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Schumer and Pelosi on Opposite Sides of Budget Deal, As the Fate of DREAMers Hangs in the Balance

After failing to force a government shutdown before Christmas, advocates from a variety of groups, including United We...

Alternet | Civic Engagement

National educators tour Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Service Centers

National education leaders are taking notice of the impact the Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Service Centers (...

Ahead of Black Friday, Walmart Workers Brief Capitol Hill Lawmakers

People's World - November 19, 2014 - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D, Mass., Rep. George Miller, D,Calif., and legislative...

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Denver's rapid charter expansion yields underwhelming results

Denver's rapid charter expansion yields underwhelming results

Dive Brief: Twenty-seven new charter schools have opened in Denver in the last five years with six more set to open...

Rally calling for immigration reform include scores of undocumented immigrants

Penn Live – August 5, 2013, by Ivy DeJesus - Close to 100 protesters rallied on Monday within ear shot of a political...

Protesters disrupt Senate hearing on health care bill that may be dead

WASHINGTON — The Republican bill to replace Obamacare appears all but dead in the Senate, but the chamber’s Finance...

USA Today | Civic Engagement

Here's How to Make the Fed More Transparent and Accountable

The Federal Reserve has long faced fierce scrutiny from members of Congress, community leaders, and the press for its...

As debate heats up over interest rates, progressive movement mobilizes behind a pro-wages, racial equity agenda

Following the call, participants released the following statements: Dawn O’Neal, teaching assistant and member of Rise...

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Why the Federal Reserve Needs To Go Beyond Interest Rate Policy

Why the Federal Reserve Needs To Go Beyond Interest Rate Policy

KIM BROWN, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Kim Brown in Baltimore. Interests rates will remain unchanged....

CPD's Josie Duffy on Why NY Needs the Scaffold Law

NY1 - August 28, 2014 - CPD's Josie Duffy joins Liz Benjamin on NY1 to discuss why workers need the Scaffold Law.  

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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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