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Progressive Movement News / November 22, 2016
New Media Ventures Announces its Innovation Fund Winners
The newest round of support for a select group of innovative tech startups was made public just last week. The recipients of funding from New Media Ventures include Buycott, which allows shoppers to scan product barcodes and learn where the ...
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Progressive Movement News / November 4, 2016
News Roundup, November 4
Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson is profiled by Wired Magazine; Mic asks why climate change never came up during the Presidential debates; and more.
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Progressive Movement News / October 6, 2016
News Roundup, October 6
The NEA demonstrates that school bullying is on the rise in sync with Donald Trump’s visibility; Experts give their readout on the use of force by police in communities of color; Sojourners reports on 21st-century Jim Crow; and more.
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Progressive Movement News / October 3, 2016
EPI Shows How the Economy Leaves Black Workers Behind
Today’s Washington Post “Wonkblog” featured the latest Economic Policy Institute research exploring the black-white wage gap. EPI’s insights go beyond what we already know – Black Americans make less than their white ...
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Progressive Movement News / September 22, 2016
News Roundup, 9/22
Constitutional Accountability Center‘s Elizabeth Wydra lays down a timely history lesson on the Constitution; The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities‘ research is featured in Slate; and more.
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Progressive Movement News / September 21, 2016
The Wonks Behind the Progressive Movement Are Getting Recognition on the Politico 50
Jared Bernstein and Ross Eisenbrey first researched a new overtime rule proposal during the Bush Administration. A nonstarter then, they revived interest in the policy change around the start of President Obama’s second term. The work of the two ...
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Progressive Movement News / September 20, 2016
Issue One, Others Tell Debate Moderator: “First Debate Democracy”
In an open letter to Lester Holt, the host of the first Presidential debate, a who’s-who of progressive groups are pressing for a chance to hear both candidates speak on the corrosive influence of big money on democracy. “When Hillary Clinton ...
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Progressive Movement News / September 19, 2016
Seattle and the Center for Popular Democracy Lead, Once Again, on Fair Employment
Seattle and its neighbors were where the Fight for $15 first got off the ground. Now, the City Council has passed a comprehensive fair workweek law advanced by CPD’s Fair Workweek Initiative. San Francisco is the only other city in the country ...
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Progressive Movement News / September 14, 2016
Working Families is Working Hard
Innovating in the Fight for $15, endorsing Hillary Clinton in the general election after backing Bernie Sanders in the primary, and pulling politics in a more progressive direction: it’s been a busy year for Working Families, and ...
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Progressive Movement News / September 9, 2016
News Roundup, September 9
David Rolf charts the course for the future of union organizing; DA President Gara LaMarche is cited by The Guardian for his insights on philanthropy; Heather McGhee answers a C-SPAN caller who acknowledges his own prejudices and asks how he can ...
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