Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
Plastic debris plagues Honduras beaches
The "massive trash tsunami" was filled with plastic debris believed to have come from a neighboring river in Guatemala.
#NotInvisible: Groundbreaking legislation tackles epidemic of violence against Indigenous women
"Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act."
Gaza’s agony intensifies: Six months of carnage calls for global intervention
"Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people."
The profiteers of war: Companies fueling the Israeli assault on Gaza
Unveiling the corporate gears of war: A comprehensive look at the companies behind Israel's devastating military campaign in Gaza.
How health insurance became a boon for business and a plight for the rest...
A health system that allows business people to reap lofty profits even if it brings premature death, disability, and pain onto millions of families every day.
Trump’s new spy chief used to work for a foreign politician the US accused...
Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption. His own office’s policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail.
Michigan judge accused of jeopardizing safety and democracy with reversal of open carry ban...
"There are voters who are afraid, there are election workers who are afraid."
Reuters, New York Times top list of fossil fuel industry’s media enablers
New report by DeSmog and Drilled reveals extent of commercial partnerships between trusted outlets and Big Oil.
Plastic pollution: Could we have solved the problem nearly 50 years ago?
What if we’d listened to the researchers who first warned us about plastic pollution in the 1970s?