Congressional Disorientation
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating that they might capture the new members’ attention. Hoping to amplify their...
The Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, had planned to go to Cambridge that week, anticipating that they might capture the new members’ attention. Hoping to amplify their message through the most visible members of the progressive movement, they invited Ayanna S. Pressley (D-Mass.) to co-sponsor their Medicare-for-All rally.
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Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.
Progressive elites only remember that states exist when they’re out of power in DC. That’s a problem.
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate agenda through national organizing networks like the Center for Popular Democracy...
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate agenda through national organizing networks like the Center for Popular Democracy and People’s Action. Community organizing groups are also strategizing about state power-building through new informal venues that cross network lines like the State Power Caucus.
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A push to cancel Puerto Rico debt
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups Alianza por Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Me Llama, Vamos4PR, the Center for...
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups Alianza por Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Me Llama, Vamos4PR, the Center for Popular Democracy and Hedge Clippers, want the judge to dismiss $6 billion of the debt that the territory’s Fiscal Control Board declared illegal, as the debt violates the Puerto Rican Constitution.
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Why Couldn’t New York Get a More Progressive Budget?
Why Couldn’t New York Get a More Progressive Budget?
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York, even by the standards of other states. Public financing could, according to...
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York, even by the standards of other states. Public financing could, according to the Brennan Center and other progressive groups like the Center for Popular Democracy, increase the power of small donors and make lawmakers more accountable to their constituents.
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Crossroads School Equity & Justice Institute to Host Helen Gym Member of Philadelphia City Council will speak about the power of local activism as part of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Equity & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series
Crossroads School Equity & Justice Institute to Host Helen Gym Member of Philadelphia City Council will speak about the power of local activism as part of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Equity & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series
Gym, the first Asian-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, is also the national vice chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive elected officials from local...
Gym, the first Asian-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, is also the national vice chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive elected officials from local governments across the country. Local Progress is committed to “a vision of shared economic prosperity, equal justice under law, livable and sustainable communities and good government that serves the public interest.
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House Democrats on key committees receive funding from anti-single payer groups
House Democrats on key committees receive funding from anti-single payer groups
“Health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, and other corporate players make billions of dollars off of America’s illness — and they want to keep it that way,” said Jennifer Flynn...
“Health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, and other corporate players make billions of dollars off of America’s illness — and they want to keep it that way,” said Jennifer Flynn Walker, director of mobilization and advocacy at the Center for Popular Democracy, an advocacy group that promotes progressive policies.
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Trump's Justice Department Just Declared All-Out War on Obamacare. What Does It Mean?
Trump's Justice Department Just Declared All-Out War on Obamacare. What Does It Mean?
The Justice Department's recent move is "absolutely outrageous," says Jennifer Flynn, a co-organizer of Birddog Nation, a national grassroots network of activists who hound candidates on health...
The Justice Department's recent move is "absolutely outrageous," says Jennifer Flynn, a co-organizer of Birddog Nation, a national grassroots network of activists who hound candidates on health care, funded by Housing Works and the Center for Popular Democracy. "It ignores the hundreds of thousands of people who took action in 2017 to save the ACA -- 10,000 distinct actions nationwide, as reported by [House Speaker, Democrat] Nancy Pelosi. It goes against Trump's own advisers. Both houses of Congress voted down the effort to kill ACA. It's just a stupid move to distract people from the illegal actions of the Trump administration and to terrorize people with pre-existing conditions, which is most of us, and people with disabilities or sick kids."
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Center for Popular Democracy Responds to Green New Deal Resolution Vote
03.27.2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the Senate vote today on the Green New Deal, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement from Dianne Enriquez, Co-...
03.27.2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the Senate vote today on the Green New Deal, the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement from Dianne Enriquez, Co-Director of Community Dignity Programs:
“Our climate crisis is too great for half-measures or sham votes. But this is exactly what happened today. Instead of taking our climate crisis seriously and responding in kind, today Senators voted against the Green New Deal resolution. Many chose to prioritize the money that they get from oil and energy companies over the future of our communities and our planet. Luckily, there will be future votes. This is just the beginning for the Green New Deal. Moving forward, our Senators and elected representatives must take the bold action that we need to build a resilient future for our planet.”
Lia Weintraub, lweintraub@populardemocracy.org, 202-618-2482
A REIT Caught Up in the Immigrant Detention Debate Tries to Re-Brand to Clear its Image
A REIT Caught Up in the Immigrant Detention Debate Tries to Re-Brand to Clear its Image
Bowing to pressure from immigration activists, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank recently vowed to halt financing for private prisons and immigration detention centers—a move that directly...
Bowing to pressure from immigration activists, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank recently vowed to halt financing for private prisons and immigration detention centers—a move that directly affects CoreCivic and its chief competitor, Boca Raton, Fla.-based GEO Group Inc. One advocacy group, the Center for Popular Democracy, accuses the two publicly-traded REITs of “terrorizing people of color and immigrant communities in pursuit of profit.”
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The Washington Post's Disgraceful Coverage of Medicare-for-All
The Washington Post's Disgraceful Coverage of Medicare-for-All
Among the “hard-line liberal groups and unions” the article refers to in its headline and lead is the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities, a coalition of approximately 100 national disability...
Among the “hard-line liberal groups and unions” the article refers to in its headline and lead is the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities, a coalition of approximately 100 national disability organizations. The “hard-line” groups include much of the grassroots movements for healthcare justice in the country: National Nurses United, Social Security Works and the Center for Popular Democracy.
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