Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
Judge blocks Trump plan to add citizenship question to census, citing ‘smorgasbord’ of broken...
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman wrote that in deciding to add a citizenship question to the census, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated a “veritable smorgasbord” of federal rules and “alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the evidence in the record before him.”
Trump’s pick for FDA lead is neck deep in opioid industry cash
“Dr. Gottlieb has also said he wants the FDA approval process to move faster, and that FDA has too high of a standard for safety.”
Video: Naomi Klein Extended Interview on Role of Obama, Trudeau & Austerity at U.N....
Best-selling author Naomi Klein examines how the 2008 economic crisis and bank bailouts continue to shape political momentum to tackle climate change; Obama’s attempt to be a climate leader at the COP 21 meeting in Paris; and the potential for new Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
How to ensure global debates about inequality are informed by views from developing countries
In the last decade inequality has been placed at the centre of the agenda for global social and economic policy. This has...
Major blow to soy industry as Chinese grow wary of GMOs
China has strict rules against GMO cultivation but permits the import of a few varieties, including soybeans.
Who is more advanced? 29 Muslim-majority states will have more liberal abortion laws than...
Only 18 of 47 Muslim-majority countries have abortion laws today as restrictive as that in Texas...which is the model for a raft of laws to be enacted as soon as Roe is struck down.
FCC’s attack on net neutrality fuels movement for Internet equality and justice
The people of the Internet have power that will not be ignored.
‘Focus’ on the Neo Nazi revival
This resurgence of the Alt-Right (which has always been with us) is leading the way to much more heinous acts and justifications for such thought.
Fight for $15 Organizers Demand a Union
The Fight for $15 is one of the most important labor struggles of our time, breathing new life into the labor movement with every victory.








