Fighting corruption must be our focus in 2020
The future of the nation and the planet is at stake.
Chinese Court Takes Historic Step Toward Advancing Same-Sex Marriage
A court decision regarding one man’s right to marry his partner could come down in the next six months.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 16, 2018
Intellectually bankrupt GOP, California cities pledge to oppose offshore drilling, White House revokes security clearance of ex-CIA director, and more.
CNN’s industry spin shows need for independent debates
CNN painfully demonstrated this week why we need independently-run presidential debates. With its ESPN-like introductions to the candidates, and its insistence on questions that...
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
Gandhi’s despair and the struggle for truth and love
So as humans are beckoned to extinction within the next few years, Gandhi would remind us that ‘The future depends on what we do in the present.’
Drilling, drilling, everywhere…
Will the Trump administration take down the Arctic Refuge?
‘Disgusting,’ says Bernie Sanders of Amazon job post seeking anti-union psy-ops expert
Observers at VICE said the ads show the retail tech giant sees “labor organizing as one of the biggest threats to its existence.”
$7.8 million from foreign governments: Trump’s unprecedented earnings in office raise constitutional questions
Exposing the ties: uncovering Trump's multi-million dollar deals with foreign states during presidency.
Billionaires made more money in 2017 than any other year in recorded history
Meanwhile, 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty and "5.3 million live in Third World conditions of absolute poverty."