This 16-year old is taking the school climate strike to the US Capitol
May 24 is the second global “Fridays for Future” strike modeled after climate activist Greta Thunberg’s weekly demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament building.
Government could hold migrant families indefinitely in unlicensed detention centers under new plan
New Trump administration regulations would dismantle the landmark Flores agreement and allow authorities to release children only to a parent or legal guardian – even if those adult guardians are detained.
$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.
Supreme Court declines to overturn lower court decision that bars Floridians with felony convictions...
Voting rights advocacy groups called the Supreme Court's decision "deeply disappointing."
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.
New legislation to ban toxic pesticides helps protect children’s health
“The federal pesticide policy is in urgent need of reform.”
Texas school district threatens suspension for student protests; universities respond, ‘peaceful protests won’t impact...
Individual admissions officials took to Twitter to let students know that joining such demonstrations wouldn't "affect their college acceptance decisions."
Sanders unveils plan to end cash bail, ban private prisons, and ‘fundamentally transform’ US...
"If we stand together, we can eliminate private prisons and detention centers. No more profiteering from locking people up."
Trump’s ‘hold’ on elephant trophies may not be enough
We should be helping advance the significant global momentum to ban domestic ivory markets, not getting in the way by allowing more trophy imports that feed ivory demand.
Black Lives Matter: How far has the movement come?
This messaging campaign became a decentralized social movement to demand accountability for police killings and other brutality against Black people.