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Progressive Movement News / April 29, 2016
In VA, Voting Rights Restored for Thousands
Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order late last week that re-enfranchised more than 200,000 Virginians who had completed sentences for a felony conviction in the past. Rights restoration has been a major focus of key DA ...
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Progressive Movement News / April 28, 2016
CBPP Reports Show Damage Trump, Cruz Tax Plans Would Do
New research by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows in detail the devastating potential impact of Donald Trump’s and Ted Cruz’s tax plans. Astonishingly, each candidate promises to shrink federal revenues and spending ...
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Progressive Movement News / April 27, 2016
Now Accepting Nominations: Roosevelt Institute Asks “Who’s Fighting for the Four Freedoms?”
The Institute’s Four Freedoms award is for individuals who demonstrate commitment to FDR’s principles of “freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear” has been presented to Ruth Bader ...
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Progressive Movement News / April 27, 2016
News Roundup, April 27
The latest on the progressive movement includes DA Board Member Nick Hanauer joining former Labor Secretary Robert Reich to call for overtime pay reform in the New York Times, Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden in a fascinating ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 22, 2016
The DA’s 2020 State Funds: Spring Updates
Nearly a year ago, the Democracy Alliance released its 2020 Vision Investment Portfolio, a collection of organizations and efforts that not only comprise a robust “progressive infrastructure” but whose work, taken together, has the potential to ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 22, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The State Engagement Initiative
The contrast between red and blue states could not be more clear. On Democracy: Arizona dramatically cut its number of polling places in Maricopa County, requiring many of the states’ Latino residents to wait up to five hours to cast a ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 21, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The New American Majority Funds
Although there is much about the 2016 election that is defying conventional wisdom, we know some things for sure, namely that the 2016 electorate will be the most diverse in history, with nearly 1 in 3 voters being a person of color. In many of ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 20, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The Climate Fund
Last week, the New York Times reported that new models are predicting that the West Antarctic ice sheet could disintegrate within decades, causing sea levels to rise by six feet by 2100, drowning coastlines and destroying major cities such as ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / April 19, 2016
2020 Funds Update: The Democracy Fund
Over the course of the last year, the Democracy Alliance has solidified its funding strategy for countering the Right’s voter suppression efforts. Under the guidance of our new Democracy Fund’s Advisory Board, we have consulted with leading ...
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