How teachers might end up beating back the Koch brothers’ plan to privatize Arizona...
“Even before election day, we’ve already won because we’ve exposed the corruption of the Republican Party. There’s no hiding behind the curtains anymore.”
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Americans explode after Trump's summit with Putin, Justice Department arrests Russia national with ties to Trump and the NRA, all the people convicted of treason in the US, and more.
Suffocating dissent: Gagging the Media in Ethiopia
The Anti–Terrorism Proclamation is known to punish so-called "troublesome journalists" who might criticize the government or publish articles featuring opposition. The brutal gang ruling is no worse than in Ethiopia.
Experts, Journalists Slam Trump’s All-Male Economic Advisory Council
There are 13 People on Donald Trump's new Economic Advisory Council. All 13 are men. None are actual economists.
Preventing an American Pinochet
Our democracy is too precious to throw away for partisan gain.
Routing the two-tier system: Part II – raising the lower tier
If the bottom tier can have security and happiness, and if our society eliminates corruption, that will make our society a good one worth having.
TV news and its long dark night of the soul
Tunnel vision and faulty polls blinded television to what was happening during the election. But that’s not all.
The population implosion
A look at the changing global population.
The taking of Millennial wealth by rich white Boomers
A booming economy? Yes, for the richest 10 percent, who took 85 percent of the new wealth.
On Father’s Day: Poor Alphonse
“But other men were not my father. He never once stopped loving me his entire life.”