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Paid articleForward, into the Future
LUEDERS, BILL
EDITOR’S NOTE Forward, into the Future First and foremost, thank you. Readers of The Progressive from all over responded to our appeals in the last issue for help in our time of dire...
Paid articleThanks for What Service?
LUEDERS, BILL
COMMENT by BILL LUEDERS Thanks for What Service? For the last two years, The Progressive has been located in the same building as the Wisconsin Veterans Muse­ um, across the street...
Paid articleNo Comment
NO COMMENT Safety First Tennessee officials just barred citizens from carrying homemade signs in the state leg­islature, where they are allowed to bring loaded guns. Lawmakers said the use...
Paid articleLetters
LETTERS The Trouble with Nonviolence I want to respond to Bill Lueders’s re­marks on antifascism (Comment) and Erik Gunn’s piece on Arno Michaelis (“Overcoming Hate”), both in the De­cember...
Paid articleOne Year Down...
ON THE LINE One Year Down . . . As hard as it is to believe, barely more than twelve months have passed since Donald Trump became President. Here’s a look at the past year in Trump’s...
Paid articleJournalists Under Attack
LUEDERS, BILL
Journalists Under Attack 2017 was a frightful year for journalists in the United States, and no wonder: President Donald Trump has all but declared war on the press, which he denigrates as “the...
Paid articleBeyond Trump
Conniff, Ruth
Beyond Trump One of the best things about living abroad for half of Donald Trump’s first year in office has been get­ting away from the endless conver­sations that all lead back to the same...
Paid articleThe Importance of Being Shameless
Ervin, Mike
SMART ASS CRIPPLE by MIKE ERVIN The Importance of Being Shameless My wife often ac­cuses me of being shame­less. She means the good kind of shameless. I take it as high praise. I appre­ciate...
Paid articleThe Art of the Lie: Trump's Economic Claims Have Breached the Spin Wall
Covert, Bryce
In Donald Trump’s very first speech announcing his candidacy for the White House, he included the asser­ tion that “the real unemployment rate is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent.” The official...
Paid articleTrump's Contempt for the Law
Johnston, David Cay
Trump’s Contempt for the Law By David Cay Johnston In late August 2017, Donald Trump flew to Phoenix, Arizona, to hold a rally for the 2020 election. To those who heard his entire speech and...
Paid articleFaith Versus Trump: Religious Leaders Are at the Forefront of the Opposition
Gunn, Erik
On Monday, December 4, the day after the first Sunday in Advent, a group of Christian clergy and leaders of other faiths gathered in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. They were there to challenge...
Paid articleWalled In: Immigration Detentions Have Increased Dramatically Under Trump
Goodman, James
Saikou Touray learned the hard way how tough it is for people from other countries fleeing danger in the age of Donald Trump. In December 2016, the twenty-nine-year-old from the Gambia made it to...
Paid articleThe New Indian Wars
Rolo, Mark Anthony
On December 9, twenty-five native and non- native people gathered near Amherst, South Dakota, to embark on a ceremonial journey. The Dakota Prayer Ride and Water Walk & Run event would follow...
Paid articleTrump's Army: How the President and Neo-Nazis Work Hand in Hand
Ryan, Melissa
President Donald Trump had one job. On the morning of Saturday, August 12, Americans woke up to images of neo-Nazis wielding flaming tiki torch­ es on the march in Charlottesville, Virginia. As...
Paid articleThe Fruit of Our Labor: Victories for Migrant Farmworkers Offer Larger Lessons
Franks, Edgar
In the thick of Donald Trump’s first year as President, the U.S. labor movement scored an improbable victory. The workers are mostly indigenous Mixtec and Triqui immigrants from Mexico, living in...
Paid articleHome Wrecker: How an Abusive Mortgage Servicer Is Transforming Neighborhoods into Rental Markets
Parry, Thomas Fox
Home Wrecker How an Abusive Mortgage Servicer Is Transforming Neighborhoods into Rental Markets By Thomas Fox Parry Thomas Fox Parry lives in Philadelphia, where he writes fact...
Paid articleThe Death Squad of Alabama
Hinton, Anthony Ray
The Death Squad of Alabama By Anthony Ray Hinton Editor’s note: Anthony Ray Hinton spent thirty years on death row in Al­abama for crimes he did not commit prior to his release in 2015....
Paid articleThe Battle over Blair Mountain: Site of Famous Labor Fight Remains Under Siege
Soodalter, Ron
In late August 1921, some 10,000 armed miners marched toward Mingo County, West Virginia, following decades of blatant and officially sanctioned abuse. For years, miners had been fighting in vain...
Paid articleFast-Food Workers Unite! Global Movement Is Uplifting Some of the World's Lowliest Laborers
Orleck, Annelise
In July 2015 Bleu Rainer, a twenty-six-year-old McDonald’s worker in Tampa, Florida, opened his mail and found an invitation to testify before the Brazilian Senate. “I was kind of shocked,” he...
Paid articleAn Interview with the Reverend William J. Barber II
Gunn, Erik
The Reverend William Barber II has emerged as a leading voice in the struggle for rights for African Americans, the poor, and other marginalized people in the United States, especially in the South....
Paid articleHow It Could Happen Here: The Potential Rise of American Tyranny
Stockwell, Norman
BOOKS How It Could Happen Here The Potential Rise of American Tyranny By Norman Stockwell In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election, scholars and activists have been...
Paid articleThis Russia Thing
Durst, Will
OFF THE MAP by WILL DURST This Russia Thing As Donald Trump enters the sec­ond year of his presidency, problems are stacking up around him. It’s like he’s been delivered a bouquet of bombs...
Paid articleWyomia Tyus, Hidden Figure
Zirin, Dave
EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN Wyomia Tyus, Hidden Figure February is Black History Month and 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of 1968, a sacred year for the activist ath­lete. That means...
Paid articleOne Caw
Waters, Michael
POEM by MICHAEL WATERS One Caw Against the snow they’re silhouettes, These crows, how many hundreds Burdening branches, these Blunt-scissors-&-construction-paper Kindergarten cut-outs,...
Paid articleKilling Off the Middle Class
Hightower, Jim
VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER Killing Off the Middle Class It is said that the rich and poor will always be among us. But nowhere is it written that the middle class will last. Even in this...
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