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November 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM

A vacuum at the top?

A vacuum at the top? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Donald Trump continues to announce controversial appointments for cabinet posts and other jobs in his administration. While many news outlets ha…

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November 16, 2024 at 5:15 PM

Threats and promises

Threats and promises View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Donald Trump has begun announcing his choices for various cabinet positions and other jobs in a newly restructured federal government. A new Pre…

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November 14, 2024 at 10:29 PM

Rights and speech under threat

Rights and speech under threat Netflix Removes Palestinian Stories From Its Library The streaming giant’s move has sparked criticism from entertainment workers and activists. BY SAMER BADAWI …

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November 9, 2024 at 5:20 PM

The dust has yet to settle

The dust has yet to settle View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, What is there to say? It is difficult to begin this newsletter after the surprising results of Tuesday’s elections. It is perhaps not surp…

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November 7, 2024 at 11:22 PM

Post-Election special edition newsletter

Post-Election special edition newsletter Dear Progressive reader: The results of the November 6 election were shocking and surprising to many, and terrifying and heartbreaking to others. As we all move forward, trying to assess what has happened, and …

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November 4, 2024 at 5:59 PM

Pre-Election special edition newsletter

Pre-Election special edition newsletter Dear Progressive reader: Tomorrow is Election Day. We hope you have made your plan to vote this year in this momentous election. Below is a small sampling of some of the stories that have been published on our w…

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November 2, 2024 at 4:01 PM

Your right to vote

Your right to vote View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, It is less than seventy-two hours until the polls open in all fifty states (and don’t forget the switch for Daylight Saving Time on Sunday in most…

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October 26, 2024 at 4:22 PM

Using the f-word when it is needed

Using the f-word when it is needed View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Election day is just ten days away, and surprisingly there are still a number of voters who are “undecided.” Although The Washingt…

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October 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM

We need to speak out and speak loud

We need to speak out and speak loud ‘We need to speak out and speak loud’: Communities of color battle targeted disinformation Disinformation has become an especially powerful threat during election years. Experts say i…

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October 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM

Actions and concerns of the day

Actions and concerns of the day View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Monday, October 14 was Indigenous People’s Day, a holiday celebrated in various states around the country for the past three decades, …

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October 16, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Issues for This Election

Issues for This Election Red Alert: Muckraker Greg Palast Uncovers How Trump Plots to Do It Again A film review of Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen BY ED RAMPELL …

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October 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Special Edition: Indigenous Peoples' Day

Special Edition: Indigenous Peoples' Day Unmasking the false celebrity of Columbus The Modern Day Indian Wars The courtroom is often the place Native people are attacked today. BY WINONA LADUKE …

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October 12, 2024 at 4:11 PM

Eliminate nuclear weapons, before it is too late

Eliminate nuclear weapons, before it is too late View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots group of Japanese survivors of the atomi…

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October 9, 2024 at 9:34 PM

Devoted to a politics of the people

Devoted to a politics of the people The October/November issue is out now! The October / November Issue Is OUT NOW! In less than one month, this country will be going to the polls for what can truly be …

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October 5, 2024 at 4:12 PM

Warnings and inspiration

Warnings and inspiration View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Tuesday October 1 was the night of the long-awaited vice-presidential debate. While J.D. Vance showed his debate skills, honed at Yale Law S…

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September 28, 2024 at 4:17 PM

The roots are numerous and deep

The roots are numerous and deep View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Tuesday, October 1, many across the country will be tuned to radios and television sets for the first and only vice-presidential-c…

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September 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM

Exploiting fear, hurling Insults, and spreading consipracies -

Exploiting fear, hurling Insults, and spreading consipracies - Straight from the pages of the tired MAGA playbook. Founder of Leaving MAGA Says Trump Exploits Peoples’ Fears Former Trump voter and campaign volunteer R…

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September 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM

"The conscience of the nation must be roused."

"The conscience of the nation must be roused." View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass, already a popular orator, was invited to deliver an Independence Day address in h…

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September 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM

How and what we debate matters

How and what we debate matters View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Presidential debates in the modern United States have become largely performative events. For the most part, candidates do not answer …

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September 7, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Celebrating activists and groundbreakers

Celebrating activists and groundbreakers View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The candidacy of Kamala Harris is historic in many ways. As the first Black and South Asian woman Vice President, she is now…

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August 31, 2024 at 4:00 PM

We are not going back!

We are not going back! View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, In June 1862, The Atlantic published “Walking,” an essay by the late naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau who had died of tuberculos…

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August 28, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Radical reform

Radical reform ‘The Chosen One’: MAGA Music Is Going Strong An emerging genre of Christian music revering Trump reflects his unique cultural power. by Hannah McKiernan …

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August 24, 2024 at 4:06 PM

Speeches and actions, and a little more than two months to go

Speeches and actions, and a little more than two months to go View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, The Democratic Nation Convention wrapped up with a resounding speech by nominee Kamala Harris to a capa…

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August 21, 2024 at 9:29 PM

Winners and Losers

Winners and Losers Passing the Torch, Inspiring the Base So far, the DNC is showcasing Democrats’ turn away from neoliberalism. by Thomas M. Nelson …

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August 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM

Choices and futures

Choices and futures View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, In a rambling press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 8, Donald Trump told reporters “Nobody knows what ‘progressive’ means.” Spe…

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August 14, 2024 at 9:29 PM

The age of upheaval

The age of upheaval Is Tim Walz a Progressive? The Minnesota governor has a track record of doing the right thing. by Sarah Lahm …

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August 10, 2024 at 4:03 PM

Resignations and new beginnings

Resignations and new beginnings View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Fifty years ago, on August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon took to the airwaves of national television and radio to announce to the American p…

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August 7, 2024 at 9:29 PM

Round and Round We Go

Round and Round We Go The August / September Issue Is OUT NOW! This time of year, those of us living in the United States often return to routines—of work, of school, of mass civic participation. Yet in …

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August 3, 2024 at 4:08 PM

Where's the compassion? Where's the justice?

Where's the compassion? Where's the justice? View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Tensions and fear of a wider war are increasing in the Middle East following two targeted assassinations last week, both …

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August 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM

August Is Here: Make a Difference With Your Will

August Is Here: Make a Difference With Your Will Protect your loved ones and support peace and justice with ease View this email in your browser Aug 2, 2024 Dear Progressive reader, Did you know that nearly two-thirds of American ad…

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July 31, 2024 at 9:29 PM

Solidarity with democracy at stake

Solidarity with democracy at stake The Supreme Court’s Attacks on Democracy Are Now a Chilling Yearly Ritual What used to be an annual release of nuanced legal decisions has become a predictable assault against the nati…

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July 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Wisdom and opportunity

Wisdom and opportunity View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Shortly after last Saturday’s newsletter went out, an earthshaking political event took place. On Sunday July 21, President Joe Biden announced…

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July 24, 2024 at 9:31 PM

This changes everything

This changes everything In a Struggle for Democracy, Kamala Harris Takes Center Stage Harris, running on abortion rights, could beat Trump and prevent a potential dictatorship. by John Nichols …

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July 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM

Unconventional week

Unconventional week View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, A lot has happened in the past week. Last Saturday evening, during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump was wounded in an apparent ass…

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July 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM

The race ahead

The race ahead RNC: In the Belly of the Beast Protesters try to put a damper on the celebration of all things Trump. by Bill Lueders …

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July 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Real choices, short time

Real choices, short time View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, With numbers that appear to defy logic, Donald Trump and Joe Biden remain basically tied in almost every poll. This in spite of Trump’s convi…

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July 10, 2024 at 9:30 PM

The War in Gaza and at Home

The War in Gaza and at Home While Israel Bombards Gaza, Settlers are Stealing Palestinian Land in the West Bank Israeli soldiers and police are facilitating illegal settlements in the West Bank, sparking more violence ag…

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July 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Concerns and responses

Concerns and responses View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, President Joe Biden continues his two campaigns—the first to defeat Donald Trump in November, the second to convince his party, and Democratic …

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July 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Democracy is in peril this fourth of July

Democracy is in peril this fourth of July The Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision Puts Democracy in Peril Granting Presidents freedom from prosecution paves the way for a dictatorship. by Chris Edelson …

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June 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Debates, questions, and results

Debates, questions, and results View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Looming large in the news this week was President Joe Biden’s lackluster performance in the presidential debate on Thursday night. Ri…

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June 26, 2024 at 9:29 PM

The race unfolding

The race unfolding Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Is an Assault on History Republicans are using a debunked James Madison quote to defend a bill that would eviscerate church-state separation. by Robert McCoy …

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June 22, 2024 at 3:59 PM

Celebrations, commemorations, and calls to action

Celebrations, commemorations, and calls to action View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Wednesday was the Juneteenth holiday commemorating 159 years since the day in 1865 when 2,000 Union troops arrived …

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June 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM

The power to change everything

The power to change everything The United States Is Still the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine Other nations must be allowed to mediate for a diplomatic end to the war. by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies …

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June 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM

Building a better world

Building a better world View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, June 14 marked the 169th anniversary of the birth of our magazine’s founder Robert M. “Fighting Bob” La Follette. As I noted in a speech at h…

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June 12, 2024 at 9:47 PM

Resisting Violence at Home and Abroad

Resisting Violence at Home and Abroad How the Media Failed the College Student Encampments The focus on Columbia University has overshadowed the extent of protests—and police brutality—at public schools. By Sarah Baum   …

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June 8, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Knowledge and warnings

Knowledge and warnings View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, On Friday, Pranay Vaddi, a top arms control official at the National Security Council, said that “The United States may have to deploy more st…

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June 5, 2024 at 9:29 PM

The Media Literacy Issue

The Media Literacy Issue The June / July Issue Is OUT NOW! As one of the most consequential elections in recent history approaches, the need for critical media literacy skills has never been more importan…

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June 1, 2024 at 4:13 PM

Convictions and concerns

Convictions and concerns View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Former President Donald Trump has been convicted on all thirty-four counts in the New York State “hush money” trial. Trump’s sentencing is s…

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May 29, 2024 at 9:47 PM

Sins of the Past

Sins of the Past Haiti’s Sin of Resistance Many of the tragedies befalling the island nation trace back to colonial interventions. by Rann Miller …

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May 25, 2024 at 3:59 PM

An end to needless killing at home and abroad

An end to needless killing at home and abroad View this email in your browser Dear Progressive Reader, Today marks the fourth anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the wake of that…

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