Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Sanders rips Trump on Helsinki remarks, Mueller seeks immunity for 5 mystery witnesses, net neutrality defenders declare a win, and more.
Chicago police have a serious problem with pointing guns at children
Police in Chicago are using excessive force, leaving children and families traumatized.
Banking that serves people, not bankers
The Post Office could offer simple, honest banking, including checking and savings accounts, consumer loans, and low-fee debit cards.
America: Lost with no moral compass
In 2014 a story broke about a high school football team hazing syndrome that regressed into sexual assaults by upperclassmen upon freshman...
How young workers are being exploited in the COVID-19 economy
As employers increasingly look to prey on adolescents, the teens will need more protection rather than less.
Ignoring China’s poverty alleviation success is costing us all
We need to prioritize the needs of the people over the profits of the elite.
With God on our side?
“It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many.”
Muslims and the War on Terror: Two-plus decades of ‘othering’
Maha Hilal’s “Innocent Until Proven Muslim” lays bare the War on Terror’s toll on constitutional rights and marginalized communities.
Blowback for the twenty-first century
Remembering Chalmers Johnson.
The campaign to exterminate Muslims
"We attack them not for what they do but because we see them as being different from us. We must eradicate them to save ourselves."