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NEARLY 30 ORGANIZATIONS PLAN GRASSROOTS PUSH TO BAN LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION
Groups representing 15 million+ people plan to flood local, state, and federal lawmakers with letters and calls as bipartisan backlash to biometric surveillance reaches a boiling point.
AFTER MASSIVE PUSH FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS, 8 BANKS ARE PULLING BACK FROM PRIVATE PRISON FINANCING
THE FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE CELEBRATES VICTORY The Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability Committee released the following statement in response to U.S. Bancorp and Barclays joining this list: "US Bancorp and Barclays’ decisions to...
Matt Nelson, Executive Director of Nation’s Largest Online Latinx Organizing Group Responds to today’s U.S. Supreme Court’s Divide on Citizenship Question in the 2020 Census
Statement from Presente.org’s Executive Director, Matt Nelson regarding today’s oral arguments in the 2020 Census citizenship question case at the U.S. Supreme Court: "The census question in front of the Supreme Court makes it clear that we must rescue a fair and inclusive...
Executive Director of nation’s largest online Latinx organizing group responds to tragic murders by white supremacists
The resurgence of white supremacist views, including those coming from the Trump Administration, correlates to a massive uptick in hate crimes and violence against Latinx people since 2016.
The Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability Committee Responds to Wells Fargo Decision to Exit The Private Prison Industry
Today, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan at a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing on the bank’s investments in GEO Group and Core Civic, two private prison companies that are detaining immigrants. Mr. Sloan announced...
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Labor and Environmental Groups Ask Governor to ‘Protect People and Not Polluters
U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Jeff Merkley Introduce Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act – Would Eliminate All Out-Of-Pocket Health Costs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Fresh heat for food delivery giants
The Fight for Workers Safety on the Job Deepens
#DignidadLiteraria Calls Flatiron Books’ Hiring of Nadxieli Nieto as Editor-at-Large a ‘Solid Step in the Right Direction’
500+ Groups Demand ‘People’s Bailout’ to Counter Push for Wall Street-Friendly Coronavirus Response
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