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  The Progressive · [email protected]
October 26, 2019 at 4:05 PM

The Constitution and history

The Constitution and history View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Momentum continues to build in the U.S. House of Representatives as hearings in various committees focus on finding evidence of D…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
October 19, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Debates, resolutions, and action

Debates, resolutions, and action View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   News that the short-term ceasefire in northern Syria is not all it was promised to be continues to emerge, even as the House voted …
  The Progressive · [email protected]
October 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Lessons of the past, tactics of the future

Lessons of the past, tactics of the future View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The Academy Award-nominated 1979 documentary film The War At Home is more than just a portrait of a moment in histo…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
October 5, 2019 at 4:00 PM

The impeachment stew thickens

The impeachment stew thickens View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Discussion of impeachment is in the air. The Progressive continues to be a leading voice in the call for Congress to do its Cons…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
September 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM

Phone calls and calls for impeachment

Phone calls and calls for impeachment View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, It is almost an understatement to say “there’s been a lot of breaking news this week.” With revelations about a whistleb…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
September 21, 2019 at 4:08 PM

Speaking out - then and now

Speaking out - then and now View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, I spent a couple of days in New York State last week, speaking to students at Ithaca College and then driving east to visit reader…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
September 14, 2019 at 4:00 PM

What is there to debate?

What is there to debate? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, This past week, one of the big items in the news—other than the “Sharpiegate” controversy (as illustrated by cartoonist Mark Fiore)—w…
  The Progressive editors · [email protected]
September 13, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Our very special tall man in a tall hat Jim Hightower reviews the new Molly Ivins doc, plus . . .

Our very special tall man in a tall hat Jim Hightower reviews the new Molly Ivins doc, plus . . . Top picks of o' the week, including Sarah Jaffe on why Trump's populist wave isn't working for Boris, and our cartoonist Mark Fiore on ”Sharpiegate.“ View this email in your b…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
September 7, 2019 at 4:03 PM

Secrets and lies

Secrets and lies View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   “On Monday, September 17, the Justice Department held a press conference to declare that it was dropping its case against The Progressive,” …
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
September 6, 2019 at 3:27 PM

H-Bomb ▪ Behind that burning pile of soybeans ▪ Drivers on the bus go...? ▪ The scent of racism ▪ Immigrant song

H-Bomb ▪ Behind that burning pile of soybeans ▪ Drivers on the bus go...? ▪ The scent of racism ▪ Immigrant song 40 years ago, the U.S. government declared The Progressive a threat to national security. Read all about it, plus a whole lot more news from the week. View this…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
August 31, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Celebrating labor, honoring struggles

Celebrating labor, honoring struggles View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Monday is Labor Day. It will be the 125th anniversary of the first celebration of this day as a national holiday honorin…
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 30, 2019 at 1:04 PM

1619 ▪ #VisitAPrison ▪ Team Trump and ‘like-minded’ Bolsonaro ▪ India’s Kashmir gambit ▪ Free speech police

1619 ▪ #VisitAPrison ▪ Team Trump and ‘like-minded’ Bolsonaro ▪ India’s Kashmir gambit ▪ Free speech police View this email in your browser Head into the long Labor Day weekend with some of our best reads of the week—inc…
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 9:00 PM

History speaks through The Progressive.

History speaks through The Progressive. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive reader,  One of the things I love about working at The Progressive is our history. Every day I come into the office I feel tha…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
August 24, 2019 at 4:00 PM

We do remember

We do remember View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, “Who will remember?” asked Charlie King in his beautiful 1977 song “Two Good Arms,” written for the fiftieth anniversary of the August 23, 1927…
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 23, 2019 at 4:13 PM

Steve King—nuff said ▪ Anti-alien hysteria ▪ Dear Fox News ▪ GOP in Charlotte ▪ Israel's online occupation of Palestine

Steve King—nuff said ▪ Anti-alien hysteria ▪ Dear Fox News ▪ GOP in Charlotte ▪ Israel's online occupation of Palestine View this email in your browser Some of our best reads from the week, including a great story of how…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
August 17, 2019 at 4:10 PM

We have a choice

We have a choice View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   “ You have no choice but to vote for me . . . whether you love me or hate me, you gotta vote for me,” said Donald Trump in Manchester, New Hampshir…
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 16, 2019 at 7:53 PM

I'm going to tell you the truth.

I'm going to tell you the truth. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive reader, The motto of the publication that became The Progressive, in its earliest days, was a quote from the New Testament: “Ye Shall Kno…
  The Progressive Editors · [email protected]
August 16, 2019 at 3:48 PM

Iowa ho! 🌄 ▪ American Factory ▪ 💞Woodstock 🌸 ▪ KY coal miners ✊ ▪ Resisting Israel's occupation ▪ When not to trust scientists

Iowa ho! 🌄 ▪ American Factory ▪ 💞Woodstock 🌸 ▪ KY coal miners ✊ ▪ Resisting Israel's occupation ▪ When not to trust scientists Did you miss Woodstock?  Or Iowa last weekend? Worry not! We got you covered on that and more. Some of our best reads of the week: …
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 15, 2019 at 4:56 PM

I see journalism as a way to change the world

I see journalism as a way to change the world View this email in your browser Dear Progressive reader, When I decided I wanted to be a journalist, I did so with the intention of helping people. I saw the impact …
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 14, 2019 at 10:04 PM

The importance of a free and independent press has never been greater!

The importance of a free and independent press has never been greater! View this email in your browser Dear fellow progressive, I’m reaching out today because we are in need of your help. The Progressive is facing a chal…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
August 10, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Words - then and now

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…
  The Progressive Editors · [email protected]
August 9, 2019 at 5:11 PM

Toni Morrison ❤ | Breaking China? | Sucky insurance 😡 | Resistance poetry 👏 | Black-and-white in schools

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…
  The Progressive Editors · [email protected]
August 8, 2019 at 4:12 PM

Our new issue delves "inside the right"

Our new issue delves "inside the right" Stories that explore the right, alt-right, and the alliances between them that threaten progressive change. …
  The Progressive · [email protected]
August 5, 2019 at 10:00 PM

Want to know the truth?

Want to know the truth? We offer fierce, forward-looking journalism!  As a Progressive newsletter reader, it’s safe to say that you care about independent journalism as well as supporting diverse voices, inclusive policies, and…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
August 3, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Debates and dog whistles

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…
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
August 2, 2019 at 8:00 PM

A house divided against itself cannot stand...

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 Progressive Editors · [email protected]
August 1, 2019 at 5:25 PM

The petulance of Trump & Johnson 🍸 | Win for workers 👍 | Stink eye at the debate 😑 | Moving forward on abortion 👏 | Skin

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 …
  The Progressive magazine · [email protected]
July 31, 2019 at 10:00 PM

We are deep in the thick of the Democratic debates...

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…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
July 27, 2019 at 4:05 PM

Then and now

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…
  The Progressive Editors · [email protected]
July 26, 2019 at 3:47 PM

Warren on war & ✌ | Kids out of cages | More fun than Mueller 💥 | 60 Minutes 4ever ⏰ | What's behind "go back"

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…
  The Progressive · [email protected]
July 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM

Memories of space, and making space for all

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 Progressive Editors · [email protected]
July 18, 2019 at 9:31 PM

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🍌

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. …