2017 was terrible for food policy. But 2018 could shake things up
Will the farm bill and midterm elections put food back in the spotlight on Capitol Hill?
What’s killing America’s middle class?
Just as progressives deliberately pushed public policies to create the middle class, so are today's economic royalists deliberately pushing plutocratic policies to destroy it.
A Father’s Day guide to paid family leave
A national paid family leave plan promotes equitable participation in paid family leave and would mitigate the disparities and barriers that discourage fathers from taking paternity leave.
New York passes DREAM Act, becomes fourth largest state to do so
New York now joins 18 other states who have passed various bills over the years.
Judges Nixing Keystone XL South Cases Had Tar Sands-Related Oil Investments
After a U.S. Appeals Court ruled against the Sierra Club's petition for rehearing motion for the southern leg of TransCanada's Keystone XL, it was revealed that one of the judges had some stake in the pipeline. Could it be oil investments?
Investigation launched into police officer using Taser on unarmed man
The video revealed that the officers were issuing contradicting commands shortly before the Taser was fired.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 12
Energy Transfer pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania, Trump calls Puerto Rico an 'unsung success', the fight against world hunger, and more.
The ghost of Eugene McCarthy could haunt Biden’s path to renomination
Fifty-five years ago, pundits scoffed when a Democratic senator announced that he was running against incumbent Lyndon Johnson for their party’s presidential nomination.
King Coal Is Headed to Prison
Don Blankenship is the first murderous coal executive to be put behind bars.
A president unraveling right before our eyes. He must be forced to resign
How Trump is speaking to the American people about dealing with this crisis is not at all inspirational, it is demoralizing and causing them to be greatly depressed, increasing, not suppressing, their fear.