Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 3
Labor Day: When workers are recognized as human, $30 trillion to the richest white Americans, Los Angeles educators vote to strike, and more.
Improving public education
As we know, education has become ever more expensive over the last 40 years. Teachers' salaries have declined, and school expenses have risen.
Opus Dei: Supreme indecency, extreme deceit
The Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson is only the beginning, as anti-abortion activists and GOP-led extremists mobilize to assault a wide range of rights.
WikiLeaks’ 10 Most Damning Clinton Emails that Prove Mainstream Media is Scripted & Controlled
The reality revealed in these emails is one of media collusion with powerful interests, which only serve to keep the American people in the dark about what is actually transpiring.
Infographic: Why normal people can’t afford a house
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
Low-paid workers are unionizing. Corporations are spending a ton to stop them.
A record number of workers are trying to form labor unions, a Center for Public Integrity analysis shows. Corporate America is alarmed.
The idolatry of gun worship
Christian nationalism and gun violence.
There’s a way to make corporations work for workers, too
Citizens have the right, and arguably the responsibility, to change the rules under which corporations operate.
Why escalation is the best response in moments of crises
To win on gun violence and abortion, activists must engage in actions of escalation that match the public’s distress.
11th Commandment from Jesus at the Super Bowl: “Thou shall have no other brands...
Right now, second only to Trump and his farcical election deniers, are there any greater hypocrites in the world than extremist American fundamentalists?