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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...
Progressive Breakfast
SCOTUS To Rule On Muslim Ban, Workers Supreme Court poised to rule on Trump travel ban, other cases. Reuters: "The U.S. Supreme Court, winding down its nine-month term, will issue rulings this week in its few remaining cases including a major one on the legality of...
Supreme Court's Janus Ruling Will Hurt Children
If the Supreme Court rules against workers in Janus vs. AFSCME, it will hurt children at a time when it's become shamefully commonplace for our government to abuse those of a tender age. Pushing the Janus case to a compliant Supreme Court is the conservative...
Progressive Breakfast
20,000 Children To Be Housed On Military Bases Pentagon will make room for up to 20,000 migrant children on military bases. WaPo: "The Defense Department will house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in coming months, a Pentagon official...
Imagining a Safe Haven for Our Children
Arrive on the scene. Shoot. Bang. Dead child. Gone forever. Mother crying. Blood pressure, spiked. Doom, imminent. Siblings, distraught. Funeral. This predictable chain of events is what seems to happen when police officers arrive on the scene. Calling the police...
A Shining 'City On a Hill' Must Treat Immigrants Humanely
By signing an executive order ending forced separation of immigrant families, President Donald Trump has admitted that this cruel practice was his administration’s policy and that he could have stopped it at any time. Despite having the power to stop taking children...
How I Met Detained Minors on My Flight to McAllen
I first saw them sitting as a group in Terminal B at Dallas International Airport. Clean-cut young teens in matching sweatsuits - must be a volleyball team from a private middle school, I thought. They looked weary, but so was I - we'd just found out that our American...
