Dallas Goldtooth: The fight against DAPL is not over
“The fight against Energy Transfer Partners and its Dakota Access Pipeline is not over, nor is it an easy fight ahead.”
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 27
DNC strips superdelegates of power, 70% of Americans support Medicare for All, John McCain dies, and more.
Michigan advisory panel members: Halt water shutoffs amid COVID-19 spread
A majority of the members sent her a letter this morning with a plea: Order a statewide moratorium on water shutoffs to protect the public from the fast-spreading COVID-19.
Big Pharma Company that Hiked the Price of EpiPens Gave Their CEO a 671%...
Now a coalition of U.S. Senators has publicly penned a letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch demanding justification for the dramatic price increases of EpiPen.
Yes, home care is infrastructure—don’t let them play word games with people’s lives
Infrastructure, like charity, begins at home.
New claims against Monsanto in consumer lawsuit over Roundup herbicide
Plaintiffs in the case insist that Monsanto promotes false and misleading representations of Roundup through their marketing.
‘The time is now:’ Over 200 economists send a letter to Congress endorsing Medicare...
"We encourage Congress to move forward with implementing a public financed Medicare for All plan to achieve the equitable and affordable universal health care system that the American people need."
America’s two pandemics
On an increasingly sickly planet, our future, in other words, remains up for grabs.
New Supreme Court ruling could make it easier to hold corporations liable for things...
A new SCOTUS ruling could open the door to corporate liability, making it easier to fight for things like climate change awareness, gun control, and the opioid crisis.
“Crime of the century”: How big pharma fueled the opioid crisis that killed 500,000...
“I realized that the big problem here was that we had been seeing it as a crisis, like a natural disaster, like a flood or a hurricane, rather than as a series of crimes.”