During the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia created a list of published essays related to the 2016 Democratic Party Platform to help provide journalists, delegates, and visitors with local angles and background history.
2016 Democratic Party Platform
Raise Incomes and Restore Economic Security for the Middle Class
- Raising Workers’ Wages
- Protecting Workers’ Fundamental Rights
- Supporting Working Families
- Helping More Workers Share in Near-Record Corporate Profits
- Expanding Access to Affordable Housing and Home Ownership
- Protecting and Expanding Social Security
- Ensuring a Secure and Dignified Retirement
- Revitalizing Our Nation’s Postal Service
Create Good-Paying Jobs
- Building 21st Century Infrastructure
- Fostering a Manufacturing Renaissance
- Creating Good-Paying Clean Energy Jobs
- Pursuing Our Innovation Agenda: Science, Research, Education, and Technology
- Supporting America’s Small Businesses
- Creating Jobs for America’s Young People
Fight for Economic Fairness and Against Inequality
- Reining in Wall Street and Fixing our Financial System
- Promoting Competition by Stopping Corporate Concentration
- Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes
- Promoting Trade That is Fair and Benefits American Workers
Bring Americans Together and Remove Barriers to Opportunities
- Ending Systemic Racism
- Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
- Reforming our Criminal Justice System
- Fixing our Broken Immigration System
- Guaranteeing Civil Rights
- Guaranteeing Women’s Rights
- Guaranteeing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights
- Guaranteeing Rights for People with Disabilities
- Respecting Faith and Service
- Investing in Rural America
- Ending Poverty and Investing in Communities Left Behind
- Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC)
- Vagrancy
- Enterprise Zones and Empowerment Zones
- Model Cities
- Public Education: The School District of Philadelphia
- Camden, New Jersey
- Friends Neighborhood Guild
- Getrification
- North Philadelphia
- Public Housing
- Octavia Hill Association
- Education and Opportunity
- Building Strong Cities and Metro Areas
- Model Cities
- Enterprise Zones and Empowerment Zones
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Manufacturing Suburbs
- Industrial Neighborhoods
- Better Philadelphia Exhibition (1947)
- Fairmount Park Commission
- Brownfields Redevelopment
- Sprawl
- Delaware River Port Authority
- Camden, New Jersey
- Tourism
- Greater Philadelphia Movement
- Gentrification
- Promoting Arts and Culture
- Honoring Indigenous Tribal Nations
- Fighting for the People of Puerto Rico
- Honoring the People of the Territories
Protect Voting Rights, Fix Our Campaign Finance System, and Restore Our Democracy
- Protecting Voting Rights
- Fixing Our Broken Campaign Finance System
- Appointing Judges Securing Statehood for Washington, D.C
- Strengthening Management of Federal Government
Combat Climate Change, Build a Clean Energy Economy, and Secure Environmental Justice
- Building a Clean Energy Economy
- Securing Environmental and Climate Justice
- Protecting Our Public Lands and Waters
Provide Quality and Affordable Education
- Making Debt-Free College a Reality
- Providing Relief from Crushing Student Debt
- Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions
- Cracking Down on Predatory For-Profit Schools
- Guaranteeing Universal Preschool and Good Schools for Every Child
Ensure the Health and Safety of All Americans
- Securing Universal Health Care
- Supporting Community Health Centers
- Reducing Prescription Drug Costs
- Enabling Cutting-Edge Medical Research
- Combating Drug and Alcohol Addiction
- Treating Mental Health
- Supporting Those Living with Autism and their Families
- Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
- Ensuring Long-Term Care, Services, and Supports
- Protecting and Promoting Public Health
- Ending Violence Against Women
- Preventing Gun Violence
Principled Leadership
Support Our Troops and Keep Faith with Our Veterans
- Defense Spending
- Veterans and Service Members
- Military Families
- A Strong Military
Confront Global Threats
- Terrorism
- Syria
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- North Korea
- Russia
- Cybersecurity and Online Privacy
- Non-Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons
- Global Climate Leadership
Protect Our Values
- Women and Girls
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
- Trafficking and Modern Slavery
- Young People
- Religious Minorities
- Refugees
- Civil Society
- Anti-Corruption
- Torture
- Closing Guantánamo Bay
- Development Assistance
- Global Health
- HIV and AIDS
- International Labor
A Leader in the World
- Asia-Pacific
- Middle East
- Europe
- Americas
- Africa
- Global Economy and Institutions