Patriotic Millionaires urge global leaders to combat tax avoidance through wealth tax on world’s...
"We need to foster a recovery beyond regressing to the same-old, same-old. We need to tax the rich.”
Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act in jeopardy as Senate hearing takes place...
"The price will be dirtier rivers and streams, and more wildlife on the fast track toward extinction."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 10
Judge throws out felony charges against climate deniers, the top immigrant-friendly cities in the United States, Nikki Haley resigns as UN ambassador, and more.
Retail industry claims to embrace criminal justice reform all while trying to derail it,...
Best Buy, Home Depot, Target, CVS and Walmart are among the retailers that have tried to derail state-level criminal justice reforms.
National emergency? Here are the real emergencies an outraged nation tells President Trump
"Gun violence. Climate change. The fact that 40% of Americans don’t have $400 in savings. These are national emergencies. Do you know what's not? Trump’s manufactured border crisis."
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, October 11
Bernie slams Trump’s Op-Ed and calls him a liar, Republican official caught purging tens of thousands of black voters, Monsanto seeks to undo $289M Roundup verdict, and more.
Bank of America commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
“Investors applaud Bank of America’s commitment to transition to a more sustainable business model and reduce the growing climate impacts of its financing activities."
The Greek People Have Voted ‘No!’ to Austerity and Economic Blackmail
Greece has suffered seven years of austerity, but something big happened recently—the Greek people voted by a landslide against European austerity. But why did the corporate media barely report on this historic vote?
Hunger in America
COVID-19 and the nightmare of food insecurity.
America’s drug wars
Fifty years of reinforcing racism.