Progressive Briefing for Friday, June 29, 2018
#WomensMarch marches against Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, Nestlé continues to take California water, the Koch brothers plan for the next Supreme Court justice, and more.
BREAKING: Democrats Stage House Sit-In to Demand Action on Gun Control
Democrats are demanding a vote on new legislation that would close gun control loopholes.
Protesters blockade DNC party meeting, demand Democrats put workers and climate first
Climate Defiance calls on the party to get dirty fossil fuel money out of Democratic politics forever.
‘Unforgivable’: FEMA failure during Texas floods tied to Noem’s contract purge and Trump-era sabotage
More than 80% of survivor calls went unanswered after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly cut FEMA’s contractor workforce—days after deadly flooding devastated Texas.
7 Solutions to the Climate Crisis
How we create energy with renewables is important. How we store this energy—so we can use it when needed—is just as critical.
“Don’t hate the media, be the media”: Reflections on 20 years of Indymedia, a...
Let’s look at how the 20th anniversary of protests in Seattle that shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization also marks the time when the first Independent Media Center came to life.
Movement to defund US police departments is a beautiful and doable idea
Who needs cops for school discipline, domestic disputes, traffic control and serving warrants?
The U.S. rejected refugee Anne Frank – let’s not make the same mistake again
“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.”
My long-lost conversation with John Lewis on his vision of nonviolence
In this never-before-released interview, the late civil rights leader and congressman talks systemic racism, permanent warfare, extreme poverty and nonviolence as a way of life.
VIDEO: Facebook Accused of Censoring Hundreds of Prisoners by Purging Profile Pages Without Cause
With more prisoners using social media, Facebook has been accused of being too willing to delete profile pages of prisoners at the request of U.S. authorities—a growing debate among groups.