Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 20
Lawsuit filed against officers for false arrest, mosquitoes could spread microplastics, Feds pledge more funds to target violence against Native American women, and more.
Learning the power of lies
Facts vs. falsehoods in the age of Trump.
‘Millions of us have your back:’ #DearProfessorFord goes viral as women nationwide take stand...
"Millions of us have your back. We call on Senators to demand a full, fair and trauma-informed investigation."
There’s a new crash coming
Skyrocketing debt, Wall Street deregulation, a fraying social safety net, and a diminished dollar could soon leave the United States looking like Greece.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 19
Trump slams door on refugees, China sets tariffs on U.S. goods, Kavanaugh accuser goes into hiding after threats, and more.
The national prison strike is over. Now is the time prisoners are most in...
The fact is that men and women behind bars are in most in danger in the days, weeks and months after they have dared to protest.
When profit drives us, community suffers
We evolved to be connected to nature and to one another, but our exploitative global economy is severing those relations.
Immigrants seeking shelter after Hurricane Florence fear deportation as FEMA shifts funds to ICE
The Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA’s budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations.
Ten years since economic collapse sparked Occupy Wall Street, the Cooperative Movement is surging
“I think … we recognize we really haven’t done anything serious to deal with the causes of this crash.”
Facebook is letting job advertisers target only men
A review by ProPublica found that 15 employers in the past year, including Uber, have advertised jobs on Facebook exclusively to one sex, with many of the ads playing to stereotypes.