Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director until release of Zero-Tolerance documents
“Kathy Kraninger helped implement a policy to punish innocent young children – that is a moral stain that will follow her for the rest of her life."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 1, 2018
ICE served eviction notice in Syracuse, Trump tweaks capital gains to benefit the rich, US deports parents but keeps their children, and more.
Is President Trump right about Russia?
Can Russia and America ever peacefully coexist?
Trump administration attempts to tweak capital gains tax only to benefit the rich
But tax analysts said the proposed tweak would create more tax shelters and increase national debt.
Why wages are going nowhere
The combination of high corporate profits and growing corporate political power has created a vicious cycle.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Worker's wages fall, Federal judge orders government to seek consent before medicating migrant children, Bernie Sanders thanks the Koch brothers, and more.
My summer vacation in the UK: What a blooming relief!
Fabricated defiance of the establishment was enough to justify the absurd hypocrisy of Trump's harangues – all evidence to the contrary.
Trump era: ‘There is great disorder under the sky, so the situation is excellent!’
The chaos of the Trump era is an opportunity for positive political change.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 30, 2018
California wildfires rage, Philadelphia refuses to share information with ICE, Koch brothers turn on Trump, and more.
6 reasons for hope in Trump times
First, Donald Trump has been a giant wake-up call that we can’t take democracy for granted.