Victory for workers: Connecticut passes legislation raising state’s minimum wage to $15
Connecticut now joins New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland by passing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023.
Media ignore criticism of DHS’s new ‘disinformation’ board—unless it’s from the right
The board’s stated mission would be to address “disinformation spread by foreign states such as Russia, China and Iran,” as well as “transnational criminal organizations and human-smuggling organizations.”
The incredible belief that corporate ownership does not influence media content
As Sen. Bernie Sanders (CJR, 8/26/19) has recently noted, corporate ownership of media interferes with the core societal function of the press: reporting...
If AI is going to replace workers, why not start with CEOs?
Despite all of the conversation around AI, what has yet to be seriously discussed is using AI to perform the job where it would be the most useful and cost-effective.
Our future vs. neoliberalism
As human beings, we have the same collective power that human beings have always had to build a better world for ourselves and our children - and now is the time to harness that power.
ALEC Sets the table for gerrymandering, union busting, protecting fossil fuels, and privatizing schools
A breakdown of ALEC’s menu of policy proposals at the New Orleans conference.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
The defeat of a school voucher program reveals the truth within the ‘school choice’...
The momentum for education savings accounts is increasing across the country, and public education advocates say they will endanger neighborhood schools.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 20, 2018
Progressives go big on Medicare for All, California Supreme court squashes splitting the state into two, Zinke takes a wrecking ball to the Endangered Species Act, and more.
‘Democracy for sale’: Cambridge Analytica & big tech’s history of manipulating elections
“So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes.”