Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 10, 2018
U.S. Army discharges immigrant recruits that were promised citizenship, who really is Trump's Supreme Court pick, military contractor used Arizona “black site” to secretly jail dozens of migrant children,and more.
Asylum seekers win in court as federal judge rules against indefinite & arbitrary detention
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled asylum seekers who have passed a credible fear interview should be given humanitarian parole, not indefinite detention.
Puerto Rican mayor and other officials arrested on corruption charges
“The public must be able to trust the officials who are put in charge of government funds. Anyone who violates that trust will be brought to justice."
Jeff Sessions sets back the clock
How low can he go? And how far back can this Attorney General take us?
A nationwide campaign to take back cities from the corporations that rule them
“How do we learn from each other, share wisdom, share tactics, share strategies, and look at ways we can combine forces at key moments?”
Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 6, 2018
Scott Pruitt resigns from the EPA, grassroots groups demand tech companies cut ties with ICE, a 20-foot-tall Trump blimp gets the okay in London, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 5, 2018
Protests at the Statue of Liberty, a neo-Nazi has governmental security status, the Supreme Court rules against unions, and more.
Inside the crowdfunding campaign to reunite a family separated at the border
In response to the support she has received, Gonzalez-Garcia said, “Thank you, thank you so much. I won’t be able to pay you all back, but you’ll receive blessings from God.”
‘What to the American slave is your 4th of July?:’ James Earl Jones reads...
July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”
New York DA files addition sex-crime charges against Harvey Weinstein
Additional charges against Weinstein were announced on Monday as more victims continue to step forward.