CBS and PBS fire Charlie Rose amid sexual harassment allegations
“Women cannot achieve equality in the workplace or in society until there is a reckoning and a taking of responsibility.”
Actors embrace tentative deal with studios, curtains rise on Hollywood’s longest strike era
This agreement, coupled with a recent deal among writers, has brought a close to the industry's strike actions that had previously brought production to a near standstill.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 4
#MeToo unites against Kavanaugh, more proof Trump EPA 'working for coal millionaires', Sanders introduces bill to break up nation's largest Wall Street banks, and more.
Tara Houska: Denying #DAPL permit is “momentous occasion,” but we must remain vigilant
Tara Houska, an indigenous lawyer, praises the decision by the Army Corps to deny the DAPL permit, but cautions the water protectors and their supporters to remain vigilant.
‘We’re not going away!’ nonviolent protest over voting rights ends with arrests in DC
“We’re saying across this country, it’s time for people... to march on these Senate offices,” declared Rev. William Barber.
TransCanada terminates Energy East pipeline
Could the fossil fuel era be ending?
Why is a dump for Hurricane Harvey debris next to an African American community?
“It is appalling what is going on in that community."
The Palestine exception to campus free speech
“Solidarity is the kind of presence that costs you something.”
Je Suis Istanbul
We should not need to share a culture, skin color, religion, or system of government with another human being to mourn their loss.
15 dead and dozens injured after terrorist attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street
Tragedy strikes Bourbon Street as terrorist attack claims lives on New Year’s Day.