Trade war with China – easy to win?
A trade war is won by the country that can tolerate more pain.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
U.S. withdraws from Human Rights Council, Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, first ladies unite against family separation at the border, and more.
Trump’s war on children is an act of state terrorism
The time has come for the American public to make clear that resistance to the emerging fascism in the United States is not an option.
US officially withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
The announcement comes on the heels of the U.N. human rights chief calling the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families "unconscionable."
Elizabeth Warren blocks Trump’s pick for CFPB Director until release of Zero-Tolerance documents
“I urge my colleagues in the Senate to reject this highly cynical nomination.”
First plaintiff goes to trial against Monsanto claiming RoundUp to blame for terminal cancer
With thousands of cases being brought against Monsanto, the company's infamous weed-killer, RoundUp, is to blame by many cancer sufferers.
In ‘historic’ move, Nebraska farmers return land to the Ponca tribe to block Keystone...
"TransCanada will have to negotiate with a new landowner, one that has special legal status as a tribe."
Parkland students join Chicagoans to march against gun violence
"We just want peace. With this type of movement, with this amount of people we can definitely get something done."
Six dictators who divided children from parents
Separating children from their families has been characteristic of the biggest dictators of the modern era.
Bravo, another global Trump triumph! Now grievance is universal
Bravo, Trumpers: you turned a transparently belligerent know-nothing into a wrecking ball presidency.