As bankers back away, for-profit prison companies step up political spending
As bankers back away, for-profit prison companies step up political spending
In 2017, after release of the ITPI report, the national progressive advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy launched the “Corporate Backers of Hate” campaign to target “some of the companies...
In 2017, after release of the ITPI report, the national progressive advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy launched the “Corporate Backers of Hate” campaign to target “some of the companies which most egregiously prioritize profits over people,” including JPMorgan and Wells Fargo.
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Puerto Rican Diaspora Activists Demand Federal Judge #CancelTheDebt
Puerto Rican Diaspora Activists Demand Federal Judge #CancelTheDebt
Community activists focused on Puerto Rico, including Center For Popular Democracy Action, Diáspora en Resistencia, VAMOS4PR, New York Communities for Change, and others, rallied today outside a...
Community activists focused on Puerto Rico, including Center For Popular Democracy Action, Diáspora en Resistencia, VAMOS4PR, New York Communities for Change, and others, rallied today outside a federal courtroom in downtown Manhattan, as well as in several cities, as part of a day of action to demand that the island’s public debt be cancelled.
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Politics And Markets Collide: JPMorgan Cuts Ties With Private Prisons, Impacting GEO Group And CoreCivic
Politics And Markets Collide: JPMorgan Cuts Ties With Private Prisons, Impacting GEO Group And CoreCivic
Make no mistake, this decision is mired in politics. The decision by JPMorgan, which follows Wells Fargo and US Bank coming to similar conclusions, was derived from pressure by many grassroots...
Make no mistake, this decision is mired in politics. The decision by JPMorgan, which follows Wells Fargo and US Bank coming to similar conclusions, was derived from pressure by many grassroots organizations like the Center for Popular Democracy.
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Piden en Nueva York auditar la deuda
La Junta de Supervisión Fiscal ya ha declarado que partes de la deuda de Puerto Rico son ilegales. La jueza Swain no debe permitir que se finalice ningún acuerdo de reestructuración antes de que...
La Junta de Supervisión Fiscal ya ha declarado que partes de la deuda de Puerto Rico son ilegales. La jueza Swain no debe permitir que se finalice ningún acuerdo de reestructuración antes de que comprendamos en qué medida la deuda es ilegal", dijo Julio Varona López, codirector de Campañas de Dignidad Comunitaria en el Center for Popular Democracy, miembro del comité directivo de “Vamos por Puerto Rico” y coordinador de la coalición Hedge Clippers.
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The Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability Committee Responds to Wells Fargo Decision to Exit the Private Prison Industry
The Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability Committee Responds to Wells Fargo Decision to Exit the Private Prison Industry
The Families Belong Together Committee, made up of more than 100 organizations, calls on banks to immediately stop their financial support for GEO Group and CoreCivic, private prisons that are...
The Families Belong Together Committee, made up of more than 100 organizations, calls on banks to immediately stop their financial support for GEO Group and CoreCivic, private prisons that are profiting from mass incarceration and the criminalization of immigration. Partnering organizations include the following: Action NC, Candide Group / Real Money Moves, Center for Popular Democracy…
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Entidades se manifestaron en Orlando para exigir cancelación de la deuda de Puerto Rico
Entidades se manifestaron en Orlando para exigir cancelación de la deuda de Puerto Rico
Las protestas fueron protagonizadas por miembros de organizaciones como el Center for Popular Democracy, Organize Florida, VAMOS4PR, Diáspora en Resistencia, entre otros.
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Las protestas fueron protagonizadas por miembros de organizaciones como el Center for Popular Democracy, Organize Florida, VAMOS4PR, Diáspora en Resistencia, entre otros.
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Senators Warren and Markey and Colleagues Reintroduce Historic Legislation to Confront America’s Housing Crisis
Senators Warren and Markey and Colleagues Reintroduce Historic Legislation to Confront America’s Housing Crisis
“We have a national housing crisis. We need federal action to solve it. Our communities can’t thrive in a marketplace that redlines and displaces us. This bill begins a much-needed federal...
“We have a national housing crisis. We need federal action to solve it. Our communities can’t thrive in a marketplace that redlines and displaces us. This bill begins a much-needed federal conversation about how to make sure we all have a safe place to call home,” said Jennifer Epps-Addison, Network President and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy.
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Rent Control Passed in Oregon. Will it Work as a Housing-Crisis Solution Nationwide?
Rent Control Passed in Oregon. Will it Work as a Housing-Crisis Solution Nationwide?
For the first time in decades, rent control is under serious consideration by lawmakers across the country. According to a report published last week by advocacy groups Center for Popular...
For the first time in decades, rent control is under serious consideration by lawmakers across the country. According to a report published last week by advocacy groups Center for Popular Democracy, Right To The City Alliance, and PolicyLink, if rent-control measures pass in all of the states and cities where they’re currently on the table, nearly a third of all renter households in the United States could secure relief from the worst of the housing crisis.
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Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
Immigrant Advocates Just Got JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Private Prisons
On March 5, JPMorgan Chase made headlines by announcing that the bank would no longer finance private-prison and immigrant-detention companies. This is the first major bank to make such an...
On March 5, JPMorgan Chase made headlines by announcing that the bank would no longer finance private-prison and immigrant-detention companies. This is the first major bank to make such an announcement, marking a potential sea change in the fight against private prisons. But it’s more than that—it also marks the sophistication and tactical savvy of an immigrant-rights movement that is working to cut off all sources of funding for the private immigrant-detention industry.
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Newburgh supports rent control, tenant protections
Newburgh supports rent control, tenant protections
The Newburgh City Council Monday night went on record supporting rent control and tenants’ rights protection. Council members voted to urge the state to enact those measures.
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The Newburgh City Council Monday night went on record supporting rent control and tenants’ rights protection. Council members voted to urge the state to enact those measures.
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