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Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 27, 2018
What you need to know about the Democratic Socialists of America, as Trump Administration misses family reunification deadline, children protest "horrific" immigration policy, and more.
The police will keep killing us until we stop criminalizing blackness...
The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.
Blistering U.N. report: Trump administration’s policies designed to worsen poverty &...
40 million Americans live in poverty, and 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty.
Special report: In the streets with the New Poor People’s Campaign...
Demonstrators descended on Washington Monday in the latest protest staged by the new Poor People’s Campaign, which organizers say is the most expansive wave...
Ben Carson’s redecoration of HUD is worse than you think
If we are to end poverty, the mindset that needs to change is theirs.
Six big losers in our ‘booming’ economy
The people in power let the rich grow richer while the poor keep suffering.
This California city just arrested people for trying to feed the...
Fines and jail terms cannot solve homelessness.
America’s farmworkers face poverty, neglect, and now deportation
Up to 70 percent of the people who put food on America's tables may be undocumented.
People act where US fails on climate
If we are to have a livable future, we must act rapidly.
Extreme poverty cut in half? Only in the minds of the...
The median wealth of the world's adults is $2,222, down from $3,248 at the end of 2007.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.