Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 3, 2018
7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.
Anti-Empire Report #156: Shakespeare said it best
The Russian-interference indictment is predicated, apparently, on the idea that the United States is a backward, Third-World, Banana Republic, easily manipulated.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 11
Native American tribes sue Trump over Keystone XL. Japan aims to overthrow whaling ban, and more.
Study: Children have better nutrition when they live near forests
The data show that forests aren't just correlated with improvements in people's diets. We show that forests cause these improvements."
Supreme Court weighs voting rights in a pivotal Arizona case
The case considers two Arizona laws that place limits on how and when Arizonans can vote.
‘We need a people’s vaccine, not a profit vaccine’: Sanders urges Biden to support...
“Ending this pandemic requires collaboration, solidarity, and empathy. It requires a very different mindset—a mindset that puts people over profits at every turn.”
A Democratic spring: 12 left challengers taking on the party establishment in 2018
The scattering of challenges to the Democratic establishment after Bernie Sanders’ run has become a tidal wave.
GMOs: Everything you need to know
What they are, where you can find them and should you eat them?
2018 was a year of deadly climate disasters and an ‘ear splitting wake-up call’
“The evidence, if we needed any more, continues to stack up."
Despite ancient rock art legacy, BLM leases land for fossil fuel exploration
Despite development objectives from tribal and environmental groups, the BLM is leasing part of Emery County for fossil fuel exploration.