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July 8, 2020 at 9:29 PM

Justice Will Prevail

Justice Will Prevail Environmental Justice Wins, Pipelines Lose Three pipelines were stopped in a twenty-four-hour period after years of opposition led by Indigenous and Black environmental justice groups. by Tina …

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July 4, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Revolutions and change

Revolutions and change View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Today is “Independence Day” in the United States. It was not celebrated as a paid federal holiday until 1941, but that term “independence” se…

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July 1, 2020 at 9:29 PM

Statues Come Down, COVID-19 Goes Up

Statues Come Down, COVID-19 Goes Up The Battle to Keep Robert E. Lee Out of Lee County In Fort Myers, Florida, white supremacists swayed the city to protect a bust of the Confederate general—now, young activists are p…

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June 27, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Riots and remembrance

Riots and remembrance View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Protests continue across the United States (and in many cities around the world) against police violence, and the legacy of slavery and coloni…

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June 25, 2020 at 8:30 PM

We All March On

We All March On Sit, Bike, Skate, March on Washington A photo essay from the ongoing protests against police brutality in the nation’s capital. by Jenna Ruddock …

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June 20, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Victories and change

Victories and change View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The U.S. Supreme Court delivered two notable defeats to Donald Trump this week, ruling first that the 1964 Civil Rights Act did indeed protect …

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June 17, 2020 at 9:29 PM

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here? Midwest Dispatch: When Bill Clinton Came to Minneapolis Once referred to as “Murderapolis,” the city is now home to an uprising spurred by demands to end mass incarceration and police brutality…

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June 13, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Lessons and actions

Lessons and actions View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   This weekend we celebrate the birthday of our founder, Senator Robert M. “Fighting Bob” La Follette (June 14, 1855). La Follette started The Pro…

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June 10, 2020 at 8:59 PM

A Global Uprising

A Global Uprising 'Why Minneapolis?': How Surveillance of Black Muslims Paved Way for George Floyd’s Murder The city has a long history of spying on its Black residents. by Vanessa Taylor …

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June 6, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Echoes and alerts

Echoes and alerts View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   On Tuesday June 2, Donald Trump shocked the nation’s governors, and then the rest of us, by proclaiming that he would use the U.S. military to sub…

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June 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM

Take Action: Justice for George Floyd

Take Action: Justice for George Floyd Failure to Protect: How Minneapolis Police Cater to White Privilege Even in protests against racial policing, the city’s cops have shown more concern for the safety of white people. …

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May 30, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Breath and Silence

Breath and Silence View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Protests continue across the United States in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. Protestors, most peaceful, have been …

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May 27, 2020 at 9:30 PM

He couldn't breathe.

He couldn't breathe. Thousands Protest George Floyd’s Murder in Minneapolis Ending in clashes between armed cops and angry community members, the protest showed the immensity of residents’ distrust of police. by Sarah Lah…

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May 23, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Possibilities for change

Possibilities for change View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The current global pandemic has highlighted something that many have long known: we live in a fundamentally unequal world where access to r…

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May 20, 2020 at 9:59 PM

Fight For Your Right to COVID-19 Relief

Fight For Your Right to COVID-19 Relief Smoking Gun: Crisis? What Crisis? A timeline of the pandemic warning signs ignored by the Trump Administration, updated regularly. …

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May 16, 2020 at 4:01 PM

The Home and the World

The Home and the World View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   As the nation begins “opening for business” in a random patchwork of city, county, and state rules and procedures, science and data seem to b…

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May 13, 2020 at 9:29 PM

Trump, Billionaires, & Other Threats to Common Good

Trump, Billionaires, & Other Threats to Common Good Unequal Justice: Can Trump Suspend the Election? In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden’s remarks about Trump’s electoral machinations deserve serious considera…

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May 9, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Justice and lessons

Justice and lessons View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   When Gerald Ford was sworn in as Vice President in 1973 (to replace a disgraced Spiro Agnew), he famously told a reporter, “I am a Ford, not a L…

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May 6, 2020 at 8:59 PM

Reckless Rallies, No Repercussions

Reckless Rallies, No Repercussions Ignorance Is Bliss in Wisconsin How many infections did reckless rally cause? Health officials say they’re not even trying to find out. by Bill Lueders …

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May 5, 2020 at 1:07 PM

#GivingTuesdayNow is Today!

#GivingTuesdayNow is Today! Dear fellow progressives,   In this time of distance and uncertainty, there's a fundamental truth that gives us hope - a hope that we can do extraordinary things together.  And even though w…

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May 2, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Essential workers and international solidarity

Essential workers and international solidarity View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Yesterday was May Day, known outside the United States as International Workers’ Day. The holiday had its start with …

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April 29, 2020 at 8:59 PM

Who's being left out of COVID-19 protections?

Who's being left out of COVID-19 protections? Bus Drivers Need Better Protection This nation’s bus drivers are essential workers. We need rules to protect them. by Michael Felsen …

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April 25, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Rallies and remedies

Rallies and remedies View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The numbers are in. Wisconsin State Capitol Police estimate that approximately 1500 individuals protested yesterday at the Capitol in Madison (…

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April 22, 2020 at 9:29 PM

When Haircuts Come Before Human Lives

When Haircuts Come Before Human Lives Far Right, Spurred by Trump, Plans Next Anti-Quarantine Protest in Wisconsin The planned Friday event will be the latest to put concern for the economy over human lives. by Michael Mako…

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April 18, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Democracy and responses

Democracy and responses View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Wisconsin’s April 7 primary election violated the state’s “Safer at Home” declaration and forced voters to choose between risking their heal…

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April 17, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Did you see yesterday's message from our editor?

Did you see yesterday's message from our editor? We continue to cover the crisis, but we need your help! We know that many of our readers are not able to make a financial donation at this time. We absolutely understand. The Progressive remains…

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April 16, 2020 at 8:59 PM

Covering the Crisis

Covering the Crisis Dear Fellow Progressives, Since mid-March, The Progressive has published more than 80 articles that in one way or another relate to the coronavirus pandemic—an extraordinary output for a small operation like ours. We have r…

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April 15, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Supporting Democracy, Standing with Workers

Supporting Democracy, Standing with Workers Democracy Wins in Wisconsin Republicans fail in their effort to win Supreme Court seat by putting lives at risk. by Ruth Conniff …

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April 15, 2020 at 2:23 PM

Charitable Giving During This Time of Crisis

Charitable Giving During This Time of Crisis April 15, 2020 Dear fellow progressive, I hope this message finds you well in these uncertain times. We have received many questions from our supporters over the past few weeks regarding the new cha…

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April 11, 2020 at 3:59 PM

What should be a new normal?

What should be a new normal? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Speaking in Boston, Massachusetts, in May 1920, Ohio Republican Senator Warren G. Harding said, “America’s present need is not heroics,…

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April 9, 2020 at 5:59 PM

Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives

Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives Once the mourning is over, we must build on his campaign and turn this movement into greater leverage and power. by Christo…

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April 7, 2020 at 2:58 PM

Covering this moment mindfully

Covering this moment mindfully Acknowledging that you, our reader, may be struggling too Our lives in the span of just one month have transformed drastically. As the COVID-19 virus rapidly spreads across the country it has become shockingly cl…

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April 4, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Risk and response

Risk and response View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, News media is a critical source of information in this time of worldwide pandemic. And yet, Donald Trump repeatedly lashes out at legitimate, respe…

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April 1, 2020 at 9:29 PM

COVID-19 and Poverty in America

COVID-19 and Poverty in America Money for Hospital Beds, Not Trump’s Wall The President has diverted funds explicitly earmarked for tasks like renovating dilapidated health clinics to support border wall construction. by Gary …

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March 28, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Vulnerability and community

Vulnerability and community View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   On Thursday, Bob Dylan released a new song, his first in eight years, via a post on Twitter. The nearly seventeen-minute song, which c…

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March 27, 2020 at 9:59 PM

Our latest issue is FREE for you

Our latest issue is FREE for you This is not business as usual... This is not business as usual . . .    For all of us, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a major disruption to every aspect of our lives. The P…

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March 25, 2020 at 7:59 PM

Our latest issue is out now!

Our latest issue is out now! This is not business as usual... This is not business as usual . . .    For all of us, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a major disruption to every aspect of our lives. The Progr…

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March 21, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Writing from home, reading together

Writing from home, reading together View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   This has been a week of closures and social distancing. As cartoonist Mark Fiore illustrates, we are all being asked to do somet…

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March 20, 2020 at 6:59 PM

On The Progressive, and my mom

On The Progressive, and my mom A special note from editor, Bill Lueders Dear Fellow Progressives: On March 11, less than two weeks after we moved my mother into assisted-care housing for the elderly, the facility shut its doors to visitors. I h…

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March 19, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Together we will see this through.

Together we will see this through. Though we face challenging times ahead, our connections will allow us to survive. Dear Fellow Progressives, Monday was my last day in the office. As I was leaving, I noted that the usually busy streets in the…

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March 18, 2020 at 8:59 PM

Coming Together While Apart During COVID-19

Coming Together While Apart During COVID-19 Why Seniors Aren’t Staying Home to Avoid COVID-19 As people choose self-quarantine, social distancing, and remote work, those who are less privileged are the most vulnerable. by Lexi …

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March 17, 2020 at 9:01 PM

An unparalleled challenge

An unparalleled challenge The recent coronavirus pandemic has presented, to all of us, an unprecedented crisis. Dear Progressive Readers,  The recent coronavirus pandemic has presented, to all of us, an unprecedented crisis. We are all doing w…

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March 14, 2020 at 3:59 PM

The virus and the count

The virus and the count View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   As I write this, numerous local, regional, and national governments are declaring, or have declared, states of emergency in response to the …

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March 11, 2020 at 8:59 PM

Inside COVID-19 Quarantine

Inside COVID-19 Quarantine Foreign Correspondent: Am I the Next Typhoid Mary? My first-hand account of coronavirus quarantine, after a trip to Iran. by Reese Erlich ‘You’re a Musician a…

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March 7, 2020 at 4:59 PM

Counting the votes, doing the math

Counting the votes, doing the math View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   We have said it more than once in the past couple years, but: What a difference a week makes. The Super Tuesday results, followin…

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March 4, 2020 at 9:59 PM

A Jolt of "Joe-Mentum"

A Jolt of "Joe-Mentum" View this email in your browser Super Tuesday Delivers Jolt of Joe-Mentum Biden scored huge victories on Super Tuesday after South Carolina win and Buttigieg and Klobuchar endorsements. But the Democratic no…

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March 4, 2020 at 2:25 AM

The clock is running out!

The clock is running out! And we still need your help! The clock is running out! There is still time to help The Progressive during this year's Big Share! Please take a moment tonight and make a contribution. Large or small, …

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March 3, 2020 at 9:59 PM

We need your help!

We need your help! The stakes could not be higher! Today is The Big Share! The Big Share is underway. This is a special day here in Wisconsin and we hope that you will join in before midnight tonite! The Progressive covers mo…

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March 3, 2020 at 12:29 PM

Today is the Big Day!

Today is the Big Day! We need your help! Today is The Big Share! Today is a special day in Wisconsin and we want to make sure you join in! The Progressive is participating in The Big Share, a day of giving o…

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February 29, 2020 at 4:59 PM

Leap Day special edition Progressive weekly newsletter

Leap Day special edition Progressive weekly newsletter View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Last Sunday, I spent the afternoon in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with radio host and author Thom Hartmann and U.…

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