Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 11
Native American tribes sue Trump over Keystone XL. Japan aims to overthrow whaling ban, and more.
Championing female voters as powerful ‘Supermajority,’ organizers launch movement to fight for women’s agenda
"In many ways, women have been doing all this work – whether it's running their PTA, or organizing around reproductive healthcare – but we haven't been doing it together."
Wall Street is killing local newspapers
We can’t put a price tag on our free press — but unless we stop them, predatory investors can.
Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job)
We’d better control machines before they control us.
World bank continues financing fossil fuels despite climate crisis
A new report finds that while the multilateral development bank tries to position itself as a climate leader, it still supports gas pipelines, refineries, and gas export terminals.
The Suicide of the Liberal Church
The liberal denominations and their seminaries, by betraying the poor, especially people of color, in a desperate bid to stay financially solvent, are making themselves obsolete.
Trump’s Twitter distraction
The wiretap tweet was not crazy or manic – it was strategic.
Building the Iron Wall
The ominous assault on the final redoubts of a free press, through an attempt to brand dissidents, independent journalists and critics of corporate power and imperialism as agents of a foreign power, has begun.
Yale law students protest alum Brett Kavanaugh, demand investigation of sexual assault allegations
Yale students will “continue speaking out, speaking to the press, until we feel there is a full and fair investigation.”
From a Lebanese refugee camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi inspires other Palestinian students
Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with...