Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 9, 2018
The first ever Muslim Congresswoman, Zinke blames wildfires on environmentalists, Trump wants to open California's public lands to fracking, and more.
Taxpayers are subsidizing corporations that pay CEOs hundreds of times more than workers, study...
Author says the findings should fuel the movement to "use the power of the public purse to crack down on corporations that refuse to share the wealth."
Bernie is not a wind sock
The Sanders campaign is a political opportunity unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetimes.
Bernie Sanders champions ’32-hour work week with no loss in pay’
"Changes that benefit the working class of our country are not going to be easily handed over by the corporate elite. They have to be fought for—and won."
Who represents us when our political parties represent only corporations?
Our future depends on bridging the artificially cultivated political divide that serves only interests fundamentally contrary to our common well-being.
How to make the holidays happier for the Postal Service
Now it’s time for Congress to deliver by passing the Postal Reform Act and urging USPS leaders to focus on innovations to better serve all Americans for generations to come.
Can’t Hillary Haters All Just Get Along? (Part 1)
Can Hillary Clinton accomplish the inconceivable: uniting the long-divided political Left--in opposition? Part 1 of 2
Are Sanders and Warren throwing a lifeline to the military-industrial complex?
Without a genuine commitment to peace and disarmament, the next president will find him- or herself caught in the same bind as Obama and Trump.
DARK Act Compromise Could Preempt Vermont’s GMO Label Law
Any bill on GMO labeling that would result in anything less than mandatory on-package labeling is unacceptable.
Even this Biden-voting billionaire ignores the full downsides of obscene fortunes
Tax reforms must address willful blindness about the menace of concentrated wealth.