Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 26, 2018
Federal lawsuit against President Trump's business interests allowed to proceed, deadly wildfires rage around the world, Betsy Devos is hurting students again, 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.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.
A wave of plastic washes up on shores of Dominican Republic beach
"Plastic is a design failure and there is no circular economy that can fix this."
On ‘front lines of climate change,’ Baltimore lawsuit aims to hold 26 fossil fuel...
"These oil and gas companies knew for decades that their products would harm communities like ours."
Denver commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, becomes seventy-third state in US
The announcement came from Mayor Michael Hancock who said cities have a major responsibility to act on climate change.
Oil industry plans to keep workers safe—by firing them and having robots do their...
Industry isn’t safe and worker safety still isn’t a priority.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 20, 2018
Progressives go big on Medicare for All, California Supreme court squashes splitting the state into two, Zinke takes a wrecking ball to the Endangered Species Act, and more.
How Coca-Cola and climate change created a public health crisis in a Mexican town
"Coca-Cola kills us."
Adidas to phase out ‘virgin’ plastic from its sportswear, will only use recycled polyester...
Adidas will start using recycled polyester in its spring and summer 2019 sportswear line in which the products will contain 41 percent of the recycled material.