Equity & Justice
The Public Leadership Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy and leadership center organized to explore and raise public awareness about key public policy issues of equity and justice and to develop public leaders who will improve the economic and social conditions of all Americans.
IdeaLog
How did the American economy become a disgrace?
Posted on January 15, 2020
The question is not whether the economy is operating well, or even adequately, for the most Americans. The question is, what happened over the years to make it such an abysmal failure? By failure,...
Read MoreAll Politics Is Local—about the PLI Conference
Posted on January 1, 2020
Except from the book by Meaghan Winter (pages 181-182) I first saw Leslie Herod at work in the summer of 2017, when she appeared on a panel at a conference sponsored by the Public Leadership Institute—a...
Read MoreAll Politics Is Local: Why Progressives Must Fight for the States
Posted on December 18, 2019
Except from the book by Meaghan Winter (pages 20-21) Many of the foot soldiers advocating for social change today are not explicitly working within the party structures; they are community groups, advocacy organizations, lobbying...
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Youth Voting, Repro Rights, Family Leave and More
Posted on January 15, 2020
Six Policies to Promote Youth Voting: The Fair Elections Center and Campus Vote Project produced the report “Democracy’s Future: Proposals to Expand Access to Registration and Voting for a New Generation” which includes model...
Read MoreElection Day Registration, Neuroscience, Key Questions for 2020, and More
Posted on January 1, 2020
Election Day Registration Act: Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia now have Election Day Registration. The Election Day Registration Act allows qualified individuals with proof of residence to register at a local precinct...
Read MoreFlavored Tobacco, Opportunity Zones, SNAP Cuts and More
Posted on December 18, 2019
Flavored Tobacco Products Prohibition Act: The State of Massachusetts has banned flavored tobacco products—both flavored tobacco and vapes. The Flavored Tobacco Products Prohibition Act does the same in a simple format. Overwhelmingly, these flavors...
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PLI in new book, “All Politics Is Local”
Posted on November 20, 2019
A new book, All Politics Is Local: Why Progressives Must Fight for the States, discusses the challenges and opportunities for progressives in state legislatures across the nation. It’s a great book and the Public Leadership...
Read MoreUSA Today features our Playbook for Abortion Rights
Posted on June 20, 2019
Progressives Borrow Strategy… In the raging legislative battle over women’s reproductive rights, progressive groups have turned to a tactic that for years has helped spread anti-abortion measures – model legislation… In many ways, the...
Read MoreAnti-abortion website features PLI
Posted on March 21, 2019
The anti-abortion “news” website LibertyNation published a column attacking legislation in Maine that would allow duly-qualified advanced practice clinicians (APCs) to perform certain abortions, as allowed in other states. The column continues as follows:...
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