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Wall Street Journal: Citigroup Pact Has Detailed Plan for $2.5 Billion in Relief to Consumers

Wall Street Journal - July 14, 2014, by Alan Zibel - Citigroup’s $7 billion settlement with the Justice Department over...

Housing Rights Group Says HUD Program Helps Wall Street, Hurts Homeowners

Truthout - October 5, 2014, by Rebecca Burns - After learning that his home was in foreclosure in July 2013, James...

Rate Hike Opponents Overwhelmed The Fed's Phone System

Left-leaning groups affiliated with the Fed Up campaign,...

New Website Holds US Companies Accountable for Backing Trump

"Major corporations stand to profit from Trump's hateful agenda. That's why we call them Backers of Hate," the website...

Telesur | Civic Engagement

Hillary Clinton just endorsed serious Federal Reserve reform

Hillary Clinton embraced an ambitious proposal for reforming the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, according to a statement...

Anti-Kavanaugh Groups Could Lose Non-Profit Status for Disrupting Hearings

Over 200 people were arrested during the four days of hearings, held Sept. 4 to 7, for disrupting the hearings. They...

The Epoch Times | Civic Engagement

Education ‘Day of Action’ set Monday in 60-plus cities

The Washington Post - December 6, 2013, by Valerie Strauss - A coalition of education, labor, civic and civil rights...

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‘Our Town’ benefit raises $500,000 for Puerto Rico

‘Our Town’ benefit raises $500,000 for Puerto Rico

A SUPERHERO EFFORT on Monday night at the Fox Theatre raised more than $500,000 for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico....

Encore Atlanta | Civic Engagement

New York Questions Big Retailers Over 'On-Call' Staffing

Reuters - April 13, 2015 - New York's attorney general has sent letters to 13 national retailers, including Gap Inc,...

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For big banks, breaking the rules is a trade secret

For big banks, breaking the rules is a trade secret

There has been plenty of murmuring about shoddy sales practices at major banks beyond Wells Fargo. Front-line...

Los Angeles Times | Civic Engagement

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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