Tag: Trump administration
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Trump administration fails to meet reunification deadline for immigrant children, Neighbors call cops on 12-year-old black kid for delivering newspapers, Trump pardons Oregon ranchers, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 9, 2018
Trump freezes Obamacare payment program, Starbucks says goodbye to plastic straws, Colorado schools are arming teachers with no state oversight, and more.
Asylum seekers win in court as federal judge rules against indefinite...
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled asylum seekers who have passed a credible fear interview should be given humanitarian parole, not indefinite detention.
As gov’t struggles to reunite families, detained mothers are organizing to...
Mabel Gonzales has carefully documented the cases of mothers who have been separated from their children at a detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where she is currently jailed.
Two different government agencies remove ‘climate change’ from their websites and...
Many experts believe the to be in line with Donald Trump's lead since he took office.
How to prevent future Trumps
The answer lies in the interplay between deep-seated racism and stagnant and declining wages.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 3, 2018
New study shows a correlation between air pollution and diabetes, despite the fact that EPA deems the levels 'safe,' News outlets indirectly paid Melania Trump up to $1 million for images under contract that demanded 'positive' coverage and more.
#FamiliesBelongTogether: Sending a clear message to Trump and Republicans in Congress...
"Time to take it to the next level. What are you willing to risk in this historic moment?"
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.