GOP’s Medicaid cuts plan draws widespread backlash as experts warn of devastating consequences
Leaked GOP plan shows intent to strip millions of Americans of healthcare access.
Paul Manafort accused of witness tampering
Manafort allegedly contacted at least two witnesses by phone, through an intermediary, and an encrypted messaging app.
Julian Assange’s fateful anniversary
On top of Assange’s individual case, the current health crisis is expanding the surveillance state in ways likely not dreamed of by authorities in most countries until this very moment.
Monsanto and the Poisonous Cartel of GMOs in India
For more than a decade and a half, Monsanto has extracted illegal royalties from Indian farmers, trapping them in debt and triggering an epidemic of farmers' suicides.
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis
There is a bigger issue here too—one that poses an existential threat to human health. Farms like this are central to the emergence and spread of so-called “superbugs.”
Young climate activists at Davos want fossil fuel execs to ‘cease and desist’ new...
“I just think it sends a message of where we’re headed right now, if we’re putting the heads of fossil fuel companies to lead climate negotiations.”
How a disappearing and deluded middle class awaits the new president
Americans deluded by capitalist promises need to learn about progressive policies that would truly help them.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 3
Labor Day: When workers are recognized as human, $30 trillion to the richest white Americans, Los Angeles educators vote to strike, and more.
Ex-cop sentenced to life in prison after tazing handcuffed man to death
Convicted of murdering Towns, aggravated assault charges, and violating his oath of office, Eberhart was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.
A deal with the devil
What’s that tax deduction really worth?