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Progressive Movement News / August 3, 2016
Part-Time Workers Are Barely Getting By – but “Opportunity to Work” Could Fix It
The Center for Popular Democracy is pushing pack against the trend of big corporations making low-wage positions part-time in order to avoid paying benefits and decent wages. In San Jose, they’re advancing an “Opportunity to ...
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Progressive Movement News / July 29, 2016
What Does the Political Future Hold? The Nation asks Movement Leaders
How will the political revolution be built? The Nation magazine gathered the thoughts of leading lights, including People’s Action’s George Goehl, Center for Community Change’s Deepak Bhargava, The Roosevelt Institute’s ...
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Progressive Movement News / July 15, 2016
For Attentive.ly and tinyGive, NMV Investment Pays Off
In a move that New Media Ventures’ Julie Menter writes “may be the first time in history a venture-backed tech startup with a black female founder on board has been acquired by a NASDAQ traded company,” the philanthropic ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / July 15, 2016
Working for Justice after Last Week’s Turmoil and Violence
This is the height of the political season, with the two party conventions taking place later this month. But platforms and Vice-Presidential selections aside, in a year when the electoral stakes have never been higher, there is a palpable sense ...
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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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