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The crisis hiding in plain sight this Women’s History Month
A letter to the Democracy Alliance community from president Pamela Shifman Dear Partners: Women’s History Month has always been a chance to remember the women whose brilliance and leadership have made our country stronger. But this year especially, it is crying out for so much more: an unvarnished truth about what is happening to women right now. Along with the…Read More
We Don’t Have to Accept Childhood Poverty
Child poverty is a stain on our pride as a state and a nation. Children are not workers. They are not responsible for their own economic wellbeing. Yet their early years are highly determinative of their future success in life. Childhood poverty impacts brain development and school readiness. Setbacks in both create lifelong reverberations. Fighting… The post We Don’t Have…Read More
Zionism and ressentiment
Thursday night FBI agents arrested militant Zionist Alexander Heifler as he prepared to attack Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani, the Guardian reports. In the wake of the arrest, Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the statement above on Twitter, condemning the plot and pledging to protect peaceful activists in his city.Even as I read the response above, however — and the hundreds of…Read More
The Toxic Legacy of Brooke van Velden on Workers’ Rights
From pay parity to workplace safety, critics say Brooke van Velden leaves behind a deeply controversial legacy. Source link thedailyblog.co.nzRead More
No Kings Rallygoers in New York Share Their Biggest Fears—and Greatest Hopes
I’ve covered all the No Kings protests in New York City since the start of Trump’s second presidency. What has struck me about all of them is how they fuse people’s fears with their hopes. The fear is what drives people onto the streets: threats to democracy, the war in Iran, attacks on LGBTQ Americans. The hope: each other, the…Read More
RSVP Now for Adelita Grijalva, Phyllis Bennis, and more on our Sunday Town Hall
RSVP Now for Adelita Grijalva, Phyllis Bennis, and more on our Sunday Town Hall RSVP Now for this Sunday’s Progressive Town Hall: March 29, 4pm ET/1pm PT We are in the midst of one of the worst international crises of our lifetime. The illegal war of aggression, launched by the United States and Israel on February 28th, against the sovereign…Read More
Judge May Reconsider Dismissing Maduro’s Case Due to US Blocking His Legal Funds
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to dismiss drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on March 26, even though the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is blocking funds for their legal defense, in violation of the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Source Source link…Read More
A New Non-Aligned Movement?
The “middle powers” can band together to chart a third way between authoritarian superpowers in Washington and Beijing. Source link dissentmagazine.orgRead More
Affordable Care Act 16th Anniversary
The Affordable Care Act was a sweeping law passed in March 2010 that significantly improved the healthcare market for American consumers. Healthcare is still too expensive for many Americans and healthcare costs worry two-thirds of us. Navigating medical care and medical insurance is still frustrating. But it was worse before 2010: without the ACA, we… The post Affordable Care Act…Read More
Why Is The FBI Buying Your Location Data?
The post Why Is The FBI Buying Your Location Data? appeared first on Demand Progress. Source link demandprogress.orgRead More