Saturday, April 18, 2026

Members of several well-known hate groups identified at Capitol riot

Several participants ProPublica and FRONTLINE identified from video have direct links to the white nationalist movement.
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Leaked video shows Louisiana state troopers killing man in custody

None of the state troopers involved in Greene’s death currently face criminal charges for taking his life.

Wanted: Strong candidates who believe in public schools

What does it take to provide quality, top-notch education for our students?

Trump protests could be the start of a new civil rights era

Social change begins in the streets with citizen activism, but it’s important to realize this chapter of history is unlike any that has come before.

California to become the first state to ban fur sales

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Saturday banning the sale and manufacture of fur products in his state. This...

Federal judge grants stay against Trump’s immigration ban

“This executive order runs contrary to really our most fundamental constitutional rights and human values in this country.”
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“Nobody knew health care could be so complicated”: Bernie Sanders reacts to Trump’s latest...

Sanders appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 yesterday to talk about healthcare and responded to Trump’s recent statement.

Federal judge blocks Texas abortion ban, blasts “offensive deprivation of such an important right”

Abortion clinics in the state are already moving quickly to resume abortions.
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‘What to the American slave is your 4th of July?:’ James Earl Jones reads...

July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one of his most famous speeches, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 22

Paul Manafort found guilty, Michael Cohen pleads guilty, EPA admits Trump would sacrifice lives for coal, and more.