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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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August 18, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Back to School, Back to Masks

Back to School, Back to Masks Midwest Dispatch: Back to School, Back to Masks As the Delta variant surges among unvaccinated populations, it’s clear we must require students to wear masks …

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August 14, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Continuing battles

Continuing battles View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   As the Delta variant of the coronavirus rages across the United States, new safety protocols are being implemented, or at least proposed. But as …

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August 11, 2021 at 9:29 PM

The Fight for a Future

The Fight for a Future To Indigenous People, Line 3 is a Battle Over the Future Opposition is mounting to a project that threatens Native lands, and the planet. by Esty Dinur …

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August 7, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Atomic anniversary

Atomic anniversary View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   August 6 marked the seventy-sixth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, by the United States. The Progressive has written and spoken ou…

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August 4, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Erase Debt, Not Identities

Erase Debt, Not Identities Make the People Happy: Erase Student Debt Biden has a perfect opportunity to deliver progressive change to the millennials who voted for him. by Umme Hoque …

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July 31, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Heroes and criminals

Heroes and criminals View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The hearings in Washington, DC, are now under way. One thing is clear: the country, and our particular form of democracy, were under severe thr…

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July 28, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Message to United States: Do Not Come

Message to United States: Do Not Come The Other Americans: U.S. Policy Is Deeply Implicated in Haiti’s Crisis Following the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, Haitians are hesitant to seek …

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July 24, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Eyes on space, real issues here on earth

Eyes on space, real issues here on earth View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Our Hidden History of the United States calendar, updated and augmented each year by the staff at The Progressive, reminds …

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July 21, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Land of Destruction, Home of the Incarcerated

Land of Destruction, Home of the Incarcerated From Negligence to Malevolence: How the Climate Crisis has Gone Critical Human-induced climate change has gotten so bad that our only hope isn’t …

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July 17, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Interventions and embargoes

Interventions and embargoes View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   “The Afghan war is over, so what about Iraq and Iran?,” ask Nicolas J.S. Davies and Medea Benjamin in a new article this week. “It’s tim…

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July 14, 2021 at 9:30 PM

Control the Guns, Cops, and Courts

Control the Guns, Cops, and Courts Unequal Justice: Don’t Count on the Supreme Court to Curb Gun Violence Now that conservatives hold a solid majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, we can expect …

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July 10, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Symbols and systems

Symbols and systems View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   Two statues are coming down today with little fanfare in Charlottesville, Virginia. The city that, in 2017, was the scene of a violent rally and…

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July 7, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Freedom For Few

Freedom For Few Don’t Erase Disability From the #FreeBritney Movement Britney Spears’s abusive conservatorship must be viewed from a disability rights perspective. by Julia Metraux …

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July 3, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Rights and justice

Rights and justice View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   As the country experiences record-breaking and dangerous heat waves, award-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore illustrates that “There is, yet again, a…

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July 1, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Have you visited our online store lately?

Have you visited our online store lately? Get a new book for the summer and support The Progressive! View this email in your browser Greetings progressive readers! We are excited to offer many new selections for your summer reading list…

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June 30, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Climate Action, Democracy, And Other Broken Promises

Climate Action, Democracy, And Other Broken Promises Biden’s Position on Line 3 Undoes his Climate Commitments Climate activists and Indigenous leaders continue the fight against the Enbridge L…

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June 26, 2021 at 3:59 PM

What does justice look like?

What does justice look like? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader,   The sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd last year in Minneapolis was handed down yesterday afternoon and Chauvin…

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June 25, 2021 at 8:59 PM

Get a new book for the summer!

Get a new book for the summer! What a nice way to support The Progressive! View this email in your browser Greetings progressive readers! We are excited to offer many new selections for your summer reading list. To see all of the titles…

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June 23, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Message to Biden: Reparations Now!

Message to Biden: Reparations Now! What I Told President Biden in Tulsa As a descendant of the Tulsa Race Massacre, I made the case for reparations. by Tiffany Crutcher …

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