Katrina vanden Heuvel on NATO military spending & avoiding Cold War nuclear catastrophe with...
“I would argue that the bipartisan establishment consensus is bankrupt. … We believe you can have secure elections and avoid nuclear catastrophe.”
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 13, 2018
Justice Department reopens the Emmett Tiller investigation, Trump's global chaos tour, Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018, and more.
Trump baby balloon: Why humor is such a powerful form of protest
So humor, democratically conceived and expressed in ways such as a giant Trump balloon, allows our voice to be heard.
Another season of despair
Or a pigskin blue wave?
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 12, 2018
"Papa" John is at it again, activists raise money to post bond for detained immigrants, Hawaii Supreme Court rules against anti-LGBTQ hate group, and more.
After an ‘educator spring,’ teachers storm elections
“Angry educators are flooding down-ballot races.”
Human zoos in the age of Trump
Humans as “animals,” then and now.
Billionaire wolves in workers’ clothing
Right-wing “foundations” across the country started spending the tens of millions they’d received from billionaires to bust unions.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 10, 2018
U.S. Army discharges immigrant recruits that were promised citizenship, who really is Trump's Supreme Court pick, military contractor used Arizona “black site” to secretly jail dozens of migrant children,and more.
America’s addictions
It goes beyond opioids – America is addicted to Donald Trump and war.