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Protests Nationwide Demand End to Family Separations
Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Washington, DC on Saturday to demand an end to the separation and detention of migrant families. The action capped a week of protests which continue to grow nationwide. “I see myself in these migrants – I see their...
Progressive Breakfast
ACLU Hosts Texas Border Protests ACLU hosts hundreds at 'Keeping Families Together' immigration rally in Texas. USA Today: "On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas, along with several pro-immigrant organizations from around Texas,...
Charter School Chain Wants Profits From Detained Children
Separating refugee and immigrant children from their parents at the border isn’t just a cruel injustice to the families affected; it's also good business, and the latest enterprise wanting in on the action is a Texas-based charter school chain connected to the...
Progressive Breakfast
SCOTUS Swing Vote Kennedy Retires Kennedy's retirement could open the door to new attack on legal abortion. NBC: "President Donald Trump has long vowed to nominate Supreme Court justices who would work to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized...
How to Cover a Revolution
“RED ALERT,” read the New York Post’s headline after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory over high-ranking Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley. They competed in the Democratic primary for New York's 14th congressional district, which covers parts of Queens and The Bronx....
New York, New York, What a Less than Wonderful Town
Any city — any society — that lets the rich keep as much as they can grab is asking for big-time trouble, as a compelling new profile of life in New York -- for the non-rich -- makes compellingly clear.
Progressive Breakfast
SCOTUS Rules Against Workers In Janus Supreme Court rules non-union workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. CNBC: "The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that non-union workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. 'Compelling...
Go Bold, Ben: A Progressive Earthquake Shakes Maryland
Last night, a Progressive earthquake shook Maryland’s establishment politics to their core. Ben Jealous’s primary victory puts Maryland within striking distance of the progressive governor we deserve and need. His victory marks the ascendance of a movement that’s...
Progressive Breakfast
Border Officials Dial Back Migrant Prosecutions Border officials suspend handing over migrant families to prosecutors. NYT: "The nation’s top border security official said Monday that his agency has temporarily stopped handing over migrant adults who cross the Mexican...
For Immigrant Children, Empathy Is Not Enough
There’s no “civil” way to say it: The Trump administration is torturing immigrant children. A liberal television personality wept openly for these children a few days ago, and I’m glad she did. But it's important to remember that these terrible events reflect more...
