The beginning of the end for Putin?
Has a failed coup by the Wagner Group exposed the Russian president's fatal weaknesses?
Paul Manafort found guilty of bank and tax fraud
Manafort faces a maximum of 80 years in prison for his recent conviction.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 26
Bill Cosby sentenced to prison, UN condemns U.S. for lack of universal health care, Montana judge restores grizzly bears' protection, and more.
Donald Trump offers a helping hand to China and Russia
And it's giving American Isolationism new meaning in the twenty-first century.
Washington governor’s order to protect immigrants will also save state’s economy
Immigrants make up 17 percent of the state’s workforce. If Washington’s undocumented workers were deported, nearly $14.5 billion in economic activity could be lost.
Trump admin. hints it may resume family separation at border; ACLU says ‘public outcry...
A new report by Amnesty International suggests immigration officials separated some 6,000 families between April and August, a far higher number of children and parents torn apart than previously thought.
Socialism as a Cure for Exceptionalism
A sense of exceptionalism drives our foreign policy, and distances the 'takers' in the 1% from the more social-minded and once-thriving middle class. Will political revolution envisioned by Bernie Sanders restore that social-mindedness?
From march to movement
There’s too much work to do. The whole world is watching.
Billionaire-backed group enlists Trump-supporting citizens to hunt for voter fraud using discredited techniques
The Voter Reference Foundation is putting the nation’s voter rolls online while making unsupported claims suggesting election fraud. The group’s funding can be traced to a Super PAC funded by the CEO of Uline.
Impeachment (and removal): Good for public health
We need to save American lives now. The best remedy would be to annul an illegitimate election. At the very least, impeach.