The refugee crisis is a sign of a planet in trouble
We must shift the structures of society to ensure the Earth remains healthy and everyone has access to a decent livelihood.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Infowars gets banned, U.S. Fish and Wildlife turns against saving the bees, and more.
The rise of Indigenous candidates raises awareness of key issues
Indigenous values helped shape American democracy, and now they’re helping increase Native representation.
27 U.S. Governors Refuse to Accept Refugees Fleeing Violence in Syria
In the wake of Friday’s attacks in Paris, governors of at least 27 U.S. states have said they will not accept Syrian refugees. Hear the reaction from Roula Allouch, national board chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
How movements can maintain their radical vision while winning practical reforms
Forty years of struggle by Brazil's landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.
Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus
Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.
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.”
Organizers plan massive Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ protests as Trump escalates attacks on dissent
Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”
Landmark decision: Brazil Supreme Court sides with Indigenous land rights
The country’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the process around a past case that cancelled the demarcation of an Indigenous territory claimed by the Guarani Kaiowá people.
This park in India is shooting poachers to protect rhinos
The policy is heavily controversial. Not all of those that have been shot are poachers.