Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 11
Bernie slams Trump’s Op-Ed and calls him a liar, Republican official caught purging tens of thousands of black voters, Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict, and more.
The coming collapse
It is a political system, dominated by corporate power and the mandarins of the two major political parties, in which we don’t count.
Peru’s newest national park safeguards 2 million acres of Amazon Rainforest
The designation is intended to conserve the region's precious biodiversity and protect the sacred lands of the indigenous communities that live around Yaguas.
‘Victory for Julian”: UK blocks WikiLeaks founder Assange extradition to US on espionage charges
While the decision is a “very significant victory” for Assange, the judge has largely sided with the U.S. prosecution.
Looking back at 1919
many of the underlying attitudes and the tone of the immigration argument 100 years ago were strikingly similar to those that roil our society today.
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.
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.