The Pandemic Helped Topple Two Retailers. So Did Private Equity.
The Pandemic Helped Topple Two Retailers. So Did Private Equity.
Last July, a report from the Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group based in Brooklyn, said that 10...
Last July, a report from the Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group based in Brooklyn, said that 10 of the 14 largest retail chain bankruptcies since 2012 involved companies that had
Pressure mounts to help U.S. renters amid corona
Pressure mounts to help U.S. renters amid corona
housing for the past 50 years, the impact that most of us can remember is the foreclosure crisis (after the 2008-09...
housing for the past 50 years, the impact that most of us can remember is the foreclosure crisis (after the 2008-09 crisis), but the magnitude of this is greater," said Dianne Enriquez of the nonprofit Center … for Popular Democracy.
COVID without papers
Then he speaks with Ana Maria Archila co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy about how COVID19 is...
Then he speaks with Ana Maria Archila co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy about how COVID19 is impacted undocumented Americans.
‘Mass Unemployment Is a Policy Choice’
That final component is vital because, as Jennifer Epps-Addison, the co-executive director at the Center for Popular...
That final component is vital because, as Jennifer Epps-Addison, the co-executive director at the Center for Popular Democracy notes, “During the last recession, unemployment and under-employment hit black
FEMA Orders another 100,000 Body Bags For Coronavirus “Worst-Case” Scenario
FEMA Orders another 100,000 Body Bags For Coronavirus “Worst-Case” Scenario
The protest was organized in part by the Center for Popular Democracy, and its participants are “angry at Trump, but...
The protest was organized in part by the Center for Popular Democracy, and its participants are “angry at Trump, but mostly we’re trying to save the lives of our neighbors and our friends,” stated Jennifer
The Renters’ Revolution
Initiated by the Action Center on Race and the Economy, the organizing sponsors include the union-backed Jobs With...
Initiated by the Action Center on Race and the Economy, the organizing sponsors include the union-backed Jobs With Justice; such ACORN-successor community groups as the Center for Popular Democracy, the
"We Need a Working People's Bailout": Unemployment Claims Hit 30 Million as Many Struggle to Afford Necessities
"We Need a Working People's Bailout": Unemployment Claims Hit 30 Million as Many Struggle to Afford Necessities
National groups including Indivisible, the Center for Popular Democracy, and Greenpeace have been calling for weeks for...
National groups including Indivisible, the Center for Popular Democracy, and Greenpeace have been calling for weeks for a People's Bailout, which would provide substantial direct economic relief for families
A National Movement to Cancel the May Rent Takes Shape
No other approach will work, say the advocates with the National Housing Justice Grassroots Table, a coalition of...
No other approach will work, say the advocates with the National Housing Justice Grassroots Table, a coalition of groups that includes the Center for Popular Democracy, People’s Action, Partnership for
Take Action Now: Bail Out People, Not Corporations
Then, help low-wage workers being hit hardest by the pandemic meet their basic needs by donating to the center for...
Then, help low-wage workers being hit hardest by the pandemic meet their basic needs by donating to the center for Popular Democracy’s community solidarity fund or United We Dream’s National UndocuFund
As Amazon, Walmart, and Others Profit Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Their Essential Workers Plan Unprecedented Strike
As Amazon, Walmart, and Others Profit Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Their Essential Workers Plan Unprecedented Strike
The May 1 strike is the latest in a wave of actions led by union and nonunion front-line workers. Last month, Amazon...
The May 1 strike is the latest in a wave of actions led by union and nonunion front-line workers. Last month, Amazon workers in New York City and more than 10,000 Instacart workers across the country staged a walkout. Whole Foods employees led a national sickout on March 31, while upwards of 800 workers skipped their shifts at a Colorado meatpacking plant as coronavirus cases were confirmed among employees. Sanitation workers in Pittsburgh and bus drivers in Detroit both staged wildcat strikes.
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