Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 20, 2018
U.S. prisoners organize massive prison strike, Catholic leaders do damage control, ICE detains a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth, and more.
America first is America alone
Power-crazed the president may be, but he fails to grasp soft power.
What if Trump peaks in March, then staggers when a myriad of wheels fall...
What if the loser who scorns “losers” turns out to be the greatest loser in U.S. history?
Court rules Bayou Bridge Pipeline ‘trampled’ rights of Louisiana landowners
“This is a victory not only for us but for all landowners.”
Grassroots conservation efforts in Laos helps reintroduce critically endangered Siamese crocodiles into wild
With less than 1,000 surviving in the wild, this was a last refuge for one of the rarest reptiles left on Earth.
Half a dozen ‘ceasefires’ later, the attack on Iran has exposed the limits of...
In Iran, Trump and Netanyahu thought they could impose imperialism on the cheap — but it turns out not everyone is playing that game.
Nuclear power plants pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction
The global crisis it now embodies was foreseen 45 years ago by Bennett Ramberg, in his book “Nuclear Power Plants as Weapons for the Enemy: An Unrecognized Military Peril.”
‘Vote Trump Out’ Daniel Ellsberg video
"I urge you to vote."
A savvy news consumer’s guide: How not to get duped
A veteran media critic offers tips on where to get those grains of salt you should be consuming with your news feed.
Sand: The endangered natural resource
Two other huge sand hogs are devouring ever-increasing volumes of this resource: Beach restoration and Big Oil fracking.