The cleaning lady
She works hard for her money, as the song relates. She's the cleaning lady, the one who gets on her knees and...
Trump escalates economic attack on Cuba, banning Americans from educational, cultural trips
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed the ban is in retaliation for Cuba “providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua.”
Our rights and our duties
Our rights should be restated, so the rights of any citizen shall be the rights of all citizens.
When economic growth indicates failure
For the well-being of most everyone – including the rich – equality is more important than growth.
We can no longer afford a fossil fuel economy
The costs of not acting are high. The benefits of investing in a clean energy economy would be widespread. We need to keep building the movement.
Increased restrictions on protest won’t keep communities safer
Instead of looking to combat-ready police to solve the problem of public disruption, the community itself has the capacity to create structures of safety and support by focusing on solidarity and confronting the foundational issues that are causing the violence in the first place.
America is exceptional in all the wrong ways
On the global stage, America is the exception, but not in the way we would like to believe.
Major US outlets withheld reporting on Trump-approved Venezuela raid
Semafor reports leading newsrooms delayed publication after warnings that coverage could endanger U.S. troops.
Red alert: The First Amendment is in danger
If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.
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.









