Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 17, 2018
Words from the Unite the Right organizer, Trump's military parade is costing millions, Glyphosate found in popular children's foods, and more.
Unite the Right organizer: ‘DeAndre Harris was a miscarriage of justice.’
"General District Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. said Friday that it was clear Harris did not intend to harm the complainant."
Sheriff resigns after arrested for conspiracy to sell drugs and extortion
After residing in jail over the weekend, Tallahatchie County Sheriff William Brewer resigned as sheriff ahead of his court appearance on Tuesday.
Military cover-Up? 100s of migrants feared dead in mass grave at AZ’s Barry Goldwater...
It is believed that there are hundreds, if not more, individual human remains still there on the bombing range, but the federal government is not allowing anybody on to search for these individuals.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Monsanto found guilty, widespread sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania, who Democrats are listening to, and more.
Jury finds Monsanto guilty in first Roundup cancer trial, plaintiff to receive $289 million
A first of it's kind to go to trail, the case was brought against Monsanto by Johnson, 46, a former pest control manager for a California country school system, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
How a small town in Iowa freed local workers from ICE detention
It was the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in the state since 2008.
As the far-right descends on Portland, police target counter-protesters
“Today, we offer our complete and unwavering solidarity with workers, immigrants, migrant justice organizers, and human rights activists to say loudly and clearly no to fascist organizing taking place in Portland, Oregon.”
187 organizations call for mass protest against military parade
The organizations intend to make the response in opposition to President Trump’s military parade bigger than the parade itself.
Population and the Environment
Today we are pressing against the absolute limits of the earth’s carrying capacity.