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December 27, 2021 at 6:26 PM

The need for The Progressive has never been greater!

The need for The Progressive has never been greater! Please support independent journalism with your year-end gift today. View this email in your browser December 27, 2021   Dear Progressive Readers and Supporters,   Trevor Noah of Co…

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December 25, 2021 at 4:59 PM

Working for peace, working for change

Working for peace, working for change View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   December 24, 1914 in the trenches of World War I, a silence fell across the battlefield. According to The New York Times, roug…

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December 22, 2021 at 10:29 PM

From NIMBYs to Nationalists

From NIMBYs to Nationalists Midwest Dispatch: Celebrating Myon Burrell’s Release From Prison After spending half his life behind bars for a crime that he did not commit, the Minneap…

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December 21, 2021 at 9:59 PM

The need for The Progressive has never been greater!

The need for The Progressive has never been greater! Please support independent journalism with your year-end gift today. View this email in your browser December 21, 2021 Dear fellow progressive, A lot has happened since this time …

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December 18, 2021 at 4:59 PM

Workers rights and human rights

Workers rights and human rights View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Last Friday night and Saturday morning tornadoes swept through six Midwestern states, killing nearly 100 people and damaging homes an…

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December 15, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Is Democracy Dead?

Is Democracy Dead? Unequal Justice: Expanding SCOTUS Is an Old Idea with New Urgency The Supreme Court has been captured by the Republican Party, and it’s moving hard to the right a…

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December 11, 2021 at 5:00 PM

Press freedom and the importance of history

Press freedom and the importance of history View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   On Friday a court in the United Kingdom reversed an earlier decision and ruled that WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange …

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December 8, 2021 at 10:29 PM

When Poverty Is a Crime But Misogyny Is Not

When Poverty Is a Crime But Misogyny Is Not Housing Not Handcuffs: A New Campaign Fights to Stop the Criminalization of Poverty The effort is targeting laws that criminalize activit…

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December 4, 2021 at 5:04 PM

viruses and voting

viruses and voting View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the official name of the virus that causes COVID-19) is now well established in the United States, w…

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December 1, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Worker Power

Worker Power One Question: What More Can Joe Biden Do to Help Working People? Work Wo…

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November 30, 2021 at 8:59 PM

Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday!

Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday! View this email in your browser Dear fellow progressive,   It's still #GivingTuesday until midnight, and we really need your help so the sun won't set on The Progressive's more than 112 …

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November 30, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday!

Support Progressive Journalism This #GivingTuesday! View this email in your browser Dear fellow progressive,   Today is #GivingTuesday – and The Progressive is joining thousands of other nonprofit organizations around the world to take pa…

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November 27, 2021 at 4:59 PM

Seeking justice and raising concerns

Seeking justice and raising concerns View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Three court cases in the past weeks have captured national attention. The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on murder charges in Wi…

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November 26, 2021 at 6:29 PM

Looking for a few good progressive books?

Looking for a few good progressive books? Tis the season to buy early!  View this email in your browser Greetings progressive readers! Whether it is Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas, Kwaanza, New Year's that y…

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November 24, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Rulers of the World, Break Up

Rulers of the World, Break Up How the Federal Trade Commission Can Break Up Big Tech Lina Khan, Biden’s FTC chair, promises to take a more aggressive regulatory approach. by David…

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November 23, 2021 at 10:33 PM

Looking for a few books for the Holiday season?

Looking for a few books for the Holiday season? Tis the season to buy early!  View this email in your browser Greetings progressive readers! Whether it is Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday, Hanukkah, Solstice, Christmas, Kwaanza, New Year's …

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November 20, 2021 at 4:59 PM

Verdicts and justice

Verdicts and justice View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   In Kenosha, Wisconsin, a jury has acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenage vigilante who travelled across state lines and killed two men and wou…

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November 17, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Standing Up for Social and Environmental Justice

Standing Up for Social and Environmental Justice Unequal Justice: The End of Legal Abortion Looms If Roe is overturned, exercising reproductive choice could become a crime. by Bill…

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November 13, 2021 at 4:59 PM

overtime and underperformance

overtime and underperformance View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Discussions have moved into overtime in the United Nations-sponsored COP26 conference on global climate that has been taking place in …

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November 10, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Humans Helping Humans

Humans Helping Humans Religious and Secular Groups Help Afghan Refugees Resettle—And Demand that the U.S. Government Do the Same As Afghans continue fleeing the Taliban, it’s estimate…

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November 6, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Think globally, act now.

Think globally, act now. View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The United Nations-sponsored COP26 conference on global climate is taking place through next Friday in Glasgow, Scotland. Ironically, Glasg…

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November 3, 2021 at 9:29 PM

The Environment, Police, and Other Disasters

The Environment, Police, and Other Disasters At the End of Line 3: How Superior, Wisconsin, Became a Sacrifice Zone As the terminus of Enbridge’s Line 3 and Line 5 pipelines, Superior’…

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October 30, 2021 at 4:07 PM

Impunity and reckoning

Impunity and reckoning View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Earlier this week, I spent a half hour on the phone with U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin. The full interview will appear in the December iss…

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October 27, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Poverty, Protests, and Worker Power

Poverty, Protests, and Worker Power A National Surge of Organizing Shows the Power of Unionizing Across the nation, worker power is on the rise as unionized labor takes militant action …

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October 23, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Policies, guns, and their victims

Policies, guns, and their victims View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died of complications related to COVID-19 on Monday. Much of the media coverage has highlig…

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October 20, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Love Thy Laborer

Love Thy Laborer IATSE Strike Averted—For Now After demanding more humane working conditions, including meal breaks, maximum sixty-hour workweeks, and living wages, film industry worker…

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October 16, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Pressing issues and a passing hero

Pressing issues and a passing hero View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The Select Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol cont…

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October 13, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Human Rights Abuses Here and There

Human Rights Abuses Here and There Abandoning Yemen? United Nations Human Rights Council action silences Yemeni human rights victims. by Kathy Kelly …

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October 9, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Giving voice to independent journalists

Giving voice to independent journalists View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two journalists for “their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is…

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October 6, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Illegitimate Supreme Court and Illegal Health Care

Illegitimate Supreme Court and Illegal Health Care Unequal Justice: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Crisis of Legitimacy New opinion polling shows that public approval of the court has plunged…

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October 2, 2021 at 4:00 PM

National spending and global needs

National spending and global needs View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   A government shutdown was avoided this week when Democrats and Republicans were able to agree on a stopgap funding bill. Presiden…

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September 29, 2021 at 9:29 PM

The Draconian States of America

The Draconian States of America The Other Americans: Haitians Expelled from Southern Border The expulsion of migrants in Texas highlights decades of failed U.S. foreign policy toward Ha…

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September 25, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Climate, corona, and counting

Climate, corona, and counting View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Deaths from the coronavirus have now surpassed the total reported deaths from the 1918 “Spanish Flu” of 675,000—making this the deadli…

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September 22, 2021 at 9:30 PM

Prisons and the Pandemic

Prisons and the Pandemic An Investigation of Georgia’s Prisons Offers a Step Toward Accountability Following a spate of deaths in Georgia’s prisons, the Justice Department is leading an …

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September 20, 2021 at 9:31 PM

Join us tomorrow night for a special book talk!

Join us tomorrow night for a special book talk! Dave Zirin and Bill Lueders will discuss Zirin's new book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. View this email in your browser VIRTUAL BOOK EVENT The Kaepernick Effect…

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September 18, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Events and consequences

Events and consequences View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   A rally has been planned for today in Washington, DC, under the name “Justice for J6.” The event is being held in support of the January 6 i…

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September 17, 2021 at 8:59 PM

Join us next Tuesday for a special book talk!

Join us next Tuesday for a special book talk! Dave Zirin and Bill Lueders will discuss Zirin's new book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. View this email in your browser VIRTUAL BOOK EVENT The Kaepernick Effect: …

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September 16, 2021 at 5:07 PM

Save the date for a special upcoming event!

Save the date for a special upcoming event! Join Dave Zirin and Bill Lueders as they discusses Zirin's new book. View this email in your browser VIRTUAL BOOK EVENT The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World …

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September 15, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Beyond the Border

Beyond the Border Somewhere Over the Afghan Horizon, U.S. Drones Still Fly Despite its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S. military maintains an “over-the-horizon capability,” which all…

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September 11, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Commemorations

Commemorations View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   September 11, 2001 was surely a moment of “shock and awe” for many people in this country. It was the first time since the War of 1812 that a foreign…

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September 10, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Did you miss the 20th Annual Fighting Bob Fest?

Did you miss the 20th Annual Fighting Bob Fest? You can now stream it here at your convenience!  View this email in your browser Did you miss Fighting Bob Fest this year? No problem! Here is the entire program for your viewing pleasure. …

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September 9, 2021 at 10:00 PM

Join us tonight for the Twentieth annual Fighting Bob Fest!

Join us tonight for the Twentieth annual Fighting Bob Fest! Our FREE event will premier tonight at 7:00 pm CDT!  View this email in your browser Neither rain, nor sleet..... Fighting Bob Fest will go on this year - but, j…

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September 8, 2021 at 9:36 PM

Who Are the Heroes?

Who Are the Heroes? Praise Be to Those Who Refused to Kill Two 2021 books take a fresh look at the unheralded heroes of the Vietnam War. by Paul Buhle …

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September 6, 2021 at 4:59 PM

Heading back to school book? Grab a book from our sale!

Heading back to school book? Grab a book from our sale! And also, a free gift for you! View this email in your browser Greetings progressive readers! We are excited to offer many new selections for your "back to school" reading list. To…

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September 4, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Remembrances and lessons

Remembrances and lessons View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Here at The Progressive we are saddened by the passing of the legendary progressive actor and activist Ed Asner. Asner died last Sunday at …

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September 3, 2021 at 9:59 PM

Back to school book sale!

Back to school book sale! And also, a free gift for you! View this email in your browser Greetings progressive readers! We are excited to offer many new selections for your "back to school" reading list. To see all of the titles that we…

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September 1, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Corruption, Classism, and High School Curriculum

Corruption, Classism, and High School Curriculum The Other Americans: Guatemala’s Government Is Defying Biden’s Anti-Corruption Efforts Anti-corruption efforts continue to be pushed back, …

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August 28, 2021 at 4:02 PM

Marches and struggles

Marches and struggles View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Today is the fifty-eighth anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In Washington, D.C., and several cities across the…

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August 25, 2021 at 9:29 PM

America's Woes: From Infrastructure to International Relations

America's Woes: From Infrastructure to International Relations Five Ways the U.S. Created and Prolonged the Afghan Crisis The United States was involved in Afghanistan long before 9/11, fo…

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August 21, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Memories and blame

Memories and blame View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Watching the tragic images of Afghans attempting to climb on a U.S. aircraft to flee their country brings back similar memories from April 1975 i…

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