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Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 30
Vietnam demands compensation from Monsanto for victims of Agent Orange, California on brink of mandating 100 percent clean energy by 2045, Sanders vs. Amazon intensifies, and more.
To force billionaires off welfare, Sanders tax would make corporations fund...
"I don't believe that ordinary Americans should be subsidizing the wealthiest person in the world because you pay your employees inadequate wages."
Amazon’s worst bargain yet
The retail behemoth wants your local government's business, but there's a hidden cost to low prices: Local businesses get shut out.
Bernie Sanders takes on corporate power and wealth inequality during town...
"This is what a rigged economy looks like and it must end."
Is Trump giving Amazon the Postal Service?
Trump wanted to use the Postal Service to hit back at Amazon, but he may end up doing the opposite.
How bad public policy happens
Sometimes public policy inadvertently turns bad, but when it's based on ignorance and arrogance, policy inevitably goes bad.
Amazon’s tax avoidance has the company sheltering profits
The online retail giant has been sheltering most of its profits from the United State's tax system.
This CEO wants a key to your house
Jeff Bezos expects you to pay for the privilege of letting Amazon employees enter your home when you're not there.
The great Scamazon
Instead of giving your hard-earned dollars to Amazon this holiday season consider staying local.
Why does Amazon get corporate welfare?
Not satisfied with just taking your money, Amazon is coming after your tax dollars as well.
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How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power
The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.
What I saw in Cuba was resilience
It was a country enduring a 66-year siege, and a people who, against all odds, continue to build, create, and care for one another.
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show
Under President Donald Trump, the Park Service has rescinded a policy aimed at preventing activities that threaten park resources and human health.
Minnesota sues Trump administration after federal agents withhold evidence in fatal immigration raid shootings
State officials say federal authorities blocked access to key evidence following deaths tied to Operation Metro Surge.