Overtime: Finally, a Break for the Middle Class
There is finally a bit of good news for hard-working Americans—the U.S. Department of Labor just proposed raising the overtime threshold. More than a million workers will soon get a raise.
Over 25,000 children dead or injured in six-month siege amidst ongoing Gaza conflict
The scars of conflict are not only physical but also deeply psychological.
Appeals court: Trump’s third attempt at travel ban is illegal
The president failed to make a "legally sufficient" finding that entry of those he wants to bar from entering the US would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.”
Appeals court reverses decision stopping Bayou Bridge pipeline work through Cypress swamp
“We will continue fighting to hold this reckless company accountable for its weekly acts of water pollution and harm to communities.”
New study confirms ‘no safe level’ of air pollution protects against cardiac arrest
"Our study supports recent evidence that there is no safe level of air pollution—finding an increased risk of cardiac arrest despite air quality generally meeting the standards."
Trump signs executive order greenlighting ‘corporate takeover of our oceans while they hope we...
Environmental groups sued the EPA over the move, which they condemned as a "free pass for polluters."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Monsanto found guilty, widespread sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania, who Democrats are listening to, and more.
Trump administration’s new immigration plan will detain families entering US illegally indefinitely
The new regulation would likely "lead to the detention of thousands of families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, by eliminating extra legal protections for children who arrive with their parents."
‘This must end. Now.:’ 8-year-old boy dies in US border patrol custody on Christmas...
"A reminder that, yes, this is who the U.S. is. The U.S. is a country that murders children both directly and indirectly in a myriad of ways."
US has supplied UAE $27B in arms despite nation’s links to torture, mercenaries &...
We look at how U.S. weapons are supporting the ongoing devastation in Yemen with William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy.