Why Trump is partnering with Christian Nationalists
Trump is playing to a rising white Christian Nationalist movement within the Republican Party.
What Joe Crowley’s defeat has to do with Democratic Party ‘superdelegates’
The defeat of Crowley shows how grass-roots movements can prevail against the corporate establishment and its vast quantities of cash.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 29
Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, California joins nine other states and enacts trio of gun control bills that affect domestic violence offenders and more.
The Venality of the 2016 Presidential Election
The 2016 presidential race should be referred to as the Money Primary—controlled not by voters, but by super-wealthy donors. And the results are already in!
Social Security official: Married working mothers hurt society, condoms rob women of “remarkable chemicals”...
Robert W. Patterson also suggested that homosexuality is a mental disorder and sexual orientation can be forcibly changed.
It’s getting worse: The IRS now audits poor Americans at about the same rate...
As the agency’s ability to audit the rich crumbles, its scrutiny of the poor has held steady in recent years. Meanwhile, a new study shows that audits of poor taxpayers make them far less likely to claim credits they might be entitled to.
The GOP will free you from having health care
You're free to be poor, free to be politically powerless or free to be ill and uncared for.
The challenges and strengths of Palestine’s ‘orchestra’ of civil resistance
How can your way of participating in a movement confront rather than reinforce the patterns of privilege and oppression that already exist between these identity groups?
Trump wellness programs would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions
The ACA’s pre-existing condition protections are among the law’s more popular and important elements.
Get ready for a stop-Bernie onslaught like you’ve never seen
From the grassroots, as 2020 gets underway, the solution should be clear: All left hands on deck.