Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 24
Nationwide walkout for sexual assault survivors, Kavanaugh struggles with more questions, undocumented immigrants refuse to testify on domestic abuse, and more.
Why Progressives Must Stay United
A progressive movement is needed to overcome widening economic inequality and the legacy of racial inequality in America. We must take back our economy and democracy from the moneyed interests that now control both.
Senators probe Equifax over plans to profit from Medicaid and SNAP work requirements
Warren, Wyden, and Sanders are demanding disclosures from Equifax as new federal work requirements threaten to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions while expanding the company’s already dominant income verification business.
A cabinet for the deep-pocket ages
Only in America, new stats show, could packing an incoming administration with gazillionaires be so easy.
The secret IRS files: Trove of never-before-seen records reveal how the wealthiest avoid income...
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
Former State Attorney General and Port Authority Chairman Pleads Guilty to Bribery
Samson currently faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense.
France to Ban Glyphosate Weedkillers
Monsanto maintains that their product is safe, and that the recent arguments over glyphosate or purely “political.”
The friendly new face of dark money: How Fidelity, Schwab, and Vanguard helped wealthy...
The contributions, which include hundreds of donations to 68 different Project 2025 groups, were distributed on behalf of outside philanthropists via the companies’ “donor-advised funds,” or DAFs.
United Kingdom to ban ivory trade
More than 20,000 African elephants die every year to feed the ivory trade.
TransCanada Will Sue Over Keystone XL Rejection
Whatever the outcome, the decision on the pipeline will remain the same.