Progressive Briefing for Monday, June 25, 2018
Poor People's Campaign marches on Washington, Saudi Arabia lifts the ban on women driving, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is kicked out of a restaurant, and more.
Netflix and Bill Nye are saving science – 30 minutes at a time
With Netflix’s ascendancy and the way it’s changing viewing habits, “Bill Nye Saves the World” may be a huge opportunity for science education.
This Thanksgiving, a look at the indigenous communities making the climate connection
Here are a handful of front-line organizations and efforts connecting climate change and indigenous communities.
How indigenous knowledge is transforming the March for Science
“Indigenous peoples were always scientists. Their lives depended on it."
How Cuba beat the pandemic: From developing new vaccines to sending doctors overseas to...
For decades, Cuba has heavily invested in its medical and pharmaceutical system, in part because of the six-decade-old U.S. embargo.
US media can’t think how to fight fires without $1-an-hour prison labor
The main difference: Unlike prison laborers, regular citizens have to be paid more than pittance wages.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 10
Judge throws out felony charges against climate deniers, the top immigrant-friendly cities in the United States, Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, and more.
From farm to table, women in the US food system are speaking up about...
The U.S. food sector depends heavily on immigrant labor and is also the lowest-paid and most exploited one in the nation.
Building community, one fruit tree at a time
“Urban fruit foraging,” it’s called.
This Pride month let’s remember: corporations are not allies
The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.