Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
The nation’s youth have stepped up as poll workers for upcoming election so elderly...
“One of the things that has started to become more apparent to people at a young age is what is at stake.”
The first step to fixing the electoral college
If we keep up the fight and get enough states on board, America will never again elect a president who loses the national popular vote.
Why I’m voting Green in 2020
We need to vote for candidates who represent and are part of the popular movements so we advance the causes of economic, racial and environmental justice.
Former city commissioner charged with murder runs from reporters on video
While being released from jail on bond, Dunn was confronted Thursday night by several journalists waiting for his release.
We must know the truth
This is the worst scandal involving the White House and a foreign power since Iran-Contra. Demand the facts.
US Coast Guard demands Taylor Energy clean up 14 year oil spill or face...
"The time to clean this up was 14 years ago. Taylor Energy has shown nothing but negligence all this time."
The Trump administration’s parting outrage against Cuba
Just like millions of U.S. citizens, Cubans are counting the days until the Trump administration becomes history and hoping the next administration will offer some relief.
May Day mass action will be a historic ‘strike from below’
“We need to show this administration, Congress and large corporate interests that our human and economic worth is more powerful than their agenda of hate and greed.”
America wants health care, not walls
We can only hope that the Democrats who won a new mandate on health care in November will now find the courage to deliver on big ideas like in-state single-payer programs, and push for Medicare for All at the federal level.