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• Starbucks needs more than racial bias training after men's arrest, experts say

  22 avril 2018
  The Guardian | Hakeem Jefferson and Neil Lewis, Jr. Heather McGhee, president of Demos, an equal rights thinktank, will develop the Starbucks training plan with the former US attorney general Eric Holder and representatives of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education fund, the Equal Justice (...)

• “I Am Those People”

  20 avril 2018
  The New Republic | Sarah Jones While no law prevents outside donors, for example, from investing in the campaign of a low-income person, the likelihood that they’ll do so is low. The problem is social capital: Low-income people lack it, and so their personal networks do not often contain (...)

• Thousands of Poor Detroiters Are About to Get Their Water Cut Off

  19 avril 2018
  Mother Jones | Eli Day Activists and researchers have pointed out that the Detroit Water and Sewage Department’s financial woes can’t be blamed entirely on the city, since it stretches far beyond the city itself, serving 40 percent of Michigan’s population. read (...)

• Heather McGhee, president of Demos, is Among Thought-Leaders Providing Guidance to Starbucks on Combatting Racial Bias

  18 avril 2018
  Release Date: April 18, 2018 “Along with the majority of the country, we at Demos found the unjust arrest of two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia to be yet another disturbing example of the destructive, pervasive bias that people of color routinely face. This bias becomes a force that (...)

• Can Training Eliminate Biases ? Starbucks Will Test the Thesis

  18 avril 2018
  The NewYork Times | Noam Scheiber and Rachel Abrams On Monday, reeling from an incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia that prompted accusations of racial bias, Howard Schultz, the company’s executive chairman, called the head of a nonprofit public-policy organization to discuss ways to prevent (...)

• Tamara Draut Releases Updated Book Examining the Political and Economic Status of America’s New Working Class

  17 avril 2018
  Release Date: April 17, 2018 The Sleeping Giant Paperback Offers New Insights on the 2016 Election and the Economic Conditions of the New Working Class read more

• Civil Rights Groups Sue Missouri, Saying It’s Failing To Automatically Update Voter Records

  17 avril 2018
  The Huffington Post | Sam Levine The 1993 law requires states to offer people the opportunity to register to vote when they interact with the motor vehicle agency and other state agencies. If someone wants to register to vote at the motor vehicle agency, the information provided on a driver’s (...)

• Demos, Advancement Project, and ACLU File Suit Against State of Missouri for Violation of National Voter Registration Act

  17 avril 2018 — Litigation
  April 17, 2018 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/2018_04_17_MO%20NVRA%20Complaint%20w%20Exhibits.pdf Author: Demos, Advancement Project, and American Civil Liberties Union COMPLAINT 1. This action concerns the ongoing failure of Defendant officials of the State of Missouri (...)

• Lawsuit Filed Against Missouri Over State Motor Vehicle Agency’s Failure to Provide Federally-Mandated Voter Registration Services

  17 avril 2018
  Release Date: April 17, 2018 Secretary of State, Department of Revenue in Knowing Violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 read more

• A Starbucks in California treats black and white men differently, according to this video

  17 avril 2018
  The Washington Post | Marwa Eltagouri “[We] are working closely with the team to learn from our mistakes,” she said. “We are fully investigating our store practices and guidelines across the company. In addition to our own review we will work with outside experts and community leaders to (...)

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