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.
The con of diversity
Diversity in the hands of the white power elites – political and corporate – is an advertising gimmick.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 9, 2018
Trump freezes Obamacare payment program, Starbucks says goodbye to plastic straws, Colorado schools are arming teachers with no state oversight, and more.
Black leaders express ‘profound indignation’ over Schumer and Pelosi’s failure to defend Maxine Waters...
"We write to share our profound indignation and deep disappointment over your recent failure to protect Congresswoman Waters from unwarranted attacks from the Trump administration and others in the GOP."
Violent white supremacist loses job with major US defense contractor
“I can’t believe that participation in an organized white supremacist group focused on street-level violence wouldn’t jeopardize your security clearance.”
As gov’t struggles to reunite families, detained mothers are organizing to find their kids
Mabel Gonzales has carefully documented the cases of mothers who have been separated from their children at a detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where she is currently jailed.