Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 3, 2018
New study shows a correlation between air pollution and diabetes, despite the fact that EPA deems the levels 'safe,' News outlets indirectly paid Melania Trump up to $1 million for images under contract that demanded 'positive' coverage and more.
Why We’re All Becoming Independent Contractors
The most significant legal trend in the American workforce is “independent contractors,” which lessens companies' costs of having full-time employees. But is the trend contributing directly to low pay, irregular hours and job insecurity?
The Judge Who Sentenced The Stanford Rapist To 6 Months In Jail Can Be...
Judge Persky’s sentence “is basically saying that anyone is allowed a get-out-of-jail-free card if they had a high SAT score or good grades in high school.”
After dam removal, Washington state tribe fishes for salmon on Elwha River for first...
For the first time in more than a hundred years, members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are fishing for coho salmon on the free-flowing river.
Biggest solar-and-battery installation in world, at Darwin, Australia, to power Singapore 3,000 miles away
Australia has lots of wilderness (the center of the continent is virtually uninhabited) and lots of sunshine, so it is an ideal producer of solar energy.
Russia’s war on Ukraine generates more emissions than 175 countries: $32 billion climate bill...
The first two years of Russia’s invasion resulted in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the annual emissions of 175 individual countries, further intensifying the global climate emergency.
Former LAPD officer charged with felony theft and fraud
If convicted, Simon could face up to six years and eight months behind bars.
New poll shows how dissatisfied Americans are with US healthcare system
“It’s been decades in the making after failed promises by elected officials to do something to help Americans suffering at the hand of high prices for healthcare and prescription drugs.”
The Right Staff
A new movie about the African-American women mathematicians in the NASA space program adds critical depth and detail to the legend of The Right Stuff.
Investigator labels Robert Wagner as person of interest in wife’s death
Wagner was the last person to be with Natalie Wood before her untimely death.