Tag: Supreme Court
How ‘Janus’ will boost income inequality in America
The U.S. Supreme Court has totally ignored that union warning with its Janus decision.
Who is Brett Kavanaugh? Inside the right-wing history of Trump’s Supreme...
Kavanaugh has deep ties to the Republican Party and will push the Supreme Court further right if he is confirmed.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 5, 2018
Protests at the Statue of Liberty, a neo-Nazi has governmental security status, the Supreme Court rules against unions, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.
Money talks: Justice Kennedy’s retirement tied to the Trump family, Koch...
As Americans wait for answer regarding the two families' ties, conservative Republicans are all in on Trump's future nominee.
With Kennedy’s vacancy, only voting can check one-party rule
Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress.
High Court killing of closed-shop public employee contracts a needed wake-up...
It's time we stop whining and start organizing!
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 28, 2018
Americans own 40% of the world's guns, the Republican tax plan has made the U.S. debt the highest since World War II, Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire, and more.
SCOTUS votes in favor of Trump’s ‘Muslim’ travel ban
"I am deeply disappointed that this ruling gives legitimacy to discrimination and Islamophobia."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 27, 2018
28-year-old Democratic Socialist wins the New York primary, the Supreme Court upholds Muslim ban and sides with anti-abortion centers, Occupy ICE protests spread, a federal judge sides with Big Oil, and more.
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Trump-GOP budget bill would give top 1% over $1 trillion in tax breaks, analysis...
New ITEP study shows a sweeping Republican measure delivers nearly seventy percent of its benefits to the wealthiest households while gutting Medicaid.
Seven things Tom Cotton needs to learn about China
Here's what Senator Tom Cotton's recent book on China got all wrong.
What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did
Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.
This new tool can help movements chart a path to victory
As those who understand that strategic nonviolence is, both statistically and morally, the most effective means of resistance, we must take responsibility and exercise great care in its implementation.
Ventilation shutdown is one of the cruelest ways to kill animals
The least humane way of culling poultry and pigs has become increasingly common.