A nationwide campaign to take back cities from the corporations that rule them
“How do we learn from each other, share wisdom, share tactics, share strategies, and look at ways we can combine forces at key moments?”
Plastics industry loses legal bid against Chile’s landmark bag ban
Chile's Constitutional Court ratified a bill that bans plastic bags across the country after rejecting an appeal from the plastics industry.
A public bank for Los Angeles? City Council puts it to the voters
California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street, but from the Federal Reserve.
Scandal-plagued Scott Pruitt resigns from EPA, coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler now interim EPA chief
“Like Pruitt, this veteran coal lobby lobbyist has shown only disdain for the EPA’s vital mission to protect Americans’ health and our environment.”
Employees and grassroots groups demand tech companies to cut ties with ICE and CBP
"We will hold any corporation accountable for their role in advancing Trump's violence against our communities..."
As our democracy is dismantled right before their eyes Americans remain silent
One thing for sure; it’s high time that the vast majority of Americans wake up and wake up fast or they will soon find themselves living in an American nightmare.
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.
As global 1% seize economy’s gains, ‘unprecedented wage stagnation’ for everyone else
"With workers worldwide being left behind, we need to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the few at the top."
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 5, 2018
Protests at the Statue of Liberty, a neo-Nazi has governmental security status, the Supreme Court rules against unions, and more.
US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more in the 90s
When the U.S. detained Haitian refugees indefinitely, it set a precedent.