Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
Tax on Amazon’s pandemic profits could pay to vaccinate 580 million people worldwide: Oxfam
“A small number of corporate CEOs and wealthy investors have profited in the midst of this pandemic. Even more galling, these same rich companies and wealthy executives have not contributed their fair share in taxes.”
Trump halted an agent orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands at risk for...
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
Jury hands down $2.25 billion verdict to Bayer in Roundup weed killer case
John McKivison sued Bayer because he believes he developed cancer after using Roundup on his property for two decades,
Monsanto loses millions of dollars after Indian farmers switch to indigenous seeds
Monsanto claims that the genetically modified cotton seeds they sell are superior. So why are so many people trying to switch?
Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner to remove synthetic food dyes from US food supply
The agency will work with the food industry to revoke authorization for two of the dyes in the coming months and eliminate the remaining six come the end of the year.
Fundamentalist pandemics
Whether in America or Iran, fundamentalist religion often made for dismally bad public policy during the first wave of COVID-19.
US sits out as world leaders pledge $8 billion to find a COVID-19 vaccine
The various leaders on the call pledged as much as they could and took a few moments to boast of their efforts to stop the pandemic.