The government is expanding its social media surveillance capabilities
But social media monitoring programs and the algorithms that power them aren’t effective — and may be discriminatory.
Be a viral superspreader
We can do this, if we remain nonviolent, committed, and unified.
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.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 14, 2018
DNC will take fossil fuel money after all, Income inequality in America vs. Europe, and more.
Leaked document shows Trump administration planned to traumatize migrant children
The Trump administration intended to "traumatize children and intentionally create a humanitarian crisis at the border."
7 ways protestors showed up for black lives
Amidst the pent-up anger, exhaustion, and fear experienced by Black, Brown, and Indigenous people facing structural racism and systemic disparities, are glimpses of solidarity and hope.
Trump administration to force 200,000 Salvadorans to leave the US
The last time the government renewed the protections, they cited drought, poverty and widespread gang violence—all of which still exist in El Salvador.
Billionaire wolves in workers’ clothing
Right-wing “foundations” across the country started spending the tens of millions they’d received from billionaires to bust unions.
I walked right up to militarized police at the border
The risk we took at the border is overshadowed by the risks taken by the courageous participants of the migrant caravan.
Where did the tradition of journalists speaking truth to power go?
Requiem for a (sort of) free press in the U.S