Ceasar: Grief and challenge
The intersection of guns, drugs, poverty, scant education, substandard health care, high unemployment, and corruption are literally producing conditions that invariably redound the hardest and worst on young people of color.
History shows that sustained, disruptive protests work
The lesson of these past victories is that successful change depends not on majority opinion, but on the ability of the key participants in a system to disrupt that system.
A world without iPhones?
Can you even imagine it? Well, lets try.
People magazine pivots from sexual assault allegations, publishes ‘glam’ cover on Trump’s victory
Change has come to America (again).
Sued by Chesapeake Energy for Stealing Trade Secrets, Aubrey McClendon Hires PR Giant Edelman
McClendon and his legal team, as well as American Energy Partners' investors, responded to the lawsuit claiming their innocence. Still, Edelman is listed as American Energy's media contact for the lawsuit, who will help shape some of the media headlines about the case.
The empty piety of the American Press
Corporations that own the press look at news as a revenue stream. Journalism is irrelevant.
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.
CEO pay is up nearly 1000% over the last four decades
"The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more)."
Juneteenth: A celebration of black liberation & day to remember “horrific system that was...
Juneteenth is “much more complicated and much more complex than is traditionally presented,” increased recognition of the day “provides an opportunity to have a thorough remembrance of this horrific system that was slavery.”
“Debt shaming” has dampened democracy
As crucial steps to reduce income inequality, we need to reject “debt shaming” and insist on cancelation of student debt.









