Memorial for lynching victims a first step toward reconciliation
It offers a place of reckoning for generations of racial trauma.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 6, 2018
The NRA faces a financial crisis, all the Trump Tower meeting drama, federal judge issues game-changing decision on dark money, and more.
Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion case without ruling
In a 6-3 decision, "justices issued separate concurring and dissenting opinions, suggesting division on the merits of Idaho’s argument."
Back to school and straight to the picket line
The empowering effect of this strike is being felt by first-year and veteran teachers alike.
Former city commissioner charged with murder runs from reporters on video
While being released from jail on bond, Dunn was confronted Thursday night by several journalists waiting for his release.
ACLU calls for investigation into police detaining ex-Marine moving into his home
After a police officer held a Marine veteran at gunpoint and handcuffed him while moving into his own house, the Kansas chapter...
‘This is a union town’: Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers’...
Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn, Mamdani said New York is a “union town,” and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1.
“Stop the money pipeline”: 150 arrested at protests exposing wall street’s link to climate...
“Let us remember that we are not the criminals. The criminals are the people who are letting this world burn for money.”
Alaska legislation would finally recognize the existence of tribes
Enacting this legislation “declares the end of, the termination era of thinking as the official state policy.”
Why police reform is not enough
The focus on reforms like improved training doesn’t solve racially biased policing. That’s because of the nature of policing itself.