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Words - then and now View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, August 6 and 9 marked the seventy-fourth anniversary of the bombings by U.S. forces of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Progre…

Toni Morrison ❤ |  Breaking China? | Sucky insurance 😡 | Resistance poetry 👏  | Black-and-white in schools Bill's health insurance sucks but he's not afraid to think we can do better. That and other thought-provoking items from our website all here! Unlik…

Our new issue delves "inside the right" Stories that explore the right, alt-right, and the alliances between them that threaten progressive change. …

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Debates and dog whistles View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The middle point of last week was marked by two nights of debates between twenty of the candidates vying for the Democratic nominatio…

A house divided against itself cannot stand... View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,  From August 21 to October 15 of 1858, Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln crisscrossed the state of Illinois hol…

The petulance of Trump & Johnson 🍸 |  Win for workers 👍 | Stink eye at the debate 😑 |  Moving forward on abortion 👏  | Skin ‘Must-reads’ from our website *plus* a special sneak peek from the upcoming issue of our magazine. Sharing the must-reads from …

We are deep in the thick of the Democratic debates... What have we learned? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive reader,  We are deep in the thick of the Democratic debates and what have we learn…

Then and now View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Today marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the House Judiciary Committee’s passage of the first of three articles for the impeachment of then-Pre…

Warren on war & ✌ |  Kids out of cages | More fun than Mueller 💥 | 60 Minutes 4ever ⏰ | What's behind "go back" We know you are busy, so we are making it easy for you. Sharing our gems from the week. We know you are busy, so we've made it easy for you…

Memories of space, and making space for all View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress with a “Special Message to the Co…

The moon mission's dark side🌒, blue dog dems🐩, why Trump doesn't get Iran😱 and David Bacon's social justice photography in the Philippines🍌 Sharing our gems from the week, especially a fabulous video created by our new intern Isabel, to accompany a piece on the Apollo 11 mission. …