Friday, March 29, 2024

The Standing Rock victory you didn’t hear about

The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp.
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“The time is now”: Tens of thousands in NYC march for justice, peace &...

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets nationwide and around the world to call for police accountability and demand Black lives matter in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arber.

High School Yearbook Misidentifies Muslim Student As “Isis” In A Caption

This high school yearbook “misidentified” a student wearing a hijab as “Isis” and the community is hurt and disgusted.

Google says it bans gun ads. It actually makes money from them.

The tech giant has long boasted that it doesn’t accept ads for firearms, but a ProPublica analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers.

2019 marked a massive uptick in environmental activism as it did environmental activists’ deaths

"Land and environmental defenders play a vital role in protecting these climate-critical forests and ecosystems."

The Other 1 Percent: Healing the Wounds of Native American Tragedies on Turtle Island

With a strong rally behind the Native Lives Matter movement, Native people are front and center of police brutality—like the killing of Paul Castaway near Denver in July. Now the public is fighting back against such unfair treatment.

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.

Trump announces ban on transgender people in military

The move reverses last year’s decision to allow trans people to openly enroll in the U.S. military.

The empire comes home

Counterinsurgency, policing, and the militarization of America’s cities.

‘Striketober’ in full swing as nearly 100,000 workers authorize work stoppages

“You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions,” said former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.