the release of a long-awaited infrastructure plan from the Trump administration, the Center for Popular Democracy, a national association of community organizations, released the following statement from Co-Executive Director...