‘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.”
What’s next for the youth climate lawsuit
Despite continued court delays, confidence remains high among the young people suing the government for its support of fossil fuels.
The story behind the world’s first private refugee sponsorship program
“There are seven countries right now designing programs based on what they’ve learned about ours.”
Conservationists sound alarm on plummeting giraffe numbers
This is just the beginning of a giraffe recovery.
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.
“This is voter suppression”: 198,000 Georgia residents were illegally purged from voter rolls
“I think it’s quite interesting and coincidental … that many of them on that list are African American voters.”
Trump’s new spy chief used to work for a foreign politician the US accused...
Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption. His own office’s policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail.
Building the world back better?
Instead of consigning China to the doghouse, why not create one big Green reconstruction team?
Means testing is drowning the disabled in a sea of red tape
“Means testing is ruining my life.”
Senate committee would underfund health, job training, education programs
The Senate Appropriations Committee proposes to cut 2020 funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education by $2.7 billion below the...