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Sponsored by RootsAction.org and the RootsAction Education Fund, this new site is a digital vehicle for the creative energy, passion and commitment of progressive activists and organizations around the United States and beyond. As we all continue to learn, we can all continue to organize — and change the world for the better.
Progressive Hub is dedicated to galvanizing people who are committed to economic fairness, equal rights for all, civil liberties, environmental protection and defunding endless warfare. We mobilize on such issues with consistent principles no matter what political party is in power. This is a dynamic hub for information and action — for people who will not be silent as the U.S. government continues to squander billions of dollars on militarism that causes destruction and hatred overseas while failing to meet human needs here at home. Source
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Search ArticlesWe’re Getting Dangerously Used to ICE Abuse
Earlier this year it was Renee Good, then Alex Pretti. This summer it was Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. Before them were Silviero Villegas Gonzalez and Ruben Ray Martinez. Those are only the names we know— many others will never make national news. The day I read about Durán Guerrero’s death, I was returning home from work. I glanced at the headline and kept going. That’s what scared me the most. I wasn’t shocked that ICE had killed someone — I expected it.
Silence = Death
Say it with me: Move the money out of the war machine and into where it can do some good. Was that so hard to say? This massive redistribution of spending, as proposed by Trump, radically defunds everything good and decent, things like education, the environment, energy, transportation, housing, healthcare, etc., etc., and the vast majority of organizations and individuals who would like those other things funded have not even once said so.
This Democratic Nominee for Governor Refuses to Condemn Data Centers
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley is taking a more nuanced position—and his Republican opponent is taking advantage. By Emma Janssen, The New Republic The nationwide backlash to data centers has become so widespread that it’s even hard to find Republican politicians who openly embrace them—with the exception of President Trump, of course. So why is the Democratic nominee for governor in Wisconsin touting their benefits?
We’re Half a Year Into Trump’s War on Iran. Congress Has Tools to End It.
By now it has become obvious that Benjamin Netanyahu played a key role in convincing Trump to start this war of choice, after decades of pushing the United States to attack Iran. In recent years, Israel’s lobby, in collaboration with opposition leaders from the Iranian diaspora — including the son of Iran’s late Shah Reza Pahlavi and his monarchist advisors — and a group of hawkish American officials pushed the U.S. to the brink of this war.
Trump EPA Aims to Exempt Data Centers from Disclosing Air Pollution, Advocates Warn
Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution Tom Perkins, The Guardian A new rule proposed by the Trump administration aims to kill public notification for datacenter air pollution, public health advocates warn, and allow emission permits to be issued behind closed doors. The datacenters are often sources of nitrogen oxide, which helps form ozone, carbon monoxide and heavy metals, among other pollutants.
Congress Finally Passed a Housing Bill. It Isn’t Enough.
The 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream, or ROAD, to Housing Act contains more than 60 provisions covering housing construction, manufactured and rural housing, homeownership, rental housing, veterans’ housing, federal program reform, and community banking. Its central strategy is to increase the housing supply by reducing regulatory barriers and encouraging state and local governments to allow more construction.
An Important But Limited Win Against Data Centers in Pennsylvania
Emma Claire Foley coordinates the Data Center Action Network, a joint endeavor of RootsAction and the RootsAction Education Fund. She told the Institute for Public Accuracy: “On August 18, Shapiro signed an executive order placing much-needed limits on new data center projects.
‘Lawless Killing Spree at Sea Resumes’ as U.S. Announces Fresh Boat Bombings
In announcing the strike, SOUTHCOM Commander Gen.
How Jared Kushner Snookered Hakeem Jeffries
Democrats need a fighter, but the congressional leader is addicted to illusory comity. Jeet Heer, The Nation On Sunday, The New York Times reported that “Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground.” On one level, the meeting was clearly good news for Jeffries.
DOJ Whistleblower Confirms "Antisemitism" Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations
By Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has filed a complaint claiming the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of anti-Jewish discrimination on campus.