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.
Police determine officer was driving at ‘unsafe speed’ when striking teen
"Our training is designed to prevent this sort of thing from happening. We are going to make sure our training – and the officer’s adherence to that training – is as solid as it can be.”
Short-term health plans: A junk solution to a real problem
While the cost of health care is one of the overwhelming problems in the American health care system, short-term health plans do nothing to alter the underlying causes.
Military parade cancelled, how does peace movement build on this victory?
We need to celebrate this victory and build on it.
Demanding wide-reaching reforms and an end to slavery, inmates in 17 States plan prison...
"Every single field and industry is affected on some level by prisons, from our license plates to the fast food that we eat to the stores that we shop at."
Unimpeachable logic
There was no collusion. If there was, it's not a crime. If it's a crime, we can pardon ourselves. Also, there was no collusion.
Democrats should finally put Superdelegates behind them
A historic showdown is again looming in Chicago.
News study warns fracking is destroying US water supply
"The water footprint from fracking is only set to go up, the study informed, which raises "concerns about its sustainability, particularly in arid or semi-arid regions in western states, or other areas where groundwater supplies are stressed.”
Police Chief defends use of Taser on elderly woman
“You don’t Tase an 87-year-old woman.”
Study: Children have better nutrition when they live near forests
The data show that forests aren't just correlated with improvements in people's diets. We show that forests cause these improvements."