Releases and Advisories

02/08/2016

WASHINGTON — Today, the Center for Popular Democracy released a report, State Takeovers of Low-Performing Schools: A Record of Academic Failure, Financial Mismanagement, & Student Harm, showing that all statewide takeovers...

02/05/2016

Statement & Booking Opportunity: Ady Barkan, Director of the Fed Up campaign, released the following statement in response to today’s Jobs Report:

“While January’s job data shows a...

Today, the Supreme Court decided to review President Obama’s executive order from 2014 to expand Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and implement Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA). Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) applauds this decision and CPD’s Co-Executive...

1/27/2016

Statement and Booking Opportunity
: Ady Barkan, Campaign Director for Fed Up, released the following statement regarding the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting today:

Connie Razza, Director of Strategic Research for the Center for Popular Democracy released the following statement following today’s jobs report: 

“The December jobs report showed modest progress for the economy, but lingering problems cast doubt...

Today, Center for Popular Democracy launches the first-ever Worst Employer Pageant asking America to help crown the nation’s worst employer based on how abominably it treats its employees. By pitting the two worst employers within four different sector against each other, the site asks visitors...

12/16/2015

Statement & Booking Opportunity
: Connie Razza, Director of Strategic Research for the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) released the following statement in advance of the likely interest rate hike this afternoon:

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For Immediate Release                        

On the anniversary of 12-year-old Tamir Rice’s killing by police in Cleveland, a coalition of law students, legal workers and attorneys known as Law for Black Lives issued the following statement:

“Law4BlackLives, a collection of law...

A year ago tomorrow President Obama announced his executive orders to defer deportation for immigrant families by creating Deferred Action for Parents (DAPA) and expanding Deferred Action for Children (DACA). Since then, the promised reform has been stalled by a politically motivated lawsuit...

Today, Center for Popular Democracy is releasing a new guide to setting up municipal ID Building Identity: A Toolkit for Designing and Implementing a Successful Municipal ID Program, to...