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As the World Watches Syria, Don’t Forget About Yemen
In the time it takes to read these words, a child under the age of five will probably die in Yemen. And, as this is being written, the U.N. Security Council is meeting to discuss a gas attack in Syria. President Trump, with newly-appointed National Security Advisor...
Progressive Breakfast
Syria Crisis Looms Over White House Syria attack response looms over Bolton's first week in WH. CNN: "John Bolton faces a baptism of fire on Monday, his first official day as President Donald Trump's national security adviser. The brutal chemical weapons attack in...
How Trump's Immigration Policies Harm Children
The Trump administration has attacked immigrant communities from day one with a range of misguided proposals and executive orders that undermine civil rights and terrify families. These efforts are having devastating effects - right now, as well as potentially long...
Deep and Abiding Disrespect for Teachers
GOP politicians have so denigrated public school teachers that the educators in three states have engaged in wildcat strikes, mobbing their capitol buildings and demanding improved school funding for students and better pay and benefits for themselves and other workers.
Progressive Breakfast
US, China Trade Threats Escalate Trump threatens China with new $100 billion tariff plan. CNN: "President Donald Trump ratcheted up the trade war rhetoric with China on Thursday evening, saying he was considering another wave of steep tariffs on the country's exports...
Standing Up for Rural Voters in North Carolina
Far-right radicals have made North Carolina the place to test their most extreme ideas. They redrew our voting maps, disempowered Black voters, shredded our safety net and are trying to pit rural and working people against each other. They rewrote the rules to benefit...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Wants Troops At Mexican Border WH makes hasty plan to send National Guard to border, leaving mission and duration unclear. LA Times: "The Trump administration announced a hastily assembled plan Wednesday to deploy National Guard troops along the southwestern...
It’s on Us to Stop the War in Yemen
We’re helping fight someone else’s war in Yemen — and the blood is on our hands. Since March 2015, the United States has supported a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that’s intervening in a civil war in Yemen. The war has...
Striking Teachers Are Fighting for Communities
Teacher strikes that started in West Virginia and are now raging in Oklahoma and whipping up in Kentucky and Arizona are being called a "nationwide movement." But a nationwide movement for what? The Wall Street Journal calls the teacher rebellions a "response to years...
Progressive Breakfast
Church Leaders Look To King's Challenge Church leaders who propelled Civil Rights Movement look to rekindle King’s activist spirit. NYT: "Bishop Blake is one of dozens of ministers who will converge on Memphis on Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the...
