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News from the DA / July 15, 2016
The Latino Engagement Fund’s New Director
Dave Montez, Executive Director of One Colorado and former Acting President of GLAAD, will begin as the Director of the DA’s Latino Engagement Fund in September. Dave also spent five years at the Gill Foundation, where he spearheaded the ...
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Progressive Movement News / July 14, 2016
Roosevelt Institute Launches 501(c)(4)
President Felicia Wong announced the debut of Roosevelt Forward earlier today, writing that it “expands our reach and allows us to have a greater voice in the economic and social debates happening in the lead-up to Election Day. The Roosevelt ...
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Progressive Movement News / July 14, 2016
In a Week of Turmoil, CPD Brought 1,500 Community Organizers Together.
The People’s Convention in Pittsburgh last week, organized by the Center for Popular Democracy, united activists working toward economic and environmental justice, LGBT rights, fair wages, immigration reform, and racial equality. Beginning just ...
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Progressive Movement News / July 13, 2016
News Roundup, July 13
The Economic Policy Institute’s trade research expert fires back after the Donald Trump campaign distorts his research for their own ends; the president of think tank Demos talks about institutional racism with Ezra Klein; and two Brennan ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / July 5, 2016
Brexit Vote Has Echoes in the U.S., but Progressives Can Write a Different Ending
Last month’s Brexit vote in the United Kingdom sent shock waves through Europe and the world. The “leave” campaign had several things in common with the United States in this election season, making many anxious about whether ...
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Progressive Movement News / June 27, 2016
For Immigrant Families, Supreme Court Denies Needed Relief
The divided Court’s ruling last week in U.S. v. Texas froze President Barack Obama’s signature immigration reform program in place. The 4-4 tie allowed a lower court’s injunction halting implementation of Deferred Action for ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / June 24, 2016
DA Founder Rob Stein on the Koch Brothers and Political Trust-Busting
The lurid attraction of a Donald Trump-dominated presidential election spectacle is likely to obscure another clear and present political danger that will be hidden from most Americans. That danger is the purchase — there’s no other way to put ...
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Progressive Movement News / June 23, 2016
News Roundup, June 23
Civil rights leaders and economists unite; Nick Hanauer slams House Speaker Paul Ryan for weak grasp of middle-class economics; Hillary Clinton’s LGBTQ bona fides are explored; and more.
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Progressive Movement News / June 23, 2016
At Common Cause, New Leadership Steps Up
The good-government watchdog group with offices in 35 states has announced Karen Hobert Flynn as its tenth President. She brings 30 years of experience as a democracy reform activist, many of them with Common Cause and state affiliates. She ...
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