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.
The charities making inequality worse
A growing number of executives at America’s ‘do-good’ nonprofits are doing much too good – for themselves – at paycheck time.
To end this madness: Vote, and vote as if your very survival depended on...
In the past when American faced monumental problems it had leaders and citizens who stood up and responded in various ways to help the country overcome them.
The slow rise of social democracy in the US
“The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization.”
Not your grandma’s civil rights strategy
Whose streets? (Then and now)
How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years
Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America
400,000 Americans in 900 cities ready to take to streets if President Trump fires...
Rosenstein evoked the 25th Amendment last year and also suggested he secretly record the president "to expose the chaos" engulfing the White House, according to the New York Times.
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Orders End To All Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Roy Moore isn't convinced the U.S. Constitution applies to Alabama.
Noam Chomsky: The future of organized human life is at risk thanks to GOP’s...
We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form.”
Biden reviews Guantanamo prison; aims to close it before end of presidency
A revival of an Obama-era goal, President Joe Biden announced the launch of a formal review of the U.S. military prison at...