Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Exploring the top immigrant-friendly cities in the United States

In the years and decades since, many cities have passed their ordinances to defend immigrants and refugees by various means.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 9

Chicagoans fight for police accountability, UN report warns of looming climate catastrophe, and more.

Ties of blood

Our deep and abiding connection with Mother Earth is what compels us to fight to protect it.
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Where does #MeToo go from here? Women are ‘on fire’ with rage as Kavanaugh...

“I hope that it is deep enough that it is forming a strong, cohesive movement among people that will resonate through this country and change the culture.”

On Indigenous People’s Day, a look at the movement to revive Native foodways and...

This means that restoring food sovereignty to Native communities requires the re-introduction of indigenous food production, distribution practices and infrastructure, in concert with the re-valuation of traditional ecological knowledge that has long been sidelined from Western notions of science.

Violence Against Women Act at risk of lapsing

“Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA re-authorization in the must-pass minibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country."

Unemployment falls to lowest level since 1969 as economy adds 134,000 jobs

In spite of the unusually low unemployment rate there is little evidence of wage acceleration.

How the loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world

The loss of indigenous languages is not Alaska’s concern alone. It affects all of us.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, October 5

Over 300 arrested at Senate offices during #CancelKavanaugh sit in, who talked to the FBI in the Kavanaugh investigation, Virgin Atlantic flies first commercial plane on recycled waste carbon gas and more.

Jerry Brown didn’t invite grassroots activists to his Climate Summit – they came anyway

The youth, indigenous, and climate and environmental justice groups gathered that morning were largely excluded from official programming. So, they created their own.