Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 6, 2018
The NRA faces a financial crisis, all the Trump Tower meeting drama, federal judge issues game-changing decision on dark money, and more.
Doubling down on dystopia
Preventing the triumph of Trump’s will.
Donald Trump’s feverish lust for green energy resources
It’s not about the climate, it’s about greed.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, September 28
Bar association calls for FBI probe into Kavanaugh, GOP governors call for delay in Kavanaugh vote, women react to Christine Blasey Ford's testimony, and more.
The president of wrath trolls the politics of rage
Today, we’re stuck with not only a presidency devoid of joy but one powered by irresponsible, heartless rage and denial.
US progressives need a foreign policy
Most of these candidates have missed the opportunity to really critique their country’s costly failures on the world stage.
What a policy of real solidarity with the Syrian people looks like
The U.S. does not have to choose between backing the Assad regime or extremist groups. There is another choice: Syria’s homegrown pro-democracy resistance.
Why U.S. labor laws need a major update—the PRO Act is a great start
The PRO Act will help to level the playing field and arrest the decades-long erosion of labor rights that significantly accelerated under the previous, anti-worker presidential administration.
It’s a $cam!
The evidence is in: the U.S. military is incapable of responsibly spending your tax dollars.
Five things the shutdown shows us about 2019
This Trump-created crisis and the standoff that ensued give us an early indication of how little the Democratic Party as a whole has changed.