China’s top grain producing province bans GM crops
Growing of GM corn, rice and soybean will be banned, while illegal production and sales of GM crops and supply of their seeds will also be prohibited.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 23
Verizon confirms throttling internet in California during deadly wildfires, Michael Cohen won't accept a pardon from Trump, new poll shows Sanders would be Trump in 2020, and more.
Ohio Police Pepper Spray Woman in Restraint Chair
Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer says that her treatment was an “isolated incident.”
Why President Hillary Clinton Will Need Bernie’s “Political Revolution” to Get Anything Done
The pragmatist in her must know that the only way her ideas will make it in real life is if the public is organized and mobilized behind them.
The Flint Water Crisis In Pictures
Earlier this month a State of Emergency was declared and the National Guard was called in to Flint to help with the ongoing crisis.
Samuel L. Jackson and Stephen Colbert Team Up to Fund America’s Classrooms
The actor and the talk show host want the public to back projects on the education crowdfunding website DonorsChoose.org.
Black voters sue North Carolina over last-minute purges
The NAACP says the practice is disenfranchising thousands.
Tribal lenders say they can charge over 600% interest. These states stopped them.
Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they aren’t subject to state lending laws.
Save the renewable fuel standard
Help us tell the EPA to keep the Renewable Fuel Standard and keep the United States moving away from dependence on foreign oil.
What Trump and his team have wrecked so far
Here's a round up from the "While He Was Tweeting" series.