Insights - Democracy Alliance

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...

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...

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...

Who’s the Next Big Thing? Youth Engagement Fund’s Austin Belali

That's according to Washington Life Magazine, not to mention his colleagues here at the DA. "This country has a long history of people extracting wealth from...

Building an Inclusive Economy: The Case for Early Care and Education

For decades, there has been a strong economic case to be made for early care and education. Based on longitudinal research of high-quality programs dating back to...

ColorofChange’s Rashad Robinson Personally Delivers 500,000 Petitions to DOJ

Calling for police departments that resist reform to be defunded, a coalition led by ColorofChange and including Advancement Project, BYP100 and others carried...

New Roundup, August 9

The New York Times profiles AFSCME head Lee Saunders; a New Yorker reporter trails a Working America canvasser for a day; Democracy in Color's Steve Phillips lays...

Racist Voter ID Laws Just Suffered a Series of Crushing Blows

In North Carolina last month, a lawsuit brought by Advancement Project, among others, has resulted in a federal court striking down parts of the state’s voting law...

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...

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...