Releases and Advisories
4.18.2016
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on President Obama’s deferred action initiatives, DAPA and extended DACA. The justices heard arguments defending DAPA’s legal standing while outside Center for Popular Democracy joined...
04.19.2016
A petition organized by a national coalition of homeowner advocates and progressive organizations at DontSellourHomesToWallStreet.org reached 110,000 signatures today, urging Secretary...
04.18.2016
NEW YORK – The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) commended the Democracy Awakening, a mass mobilization in Washington, DC representing labor, civil rights, the environment, democracy, students, racial and economic justice organizations and people from...
04.14.2016
NEW YORK – The Center for Popular Democracy and the Center for an Urban Future today released a report, A City of...
04.13.2016
NEW YORK – The Center for Popular Democracy’s Fair Workweek Initiative commended the nine Attorneys General from California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and Rhode Island for...
04.12.2016
Annapolis, MD – A voting rights coalition recognized the Maryland General Assembly for passing the Freedom to Vote Act, legislation that will ease the path to voting while cutting red tape for Maryland citizens. The coalition includes partners such as Demos, the Center for...
04.01.2016
NEW YORK – The Center for Popular Democracy, a national economic justice organization, commended a deal on raising the minimum wage in New York, saying it sends a powerful message to other states considering similar increases.
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03.29.2016
This Tuesday Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George will visit Wichita to meet with the Fed Up Coalition, led by Sunflower Community Action and a coalition of labor and community allies. In an election year where jobs and wages take...
03.23.2016
SEATTLE –Starbucks workers staged a protest at the company’s annual shareholder meeting today to call for better scheduling practices, a day after the Seattle City Council held a study session on proposals that would require employers like Starbucks...
03.22.2016
NEW YORK - With the state budget deadline days away and negotiations underway that will determine the fate of a minimum wage increase, 85 local elected officials from across upstate New York released a letter today strongly urging members of the State Senate and State Assembly...
