Releases and Advisories
06.01.2016
CHICAGO – Last night, the Illinois legislature passed Automatic Voter Registration (AVR), setting the state on a path to be the fifth state in the country with such a policy. The...
05.30.2016
NEW YORK – A new report from the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) demonstrates why we...
05.27.2016
CHICAGO – The Center for Popular Democracy joined a coalition of voting rights and justice advocates in a letter urging the Illinois House of Representatives to pass Automatic Voter Registration, which passed in the Illinois Senate last week with bi-...
05.27.2016
MINNEAPOLIS – Elected officials and worker advocates cheered passage of paid sick leave legislation in Minneapolis, which would give workers at businesses with six employees or more 48 hours of annual paid sick time and the right to bank up to 80 hours...
05.18.2016
NEW YORK – In response to the Labor Department’s announcement of new eligibility rules that allow millions to access pay for overtime, the Fair Workweek Initiative applauded the administration and said the victory underlines the growing power of a...
05.12.2016
WASHINGTON – Today, Hillary Clinton took a bold step by declaring she would aim to increase diversity at the Federal Reserve and remove private bankers from the Fed's governing boards.
Her statement came in response to ...
05.12.2016
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI) Thursday released a letter signed by 116 Members of the House of Representatives and 11 senators urging...
04.29.2016
NEW YORK – Rights & Democracy and Center for Popular Democracy applauded the passage of automatic voter registration in Vermont, the fourth state in...
04.22.2016
NEW YORK – New Virginia Majority and the Center for Popular Democracy applauded Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe for restoring the...
04.22.2016
NEW YORK – Make The Road Pennsylvania (MRPA) and Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) applauded Bernie Sanders for reiterating his opposition to family detention and supporting the shutdown of the Berks Country Family Detention Center, which has come...
