Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor'






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Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor' 
Before she was a senator, Kamala Harris was an attorney general and district attorney who acted in ways that could hardly be described as 'progressive,' Lara Bazelon writes. (photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Lara Bazelon, The New York Times
Bazelon writes: "The senator was often on the wrong side of history when she served as California's attorney general."
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Farmer applies herbicide to crops. (photo: iStock)
Farmer applies herbicide to crops. (photo: iStock)

DOJ Releases Formal Approval of Toxic Mega-Merger Between Bayer and Monsanto
Friends of the Earth
Excerpt: "The Department of Justice today formally announced its green light for the Bayer-Monsanto merger, conditional to further divestments from the two companies."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty)

Progressive Dems: 'Not Another Dollar' More in DHS Funding
Gideon Resnick and Sam Brodey, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar just threw a wrench in the border wall debate."
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Anti-fascist activists stage a counter-protest against the Traditionalist Worker party and the Golden State Skinheads at the State Capitol in Sacramento. (photo: Paul Kitagaki Jr/Shutterstock)
Anti-fascist activists stage a counter-protest against the Traditionalist Worker party and the Golden State Skinheads at the State Capitol in Sacramento. (photo: Paul Kitagaki Jr/Shutterstock)

Revealed: FBI Investigated Civil Rights Group as 'Terrorism' Threat and Viewed KKK as Victims
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "The FBI opened a 'domestic terrorism' investigation into a civil rights group in California, labeling the activists 'extremists' after they protested against neo-Nazis in 2016, new documents reveal."
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Government contractors. (photo: CBS)
Government contractors. (photo: CBS)

Government Contractors Still Struggling to Feed Their Kids After Shutdown
CBS News
Excerpt: "Most of the 800,000 federal workers, who were not paid during the partial government shutdown, are starting to receive back pay but there are potentially millions of government contractors who may never see a dime."
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Members of the International Mayan League attend a vigil outside the Department of Homeland Security. (photo: Rebekah Entralgo)
Members of the International Mayan League attend a vigil outside the Department of Homeland Security. (photo: Rebekah Entralgo)

Indigenous Activists Demand Investigation Into Border Patrol Shooting of Young Guatemalan Immigrant
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "Members from Indigenous nations gathered outside the Department of Homeland Security Thursday night in freezing temperatures to hold a vigil for the Indigenous Maya children and youth who have died at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months."
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Biologist Mike Pearson found that poor work on the Trans Mountain pipeline made a local stream unsuitable for chum salmon. (photo: Shutterstock)
Biologist Mike Pearson found that poor work on the Trans Mountain pipeline made a local stream unsuitable for chum salmon. (photo: Shutterstock)



Pipeline Work Destroyed Salmon Habitat, Puts Orcas at Risk, Scientists Say
Mirjam Guesgen, Motherboard
Guesgen writes: "Expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline could spell trouble for salmon populations and the orcas that rely on them for food, experts say."
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