Supreme Court weighs voting rights in a pivotal Arizona case
The case considers two Arizona laws that place limits on how and when Arizonans can vote.
Sanders crafts amendment to close ‘holes’ in Medicare that ‘are harming seniors’
"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people," said an aide to the senator, who plans to propose including the expansion in Democrats' reconciliation package.
As wildfires ravage British Columbia, Wall Street tells investors to buy stock in Canada’s...
New pipelines could help Canada export more tar sands, boosting the bottom lines of Alberta’s oil producers. But experts warn that Canada is charting a ‘path to climate crisis.’
Wildfires are contaminating drinking water systems, and it’s more widespread than people realize
Drinking water should be assumed to be chemically unsafe until proven otherwise.
Trump and the end of antitrust
America used to have antitrust laws that permanently stopped corporations from monopolizing markets, and often broke up the biggest culprits.
On right-wing violence in Texas, media’s silence sends message
Is this sending a message to would-be future attackers that there will be no consequences for their actions?
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 9, 2018
The first ever Muslim Congresswoman, Zinke blames wildfires on environmentalists, Trump wants to open California's public lands to fracking, and more.
Trump attacks Bishop for plea of mercy, calling for LGBTQ+ and immigrant compassion in...
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.”
Bank of America commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
“Investors applaud Bank of America’s commitment to transition to a more sustainable business model and reduce the growing climate impacts of its financing activities."
Trump sued for censorship of climate change data
“The Trump administration's refusal to release public information about its climate censorship continues a dangerous and illegal pattern of anti-science denial.”