Saturday, July 26, 2025

2020 has shown us the way forward

A new kind of social justice movement has risen above the misery of 2020, and it has taken root in our common humanity.
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Meet Crystal Mason, the black Texas mother facing 5+ years in prison for voting...

Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting.

Maine becomes latest state to ditch Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

There has been a growing movement to change the name of Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1934.

Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 2, 2018

Protestors march against Trump's immigration policies, San Francisco becomes first major city to have $15 minimum wage, and more.
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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.
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The deadly cost of pipelines in Native land: Winona LaDuke on missing and murdered...

Indigenous activists say the influx of male workers in Native communities has corresponded with a spike in the kidnapping and murder of indigenous women.

Trump threatens sanctuary cities with more undocumented immigrants; politicians welcome his plan

"Let's not concede that having refugees in our cities is something to be threatened by."

Why riot? Toward a typology of social unrest

It is not fair to expect oppressed people to answer violence with nonviolence, but it’s what actually works far more often.

Musical “Zuccotti Park” Brings Economic Justice to New York International Fringe Festival

"Easily the liveliest of the productions, 'Zuccotti Park' follows the Occupy movement in its early inception and the many narratives that echo a 'People work their ass off and cannot pay the rent' refrain."

CNN Records Reporter Telling Debate Focus Group What To Say

Was the focus group being coached?