Who Is Ady Barkan? Activist and Father Living With ALS Took Center Stage at DNC
Who Is Ady Barkan? Activist and Father Living With ALS Took Center Stage at DNC
“Why not take a stand now? You can be an American hero! You really can!” Barkan pleaded. “You could save my life.”...
“Why not take a stand now? You can be an American hero! You really can!” Barkan pleaded. “You could save my life.”
Flake still voted for the bill, and the exchange played a part in Barkan, along with the Center for Popular Democracy, starting a committee called “Be A Hero,” which is focused on supporting progressive candidates and causes. Read more.
How The Eviction Crisis Could Compound Voter Suppression Come November
How The Eviction Crisis Could Compound Voter Suppression Come November
“It’s the compounding of all of the worst things at the same time: an eviction crisis in the middle of a pandemic in...
“It’s the compounding of all of the worst things at the same time: an eviction crisis in the middle of a pandemic in the middle of uprisings” against police brutality, said Ría Thompson-Washington, manager of the Voting Rights and Democracy Program at the Center for Popular Democracy. Read more.
We Should Still Defund the Police
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From 1977 to 2017, state and local spending on police increased from forty-two billion dollars to a hundred and fifteen billion dollars, adjusted for inflation. This skyrocketing increase continued even after crime rates began to fall in the early nineties. Today, the Center for Popular Democracy found, Chicago, Oakland, Houston, Minneapolis, Orlando, and Detroit each spend at least thirty per cent of their general, or discretionary, fund on their police departments. Police-spending figures do not include the hundreds of millions of dollars paid by municipalities across the country to settle lawsuits connected to police violence. ABC News reported that, in the last year alone, lawsuits against police cost the public more than three hundred million dollars. For many city leaders, it has sadly become the cost of doing business. Read more.
Why We’re Demanding No Cops for Veep
If Joe Biden wants to signal his commitment to the message of the Black Lives Matter movement, he shouldn’t pick a...
If Joe Biden wants to signal his commitment to the message of the Black Lives Matter movement, he shouldn’t pick a former police officer or prosecutor. Read more.
Pelosi, Schumer hold firm on unemployment benefits while Trump eyes executive action amid stalling stimulus talks
Pelosi, Schumer hold firm on unemployment benefits while Trump eyes executive action amid stalling stimulus talks
Democratic leaders maintained Thursday that the next coronavirus relief package must include a long-term extension of...
Democratic leaders maintained Thursday that the next coronavirus relief package must include a long-term extension of the federal unemployment benefits that have kept millions of jobless Americans afloat during the pandemic, holding firm against Republican threats to upend negotiations over the critical issue. Read more.
Louisville caravan calls on Mitch McConnell to extend $600 supplement to jobless benefits
Louisville caravan calls on Mitch McConnell to extend $600 supplement to jobless benefits
Katie Adams, of Bowling Green, said she is unemployed, having lost her job as a sales account manager. "We are in an...
Katie Adams, of Bowling Green, said she is unemployed, having lost her job as a sales account manager.
"We are in an unprecedented and global pandemic, and we need help," she said. "We did not ask for this to happen. I want to be able to work."
She heard about the caravan on the Facebook page of Unemployment Action, a national campaign by the progressive Center for Popular Democracy, which organized the event. Read more.
Feministas en Construcción denuncian lucro de farmacéuticas locales
Feministas en Construcción denuncian lucro de farmacéuticas locales
El Colectivo Feministas en Construcción denunció hoy, martes, cómo farmacéuticas locales -que manufacturan pruebas del...
El Colectivo Feministas en Construcción denunció hoy, martes, cómo farmacéuticas locales -que manufacturan pruebas del coronavirus (COVID-19)-, presuntamente se lucran durante crisis sin aportar en el manejo de la crisis local.
Sin embargo, Puerto Rico enfrenta actualmente una escasez de pruebas.
Para alzar ese reclamo, un grupo de entre 15 a 20 personas, llegó esta mañana a las inmediaciones de la farmacéutica Abbott, en Caguas con carteles y bolsas plásticas como simbolismo de las muertes que el COVID-19 ha causa en la isla. Read more.
Teacher Protests Erupt As #DemandSafeSchools Takes Off
Teacher Protests Erupt As #DemandSafeSchools Takes Off
To truly ensure safety in schools safe, the Demand Safe Schools coalition, a group that includes United Teachers Los...
To truly ensure safety in schools safe, the Demand Safe Schools coalition, a group that includes United Teachers Los Angels and the Center for Popular Democracy, laid out far-reaching demands... Read more.
AS SCHOOLS REOPEN, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS ARE PUSHING BACK
AS SCHOOLS REOPEN, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS ARE PUSHING BACK
"As part of their organizing, Journey for Justice and the 501(c)(4) affiliate of the Center for Popular Democracy sent...
"As part of their organizing, Journey for Justice and the 501(c)(4) affiliate of the Center for Popular Democracy sent a letter Monday morning to President Donald Trump laying out 15 demands for a safe and equitable reopening, including fully functioning air conditioning and ventilation units, free laptops and internet access for every student, regular coronavirus testing, and an elimination of police in schools. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, members of Congress, and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were also copied on the letter." Read more.
As Calls to Defund the Police Grow Louder, Joe Biden Wants to Give Them More Money
As Calls to Defund the Police Grow Louder, Joe Biden Wants to Give Them More Money
flooding the streets in communities of our country with more and more police under the guise that it is going to be...
flooding the streets in communities of our country with more and more police under the guise that it is going to be community-oriented,” said Kumar Rao, director of the Justice Transformation Program at the Center … for Popular Democracy, one of the letter’s signatories.
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