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affordability

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Explainer: Who Pays for Endless Wars?

Billions of taxpayer dollars are being funneled into war while working people face rising costs and cuts to public programs here at home.

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Report

Report: Making Rights Real

Learn how whistleblower enforcement policies can strengthen labor rights, hold abusive employers accountable, and give workers more power to fight wage theft and unsafe working conditions.

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Report: Our Homes, Our Future

Explore our toolkit for winning rent control and building stable communities, grounded in lessons from tenant organizers and housing advocates across the country.

HEALTHCARE

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Explainer: Will you be losing your healthcare this year?

Do you know when the new Medicaid work requirements and coverage cuts are expected to take effect?

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Explainer: When Babies Lose Coverage, Everyone Pays

Learn how attacks on birthright citizenship could strip millions of children of healthcare coverage, destabilize hospital funding, and make it harder for families to access the care they need.

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Report

Report: A National Roadmap for Spending Opioid Settlement Funds in 2026

Explore this national roadmap for how opioid settlement funds can support harm reduction, housing, public health, and community care instead of repeating the failures of the War on Drugs.

IMMIGRATION

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Explainer: What is Birthright Citizenship?

Learn what’s at stake as the Supreme Court considers Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment.

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Video: “Warehouses are for products, not people”

ICE is building massive new detention centers in warehouses while communities face racial profiling, family separation, and growing violations of due process and constitutional rights.

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Video: Who Profits from Mass Deportation?

Private prison companies, surveillance firms, and corporate contractors are making billions from detention and deportation while our communities pay the price.

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Why We Must Defend the 14th Amendment

Learn about what’s at stake in the growing attacks on birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection — and what you can do to protect our rights and freedoms.

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Video: What Will the Next 250 Years Look Like?

As we approach our nation’s 250th anniversary, learn how the legacy of Bloody Sunday in Selma and the fight for voting rights, citizenship, and equal protection continue to shape the future of democracy in America.

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Blog Post

Keep Hope Alive: Why Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Legacy Still Matters

Popular Democracy’s Executive Director DaMareo Cooper reflects on Rev. Jesse Jackson, the power of the Rainbow Coalition, and why multiracial organizing remains essential in the fight for democracy, voting rights, and economic justice today.