VIDEO: Justice Dept. Seeks Overhaul of Ferguson Police over Systemic Racial Bias
A comprehensive report found a systemic discrimination against African-American residents in Ferguson, Missouri. Now the Justice Department is calling for a major overhaul of the city's criminal justice system and Attorney General Eric Holder is demanding compliance.
Not your grandma’s civil rights strategy
Whose streets? (Then and now)
How movements can keep politicians from selling out
By understanding how mainstream political culture co-opts elected officials, grassroots groups can help them resist.
More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
Signs of America’s demise, and one way to survive
Finding a compromise between capitalism and socialism.
Kentucky constable charged with attempted murder of FBI agent
If convicted, he faces up to life in prison and a maximum fine of $1.25 million.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Worker's wages fall, Federal judge orders government to seek consent before medicating migrant children, Bernie Sanders thanks the Koch brothers, and more.
Not Just Skin Deep: Europe Reflects On America’s Gun and Race Violence Epidemic
Are we already facing a crisis point of open-ended, pointless violence, or is this simply a preamble to a truly nightmarish century?
Can you bankrupt white supremacy? Jury holds Charlottesville organizers liable for $26m in damages
It’s inevitably a one-sided trial when “the McMichaels are the only ones [surviving] that get to claim they’re scared.”








