Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 6, 2018
Scott Pruitt resigns from the EPA, grassroots groups demand tech companies cut ties with ICE, a 20-foot-tall Trump blimp gets the okay in London, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Farmers need a $12 billion bailout to offset Trump's tariffs, Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand, new emails show the lies of Sarah Sanders, and more.
American workers are not happy
Americans clearly are working harder and longer and better. The solution is to change the system, which is stacked against workers.
‘Shame on you!’ Protesters interrupt Trump admin promoting coal & fossil fuels at UN...
Protesters at the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, as they interrupted a Trump administration event promoting coal and other fossil fuels.
American Historical Assoc. votes overwhelmingly to support resolution to oppose Scholasticide in Gaza
We speak to Sherene Seikaly and Barbara Weinstein, two scholars who supported the resolution and helped push for the groundbreaking vote.
LGBTQ advocates cheer historic victory after US House passes equality act
"This vote is a monumental step forward in the fight for true, lived equality for LGBTQ people."
Apologist for Tucker Carlson’s racism: Glenn Greenwald
These vehement defenses of the most influential media purveyor of the racist “replacement” theory are destructive efforts to launder hate by a once-admirable journalist.
Did the Press Take Down Bernie Sanders?
The rebellious nature of the Vermont senator's presidential bid didn't fit the mainstream media's predetermined scenario.
20th Anniversary of the big lie
Sadly, when you watch all the media doing all those human interest stories of the terrible tragic day, you won't see or hear much truth.
American billionaires’ net worth up $931 billion since start of COVID-19 pandemic
The total collective wealth of American billionaires is "nearly double the $2.1 trillion in total wealth held by the bottom half of the population, or 165 million Americans."