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July 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM

What does July 4 mean today?

What does July 4 mean today? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On July 5. 1852, Frederick Douglass, already a famous and much-requested orator, was asked to give a speech at the Independence Day comm…

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June 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Saying 'No' to war

Saying 'No' to war View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Several hours after I completed last week’s newsletter, President Donald Trump launched unprecedented military strikes against Iran’s three larges…

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June 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM

The latest from The Progressive

The latest from The Progressive Farmers Protest Unjust Immigration System If the President and his allies were serious about improving lives, they would back bills that reform our immigration system and protect the farm…

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June 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Wars and plans for wars

Wars and plans for wars View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The threat of an expanding war in Iran continues to dominate the news. As Stephen Zunes writes on our website this week, “The unprovoked atta…

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June 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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The latest from The Progressive Is There a Crack in Western Support for Israel? The United Kingdom, France, and Canada are shifting their stance on the genocide in Gaza—but how far will they go? BY MEDEA BENJAMIN, NICOL…

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June 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Time Is Running Out! But It’s Not Too Late to Act!

Time Is Running Out! But It’s Not Too Late to Act! But It’s Not Too Late to Act! View this email in your browser Donate Now! #FightBackPressForward | Final Hours We’re just about $5,000 away from reaching ou…

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June 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Standing up for what is right

Standing up for what is right View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, I just returned from Washington, D.C., where I saw firsthand the helicopters, tanks, and other military vehicles being displayed on t…

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June 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM

#FightBackPressForward

#FightBackPressForward Now is the time to stand up and push back! View this email in your browser Donate Now! Join us today, June 14, as The Progressive launches #FightBackPressForward—a pivotal day of fu…

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June 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM

Join the Fight for Truth: #FightBackPressForward

Join the Fight for Truth: #FightBackPressForward Help us protect one of democracy’s most powerful tools: a free and independent press. View this email in your browser Donate Now! TOMORROW: Join the Resistance…

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June 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Envisioning a Healthy Democracy

Envisioning a Healthy Democracy The June/July issue is out now! The June / July Issue Is OUT NOW! #FightBackPressForward 6/14 Get your print copy of The Progressive magazine at our online store or sub…

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June 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Escalating tensions in Washington and across the country

Escalating tensions in Washington and across the country View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, “Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy. They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a p…

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June 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Join the Fight for Truth: #FightBackPressForward

Join the Fight for Truth: #FightBackPressForward Help us protect one of democracy’s most powerful tools: a free and independent press. View this email in your browser Donate Now! On June 14, The Progressive w…

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June 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM

America Armed, Divided, and Abandoned

America Armed, Divided, and Abandoned The latest from The Progressive A Retreat from Justice: Shielding Cops from Accountability Trump’s dismantling of police reform is a gift to white supremacy. BY TERRANCE SULLIVAN …

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May 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Plugging the holes in the safety net

Plugging the holes in the safety net View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, I recently had an opportunity to re-watch the 2007 film Charlie Wilson’s War, which chronicles the secret arming of Afghan rebel…

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May 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM

Join the Fight for Truth: #FightBackPressForward

Join the Fight for Truth: #FightBackPressForward Help us protect one of democracy’s most powerful tools: a free and independent press. View this email in your browser Donate Now! On June 14, The Progressive w…

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May 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Silenced Voices and Threatened Rights

Silenced Voices and Threatened Rights The latest from The Progressive Silencing the Voice of America Donald Trump’s quest to silence the nation’s international transmissions has been met with legal battles, yet many fe…

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May 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Remembering and paying attention

Remembering and paying attention View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office for what can only be ter…

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May 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM

The Journalist Who Understood Trump’s Threat—Decades Ago

The Journalist Who Understood Trump’s Threat—Decades Ago The latest from The Progressive Murray Kempton Always Had Trump’s Number Remembering the legendary New York City reporter who wrote of the rot at the center of D…

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May 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Speaking up, Speaking out

Speaking up, Speaking out View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, U.S. President Donald Trump was in the Persian Gulf region over the past several days making deals (as he likes to do) and accepting gifts …

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May 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM

The Anti-Fascist War

The Anti-Fascist War The latest from The Progressive The Anti-Fascist War On the eightieth anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe, the history of World War II holds lessons about identifying fascism—and the need t…

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May 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Second pope from the Americas signals opposition to policies of the U.S. President

Second pope from the Americas signals opposition to policies of the U.S. President View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The Catholic Church has a new pope. Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, Illinois, w…

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May 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Where is the justice?

Where is the justice? The latest from The Progressive Freedom Flotilla Heading to Gaza Attacked by Drones About sixty activists were set to join those already on board to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKA…

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May 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Workers Unite

Workers Unite View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, May 1 is historically a day of protest and celebration for working people. On May 1, 1886, thousands of workers calling for the eight-hour-day marched …

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April 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM

Bad for Justice

Bad for Justice The latest from The Progressive Attorneys Criticize Arrest of Milwaukee Judge Dugan As ‘Bad for Justice’ After a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge was arrested on Friday for obstructing justice and h…

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April 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Calls for peace and justice continue

Calls for peace and justice continue View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Pope Francis was laid to rest today in the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome (known in English as St. Mary Major). Francis c…

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April 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Rewriting the Narrative

Rewriting the Narrative ‘Palestine Is Not for Sale, Donald Trump Belongs in Jail!’ Protesters paraded from the U.S. Capitol to ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C., decrying the Trump Administration’s abuse of power to …

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April 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Think Globally, Act Now!

Think Globally, Act Now! View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, This coming Tuesday marks the fifty-fifth Earth Day and yet the climate has been almost unremarked in all of the recent news about the multi…

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April 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM

The Struggle Continues

The Struggle Continues Our Fight for Social Security Disabled people are playing a lead role in the effort to block Elon Musk’s “administrative vandalism.” BY MIKE ERVIN …

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April 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Where your money goes, and where their money grows

Where your money goes, and where their money grows View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, As the economic roller-coaster ride continues in response to President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again impositio…

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April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Dismantling the edifice, then sowing salt in the wounds.

Dismantling the edifice, then sowing salt in the wounds. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The assault by the Trump Administration and the shock troops of DOGE continues at a rapid pace. The tariffs a…

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April 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM

The April/May issue is out now!

The April/May issue is out now! The April / May Issue Is OUT NOW! Get your print copy of The Progressive magazine at our online store or subscribe for a digital copy of the magazine TODAY. …

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March 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Reconstructing America

Reconstructing America View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On March 27, President Donald Trump issued yet another Executive Order, this one targeting the nation’s museums and art galleries. The White H…

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March 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Remembering, not erasing, our history

Remembering, not erasing, our history View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Robert Reich took the unusual move this past week of putting out a second edition of his weekly Substack newsletter. “Sorry to …

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March 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Five years and lessons not learned

Five years and lessons not learned View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, This past week, journalist Sam Stein, who has written for The Progressive numerous times from Israel and the West Bank, was arrest…

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March 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM

A Long Legacy of Hypocrisy

A Long Legacy of Hypocrisy A Long Legacy of Hypocrisy on Occupations The United States has often tolerated land grabs by neighboring nations. BY STEPHEN ZUNES Medicai…

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March 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Standing up!

Standing up! View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, A few weeks ago, a list emerged that contained words that staffers at the Food and Drug Administration were no longer allowed to use. The list included …

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March 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM

The clock is running out!⏰

The clock is running out!⏰ And we still need your help! Donate Now! Time is running out! But there is still time to help The Progressive during this year's Big Share! We are halfway to our goal of $10,000, wit…

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March 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM

We need your help!

We need your help! The stakes could not be higher! The Big Share is underway. This is a special day here in Wisconsin, and we hope you will join in before midnight tonite! We only have a few hours left to reach our goal -- we …

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March 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM

Today is the Big Day!

Today is the Big Day! The organization with the most donations in the first hour receives a $2,000 match! Today is an exciting opportunity to support Wisconsin-based progressive organizations (like us!) that are dedicated t…

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March 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM

The Big Share is tomorrow!

The Big Share is tomorrow! Please donate now through 11:59 pm on Tuesday, March 4! The Big Share is tomorrow, but your donation today will be counted!  Donate now! On Tuesday, March 4, The Progres…

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March 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM

'Weather or not' - we are watching!

'Weather or not' - we are watching! View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Friday, President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance shocked many in the country, and more in other parts of the world…

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February 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Standing Up For A New Direction

Standing Up For A New Direction Linda McMahon’s ‘Elegant Gaslighting’ of Democratic Senators In her Senate confirmation hearing, McMahon never had to explain the Trump Administration’s real education agenda. BY JEFF BRY…

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February 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM

"A rally a day"

"A rally a day" View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, I am currently traveling on the West Coast, meeting with supporters of The Progressive and many of our writers. Everywhere the conversation turns to …

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February 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Good Reasons to Be Afraid

Good Reasons to Be Afraid For Palestinians, the ‘Perfect Victim’ Is an Impossible Standard In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of digni…

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February 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM

A campaign to control the truth

A campaign to control the truth View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Speaking at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901, Vice President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Jr. would utter the famous line …

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February 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM

A "digital book burning" is underway.

A "digital book burning" is underway. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, There is no shortage of material with which to begin this newsletter. In less than twenty-one days, Donald Trump and his key as…

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February 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Breaking the Hypernormal Hypnosis

Breaking the Hypernormal Hypnosis The February/March issue is out now! The February / March Issue Is OUT NOW! Get your print copy of The Progressive magazine at our online store or subscribe for a digit…

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February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Ground Hog Day, again?

Ground Hog Day, again? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, In the film Ground Hog Day, first released in February 1993, newscaster Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) finds himself forced to relive th…

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January 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Shocking and awful

Shocking and awful View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Many incoming Presidents are measured by the actions of their first hundred days in office. For Donald Trump, the record books may chronicle his f…

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January 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Watching approaching events, standing on the past

Watching approaching events, standing on the past View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, As I watch the preparations for Monday’s second Inauguration of Donald Trump as President, I can’t help but think o…

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