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January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM

Imperial overreach, dangerous trends

Imperial overreach, dangerous trends View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Last Saturday, as this newsletter went to press, U.S. President Donald Trump had just launched a unilateral, illegal, and unauth…

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January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM

The Quest for Power

The Quest for Power Voices of Resistance: Farmers, Protesters, Filmmakers, and the Unhoused The Real Reason Trump Invaded Venezuela It’s not drugs, democracy, or even oil. It’s power. by Stephen Zunes …

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January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A new year bursts in

A new year bursts in View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, As this newsletter goes to press, U.S. President Donald Trump is addressing the nation about the early morning attack on the nation of Venezuela…

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December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Upending the System

Upending the System Voices of Resistance: Farmers, Protesters, Filmmakers, and the Unhoused Venezuelan ‘Threat’ Is All Trumped Up President Donald Trump has been inching toward war with Venezuela for one reason: oi…

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December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM

RE: The need for independent journalism has never been greater!

RE: The need for independent journalism has never been greater! Please support The Progressive with your year-end gift today. View this email in your browser Dear fellow progressive,   As we near the end of 2025, I want to be sure that you've received o…

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December 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM

As this year comes to a close, we need you now more than ever

As this year comes to a close, we need you now more than ever Please support The Progressive with your year-end gift today. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive reader, As we reach the final days of the year, I want to be …

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December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM

News they tried to suppress

News they tried to suppress View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The biggest news story of this past week may have been a story of “no news,” when the recently appointed editor-in-chief for CBS, Bari We…

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December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Making a Change

Making a Change Voices of Resistance: Farmers, Protesters, Filmmakers, and the Unhoused The Push to Make U.S. College Students Climate Literate Students and professors at universities across the country are pushing…

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December 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM

The need for independent journalism has never been greater!

The need for independent journalism has never been greater! Please support The Progressive with your year-end gift today. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive reader, We are in a time like no other in recent memory. Knowin…

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December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Warnings and lessons

Warnings and lessons View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump took to the airwaves to deliver an address to the American people in which he spent about eighteen …

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December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM

This Week from The Progressive

This Week from The Progressive Voices of Resistance: Farmers, Protesters, Filmmakers, and the Unhoused Farmers Should Unite to Fight Unfair Trade Policies President Donald Trump’s trade policies are hurting U.S. fa…

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December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM

New policies, old echoes

New policies, old echoes View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, President Donald Trump released his new “National Security Strategy for the United States” document a week or so ago, and as analysts drill …

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December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Defending Against Violence Everywhere

Defending Against Violence Everywhere The Year of the Whistle I didn’t recognize my own agency to help keep my neighbors safe and protected from ICE. Operation Midway Blitz changed that. by Rachel E. Hawley …

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December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Remembering a thirty-nine-year-old unravelling

Remembering a thirty-nine-year-old unravelling View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Eugene Hasenfus, the CIA contract employee who open the floodgates what what later became known as “the Iran-Contra Af…

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December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM

The Dismantling of Democracy

The Dismantling of Democracy The December/January issue of The Progressive magazine is out now! Here are some of the articles in this issue. No More Blueprints A note from Features Editor Alexandra …

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December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Support Progressive Journalism on #GivingTuesday!

Support Progressive Journalism on #GivingTuesday! There is still time to donate!  View this email in your browser Dear fellow Progressive, It’s still #GivingTuesday until midnight, and we need your help so the sun won…

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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Today is #GivingTuesday!

Today is #GivingTuesday! Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday! View this email in your browser Dear fellow progressive,   Today is #GivingTuesday – and if you believe that hard-hitting, non-profit, progressive journalism is…

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December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday!

Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday! Protecting freedom of the press has never been more important. View this email in your browser Dear fellow progressive,   Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, a global day of generosity that cal…

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November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Organizing for change, responding to the moment

Organizing for change, responding to the moment View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On the Friday after Thanksgiving, I joined an animated group of activists, members of Starbucks Workers United, as …

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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Uncertainty this Thanksgiving

Uncertainty this Thanksgiving The Uncertain Future of SNAP Leaves Schools Filling the Hunger Gap Federal delays in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are rippling through classrooms and putting thous…

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November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Wherever people organize

Wherever people organize View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Friday, in an odd and unexpected exchange, Republican President Donald Trump told Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic…

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November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Fighting the Good Fight

Fighting the Good Fight Bill McKibben Sees COP30 as a ‘Real Opening for Quicker Progress’ The famed environmentalist considers the United Nations meeting on climate. by David Goeßmann …

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November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Policies and distractions

Policies and distractions View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The six-week-long government shutdown has ended and some workers are beginning to see back pay from the hours they worked for free. In some…

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November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Democrats dominate across the country

Democrats dominate across the country Abortion Restrictions on Young People Cause Trauma A new report finds young people in states that require parental consent are being forced to remain pregnant or involve unsuppo…

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November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Direct impacts of the longest shutdown in history

Direct impacts of the longest shutdown in history View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The current government shutdown, at thirty-eight days so far, is now the longest in history since the present syste…

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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Democrats dominate across the country

Democrats dominate across the country What Might New York City’s Education System Look Like Under Zohran Mamdani? The city’s $40 billion K-12 public education system has been under mayoral control since 2002. Mamdani…

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November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Starting and stopping

Starting and stopping View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Funds for the federal food assistance program known as SNAP have stopped for the first time in U.S. history, affecting up to 42 million America…

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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM

A Step in the Wrong Direction

A Step in the Wrong Direction ‘Helped’ Against Your Will Use of involuntary psychiatric treatment is expanding nationwide. In New York City, an alternative is on the ballot. by Rachel E. Hawley …

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October 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM

'I think we’re just gonna kill people'

'I think we’re just gonna kill people' View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, President Donald Trump continues to ramp up what appears to be an undeclared war on the South American nation of Venezuela. On…

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October 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM

The Power of the People

The Power of the People What the ‘No Kings’ Protests Accomplished Massive displays of resistance build unity and enable moral decontamination. by Alexander Karn …

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October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Taking action for the defense of democracy

Taking action for the defense of democracy View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, October 18 is “No Kings Day” across the country. More than 2,500 events spread throughout all fifty states and overseas ar…

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October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Zohran Mamdani and ‘Trump-Proofing’ Our Cities The New York City mayoral candidate has a plan for assuring that his city and others do ‘more than simply survive. by John Nichols …

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October 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Our commitment to bringing you the news

Our commitment to bringing you the news View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The ceasefire in Gaza has gone into effect, and while many remain cautious in their anticipation of the next steps, relief at…

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October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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The latest from The Progressive The Politics of Resistance Resistance is a defensive politics, but we also need a politics of offense, aimed at winning elections and seizing power. by Michael Walzer …

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October 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM

'What you do makes a difference'

'What you do makes a difference' View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Officials from Hamas have conditionally accepted the peace plan presented earlier this week by U.S. President Donald Trump. Next Tue…

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October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Gutting Food Programs Won’t Make Us Healthy If the Trump Administration truly wants to make children and our food healthier, it must stop dismantling proven programs. by Kari Hamersc…

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September 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Plagiarizing from history?

Plagiarizing from history? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The familiar quote “history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” is usually attributed (although with little evidence) to the wri…

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September 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Trump Takes Aim at Minimum Wage The current administration continues its assault on the working class. by Aurelia Glass Confr…

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September 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Taking stock of this moment

Taking stock of this moment View this email in your browser Scan of front (and only) page of Das Andere Deutschland, March 11, 1933, announcing the weekly newspaper's ban by the provincial criminal police president in Berli…

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September 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Randi Weingarten on Why Fascists Fear Teachers The American Federation of Teachers president discusses her new book, the attacks on public education, and what we can do about it. by Ele…

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September 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Too many guns

Too many guns View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The murder of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk on September 10 during a speaking engagement on a Utah college campus has dominated this week’s headlines…

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September 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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The latest from The Progressive It’s Time to Restrain AIPAC In a case of odd bedfellows, progressive Democrats and MAGA dissidents are spurning donations from the American Israel Political Action Committee. by Jim DeB…

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September 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM

What does a word mean? and why?

What does a word mean? and why? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order to rename the Department of Defense to “Department of War.” While the cha…

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September 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Our Liberation Is Connected I have photographed a number of protests and rallies this year in Chicago. It’s clear to me that we will all work together to ensure that trans folks and immi…

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August 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Preparing for disasters before they happen

Preparing for disasters before they happen View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Yesterday marked the twentieth anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina, a storm which resulted in the deaths of a…

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August 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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The latest from The Progressive A Safe and Welcoming Home It's not a housing crisis. It's a landlord crisis. by Sarah Jaffe The Consolidation Crisis Mergers, mone…

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August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Tracking the attacks on multiple fronts

Tracking the attacks on multiple fronts View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, It can be difficult to keep track of the multiple fronts on which the Trump Administration is attacking our democratic instit…

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August 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Israelis in the West Bank Activists use their bodies to protect Palestinians from settler harassment. by John McAulay The Silenced …

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August 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM

Distractions and the man behind the curtain

Distractions and the man behind the curtain View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, While the summit in Alaska may not have accomplished anything toward peace in Ukraine, it sure did get that Jeffrey Epste…

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August 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Why Lelo Juarez Chose Self-Deportation How the current conditions of immigrant detention and Trump Administration policies impelled a farmworker organizer to return to Mexico. BY DAVID BA…

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