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
States and localities shouldn’t cooperate with ICE detainers
Posted on February 4, 2025
Right now, some Democrats are trying to “move to the right” on immigration. Some are supporting legislation to undo “sanctuary” policies that have blocked state or local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE detainers....
Read MoreLessons of the 2024 election, part three
Posted on January 21, 2025
The fundamental reason why our side lost in November is that a small but decisive percentage of Americans never heard our arguments – specifically, people who normally would support Democrats but rely on social...
Read MoreLessons of the 2024 election, part two
Posted on January 9, 2025
If we don’t understand the November election defeat, then we can’t know what to fix. Yet, our side does not understand. The Democrats’ two month blamefest has focused almost entirely on messaging. But the...
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Rent, Detainers, Billionaires and More
Posted on February 4, 2025
Fair Competition in Residential Rent Act: Rental rates are going up in part because of anti-competitive practices by landlords who use algorithmic rent-setting software. The Fair Competition in Residential Rent Act prohibits rental property...
Read MoreAbortion Pills, Protecting Libraries, Progressive Agenda and More
Posted on January 21, 2025
Freedom to Read Act: Conservatives are trying to censor information about subjects that make them uncomfortable, usually about race, gender and sexuality. The Freedom to Read Act, modeled after laws recently enacted in six...
Read MoreElection Lessons, Biggest Issues, Progressive Agenda and More
Posted on January 7, 2025
Immigrant Tenant Protection Act: This model is based on a 2019 law enacted in Illinois and, sadly, is timely again. The Immigrant Tenant Protection Act prohibits a landlord from disclosing or threatening to disclose,...
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PLI President Gloria Totten in the New York Times
Posted on December 1, 2021
Where the Pro-Choice Movement Went Wrong, New York Times, December 1 …Having lost at the Supreme Court, anti-abortion organizations set out to restrict abortion in cities and states. By the late 1970s, the leading...
Read MoreThe Lily features the Playbook for Abortion Rights
Posted on October 21, 2021
The Lily, published by The Washington Post, ran a story headlined “Lawmakers are racing to mimic the Texas abortion law in their own states” which includes PLI’s Playbook for Abortion Rights. That section of...
Read MoreNew York enacts a PLI model
Posted on October 13, 2021
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation (S.343-A/A.3412-A) classifying certain threats to report a person’s immigration status as extortion or coercion under New York law. As acknowledged in the Governor’s statement about the...
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