Mainstream Medicare-for-All Proposals Just Got a Lot More Inclusive
Mainstream Medicare-for-All Proposals Just Got a Lot More Inclusive
Last week, that changed. After meetings with a team of experts arranged by Ady Barkan, an organizer with the Center for Popular Democracy Action, Sanders and Jayapal have agreed to add these...
Last week, that changed. After meetings with a team of experts arranged by Ady Barkan, an organizer with the Center for Popular Democracy Action, Sanders and Jayapal have agreed to add these needed supports into their bill. Medicare for All just got a lot more inclusive.
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The Health 202: Jayapal's Medicare-for-all bill reflects influence of hard-line progressive groups
The Health 202: Jayapal's Medicare-for-all bill reflects influence of hard-line progressive groups
The measure bears the signs of close involvement by National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Public Citizen, Social Security Works...
The measure bears the signs of close involvement by National Nurses United, the Center for Popular Democracy, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Public Citizen, Social Security Works and other organizations that say the ACA didn’t go nearly far enough in ensuring all Americans have access to a generous range of health benefits.
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The White House Thinks It’s ‘Sad’ That JPMorgan Is Divesting From Private Prisons
The White House Thinks It’s ‘Sad’ That JPMorgan Is Divesting From Private Prisons
“We are here denouncing Jamie Dimon’s hypocrisy. On one hand he criticizes Trump’s inhumane policies of separating families while his company JPMorgan Chase finances the country’s largest private...
“We are here denouncing Jamie Dimon’s hypocrisy. On one hand he criticizes Trump’s inhumane policies of separating families while his company JPMorgan Chase finances the country’s largest private prison and immigrant detention companies, profiting off by putting immigrant families in jail,” protestor Ana Maria Archila, of the Center for Popular Democracy, said in a statement.
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Trump prioritizes school choice, charter schools in latest budget proposal
Trump prioritizes school choice, charter schools in latest budget proposal
"In the years since the Supreme Court struck down critical protections in the Voting Rights Act, voters of color have faced intimidation, voter suppression and an outright theft of our electoral...
"In the years since the Supreme Court struck down critical protections in the Voting Rights Act, voters of color have faced intimidation, voter suppression and an outright theft of our electoral power,” Jennifer Epps-Addison, network president and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy, said in a statement Friday.
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Water infrastructure critical to all local governments
Water infrastructure critical to all local governments
Providing clean drinking water to every resident in the city of Oneida is one of our city government’s most important services. Up-to-date water mains, sewer pipes, and wastewater treatment plants...
Providing clean drinking water to every resident in the city of Oneida is one of our city government’s most important services. Up-to-date water mains, sewer pipes, and wastewater treatment plants are critical to protect our lakes, rivers, and drinking water from contaminants that could make people sick.
That’s why I introduced two resolutions in the Oneida Common Council calling on Gov. Cuomo and the state Legislature to increase water infrastructure funding in this year’s state budget. The resolutions passed unanimously.
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Opinion: We Can't Let Right-Wing Hypocrites Weaponize Anti-Semitism
Opinion: We Can't Let Right-Wing Hypocrites Weaponize Anti-Semitism
Brad Lander is a member of the New York City Council, and the board chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive local elected officials.
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Brad Lander is a member of the New York City Council, and the board chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive local elected officials.
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Oregon just enacted statewide rent control—and it could be a model for the country
Oregon just enacted statewide rent control—and it could be a model for the country
Rent stabilization measures could go a long way to alleviate the country’s affordable housing crisis, according to the “Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy...
Rent stabilization measures could go a long way to alleviate the country’s affordable housing crisis, according to the “Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities” report out last month by PolicyLink, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Right To The City Alliance.
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Center for Popular Democracy Applauds House for Passing Proactive Democracy and Ethics Reform
Center for Popular Democracy Applauds House for Passing Proactive Democracy and Ethics Reform
03.08.2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House of Representatives passed the first...
03.08.2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House of Representatives passed the first legislation of the 116th Congress, the For the People Act, which presents critical democracy reforms to ensure that all eligible people, regardless of where they live or what they look like, can have their voices heard in government.
“Now is the time for big bold action to create the people-centered democracy that works for all of us, not just corporations and wealthy donors,” said Emma Greenman, Director of Voting Rights and Democracy at the Center for Popular Democracy. “Across the country, communities are fighting to increase access to the ballot, expand the electorate, and strengthen the voices of people in the electoral process. The people are demanding proactive democracy reform and HR1 delivers by strengthening the right to vote, tackling the issue of money in politics and adopting much-needed ethics reform. By removing barriers and strengthen the participation of voters and communities, we can advance an agenda that works for us all. We can raise the minimum wage, pass Medicare for All, invest in quality education, and put people back at the center of our politics. Our democracy is better when we are all involved. I thank Leader Pelosi and Representative Sarbanes for their leadership in the House and urge the Senate to take a vote on this critical bill.”
“Our Democracy cannot thrive without the full inclusion of all of the people it governs. That’s why over the course of this country’s history, people of color, women, young people, and immigrants have fought to expand and protect our right to participate and be represented in our democracy,” said Jennifer Epps-Addison, Network President and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy. “We have won notable victories, but also faced setbacks. In the years since the Supreme Court struck down critical protections in the Voting Rights Act, voters of color have faced intimidation, voter suppression and an outright theft of our electoral power. HR1, the For the People Act, is a step forward in ensuring that all of us, no matter who we vote for, what we look like, or what we believe, can have our voices heard in our democracy. It improves access to the ballot, strengthens election security, ends partisan gerrymandering, and bolsters oversight and accountability of elected officials. Democracy is best when all of us can participate in it.”
###Lia Weintraub, lweintraub@populardemocracy.org, 202-618-2482 Inarú Meléndez, imelendez@populardemocracy.org, 413-331-9530
Following Sustained Campaign, JP Morgan Chase and Co Divests From Private Prison Operators
Following Sustained Campaign, JP Morgan Chase and Co Divests From Private Prison Operators
Common Dreams reported that civil rights groups, like Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy and New York Communities for Change, were among the organizations credited with pressuring...
Common Dreams reported that civil rights groups, like Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy and New York Communities for Change, were among the organizations credited with pressuring JP Morgan Chase and Co to stop bankrolling CoreCivic and GEO Group, the country’s largest private prison operators.
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Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Common Council strengthens tenant rights laws amid other major resolutions
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and Cynthia Brock) “The new tenant’s rights resolutions establish that the...
Local renter protections passed by Ithaca City Council: (Seph Murtaugh, Duc Nguyen, George McGonigle, Laura Lewis, and Cynthia Brock) “The new tenant’s rights resolutions establish that the landlord is now responsible for any and all coding faults with buildings and rental units instead of the tenants. Some of the new resolutions state that landlords who have more than the legal limit of people living in a unit will receive a penalty for each additional occupant over the limit.”
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