The $24 million reasons Dems back America’s worst banks
In a world where Republicans have already been bought and paid for, there is no room for Democrats who act in bad faith.
Secret recording shows NRA treasurer plotting to conceal extravagant expenses involving Wayne LaPierre
Audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals, in real time, the gun lobbying group enacting a plan that would conceal payments for fancy hotels, limousines and other luxury expenses connected to its longtime CEO for a decade.
Federal court reverses EPA approval of crop-harming dicamba
“Today’s decision is a massive win for farmers and the environment. It is good to be reminded that corporations like Monsanto and the Trump Administration cannot escape the rule of law.”
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 11
Native American tribes sue Trump over Keystone XL. Japan aims to overthrow whaling ban, and more.
Down the memory hole
Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia.
These companies took $1.8 billion in federal aid to save jobs. They laid off...
Rosa Rodriguez spent eight years ironing and hanging bathrobes for guests at the Mirage, the Bellagio and other five-star hotels on the...
Biological annihilation
To mitigate the crisis, to save life itself, would require not merely the replacement of carbon-dirty fossil fuels with renewable forms of energy, but a genuine reevaluation of modern life and its institutions.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 5
Women's March disrupts Kavanaugh hearing, Senator Jon Kyl replaces McCain, Rahm Emanuel not seeking re-election, and more.
New analysis exposes pandemic profiteers
“Taxing excess profits during a crisis is an old idea whose time has come again.”
Immigrants to the rescue
It’s useful to bear the German experience in mind as the United States once again tackles its own “immigration crisis.”