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The Hidden Cost of Pesticides: How Farming Choices Affect Our Food and Environment
From farmworker health and pesticide residues to pollinator decline and water contamination, the differences between organic and conventional farming reach far beyond the grocery store aisle.
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Who Polices the ICE Detention Centers? In McFarland, GEO Group Appears to Police Itself
Records show local police rarely investigate incidents inside two California detention centers, leaving a private prison corporation responsible for handling allegations ranging from assaults to sexua...
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Time for a Do-Over of the Entire U.S. Project https://www.laprogressive.com/hypocrisy-or-hope/time-for-reparations Mark Fancher: The seeds of resistance that were planted in southern soil were saturated with the blood, sweat and tears of Mary Reynolds and all others who were enslaved.
When Is a War Not a War? https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/not-a-war Chuck Yates: Confucius had already warned that if we don’t call things by their right names, we throw society into chaos and place the the state in peril. @profpain #war
The Robey Theatre Company https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/the-robey-theatre-company Ben Guillory and Danny Glover Carry Forward the Legacy of Paul Robeson @SharonKyle00 #robeytheatre
A Theater of Absolute Power https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/a-theater-of-absolute-power Peter McLaren: The imagination—trained for coherence, for narrative proportion—lags behind reality, struggling to keep pace with what has already taken place. #trump
Why We Endorsed Becerra Over Steyer https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/xavier-becerra-over-tom-steyer-california-governor A personal reflection on concentrated wealth, democratic erosion, and why even “good billionaires” can normalize a dangerous trajectory. @SharonKyle00
Feds Fail Deaf Ukrainian Asylum Seeker https://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/deaf-ukrainian-asylum-seeker Stuck in immigration limbo, the woman needs a Russian Sign Language translator for her pending asylum case.
Why Does California Need an Insurance Commissioner? https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/jane-kim-on-californias-insurance-system Jane Kim argues that the state must treat insurance not merely as a private industry Wade Kyle #janekim
California's Latino Snapback Is Real https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/californias-latino-becerra The GOP Slippage Is Real, but Democratic Consolidation Is Not
Two Cheers for Independence https://www.laprogressive.com/hypocrisy-or-hope/two-cheers-for-the-declaration-of-independence Paul deLespinasse: It is high time that we explicitly admit that our revolution was a mistake, and refrain from supporting efforts to secede. Paul desPlanaise #independence
Military Families Short-Changed as Pentagon Splurges on War https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/military-families-short-changed Marcus Baram: Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.
Build a New Ballroom When There’s a Big Beautiful One Nearby? https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/build-a-new-ballroom Elliott Negin: Located less than a mile from the White House, the Mellon Auditorium fits the bill.
The Man Who Would Rule the World https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/rule-the-world The remarkable degree to which Trump regards himself as the savior of the world suggests a more personal lust for supreme power. @LawrenceWittner #trump
How Billionaires Captured American Politics https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/billionaires-captured-american-politics Sharon Kyle: America’s political system has steadily normalized concentrated wealth and conditioned citizens to view oligarchs as saviors.
The Long Shadow of the Confederacy: Voting Rights and America’s Unfinished Civil War https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/long-shadow-of-the-confederacy Cynthia McDermott: The old Confederacy survives less as a government than as an enduring political and cultural force. #voterrights
Canada Quietly Puts War Into Your Portfolio https://www.laprogressive.com/defense/canada-quietly-puts-war In a world where defense financing is deeply embedded in financial markets, peace does not simply reduce risk; it disrupts revenue. Umer Azad: I
Resisting the Collapse of Conscience in the Age of Trump https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/collapse-of-conscience Trumpism can only thrive in a culture stripped of its conscience. To combat this, conscience must become contagious. @HenryGiroux
Trumpland Is a Man's World https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/trumpland Karen Greenberg: The attack on diversity in government has become pervasive and is undeterred, targeting with abandon females, as well as people of color, immigrants, and critics of the president.
Boorish Kentucky Republicans Take Their Cue for Trump https://www.laprogressive.com/election-and-campaigns/kentucky-republican-boorishness Berry Craig: These days, boorishness and bullying are the rule, not the exception, in Republican ranks, and not just in Kentucky. #gop
Reclaiming Motherhood as a Call for Peace https://www.laprogressive.com/gender-discrimination/reclaiming-motherhood Motherhood in the United States is celebrated symbolically, yet far too many mothers remain neglected politically, economically, and socially. @Tech4Educating #mothersday
Should Billionaires Even Exist? https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/should-billionaires-even-exist William Shoki: A society serious about equality, democracy, and the finite nature of our world will, over time, make it impossible for them to arise. #billionaires
Two Truths in One Land: Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger on Seeing the Other https://www.laprogressive.com/human-rights/rabbi-hanan-schlesinger-on-seeing-the-other A conversation about blindness, identity, and the possibility of human transformation. @SharonKyle00 #palestine
Fueling My Revolutionary Optimism https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/the-fuel-to-my-revolutionary-optimism Jenin: After the Nakba, everything changed. The people of Palestine now live under the occupation of racists who despise and dehumanize them. #nakba
https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/the-united-states-long-war-on-cuba Since 1959, Washington has pursued a singular, near-fanatical obsession with reversing the Cuban Revolution and restoring the neocolonial shackles it once imposed on the island. Eric Ross #cuba
Unearned Income and America's Downfall https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/unearned-income-americas-downfall From tax policy to privatized education, and ecological collapse, America’s worship of investment wealth is accelerating democratic decay. Peter Laarman #taxpolicy
Butter, Not Guns https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/butter-not-guns The War against Iran, up close and personal (and all too far away) Frida Berrigan #iranwar
