Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 9, 2018
Trump freezes Obamacare payment program, Starbucks says goodbye to plastic straws, Colorado schools are arming teachers with no state oversight, and more.
Is speaking up for Medicare for All a crime?
As a longtime D.C.-area advocate, I’ve visited Capitol Hill and Members of Congress many times. But never before have I felt I...
German Environment Agency Finds Increase of Glyphosate in Urine Since 2001
In 2001 glyphosate was detected in the urine of only 10% of the participants, in 2013 it was present in just under 60% of the test group, and most recently in 2015, it was 40%.
Leaked Emails Claim Snyder Administration Withheld Lead Testing Results
Snyder has denied he improperly delayed the release of lead testing results in city schools conducted in October.
EPA acknowledges proven dangers of bee-killing pesticides but refuses to restrict them
Neonicotinoids have already been banned by the European Union, it is time they were banned here.
Insurance executives refused to pay for the cancer treatment that could have saved him....
A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.
How to contact the people who sent militarized police to Standing Rock
Have a question about the militarization of policing near Dakota Access pipeline construction? Here’s who to call, starting with Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.
Major breakthrough on Capitol Hill: Government may make drugs cheaper
Democrats are embracing a way in which the market can be used to better people’s health and reduce inequality.
Millions Could Lose Obamacare Coverage as Supreme Court Weighs Dubious Koch-Backed Case
Behind the billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, Competitive Enterprise Institute sued the government in a new challenge to Obamacare. And it's all over an aspect of the law dealing with tax subsidies. Now millions of people's healthcare coverage is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court.
As US death toll hits 100,000 people, here’s a simple guide to 12 things...
The president’s “chaotic and incompetent response has fueled the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and beyond, causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths.”








