Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 31
Corporate profits reach new heights, Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers, Canada rescinds Trans Mountain pipeline approval, and more.
Dividing the Right and conquering Trump
Trump's extremely effective at dividing and conquering his opponents. What would it take for progressives to divide his supporters?
‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants
Religiously based moral outrage at Trump’s immigration policies seems to be spurring some long-overdue rethinking of what it means to be Christian in America.
Gaza’s agony intensifies: Six months of carnage calls for global intervention
"Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people."
Forget the Dow Jones. How’s Doug Jones?
The stock market is owned by the rich. It tells you little about how ordinary Americans are doing.
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.
Big Pharma greed ‘literally killing Americans,’ Sanders says outside drug lobby HQ
"We cannot continue to allow the drug companies to charge us any price they want. We are saying enough is enough."
More than half of US car seats contain chemicals, report confirms
“Parents shouldn’t have to strap their child into a car seat that exposes them to toxic chemicals.”
Dutch court of appeals upheld aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction, puts government on notice
"The court of appeal's decision puts all governments on notice. They must act now, or they will be held to account."
‘Not good enough’: Protesters demand more action after officers who killed Elijah McClain taken...
"This shouldn't be a moment, this should be a movement."