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IssueVol. 085 Issue 004 (August 1 2021)
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Paid articleStanding Up for Fairness
STANDING UP FOR FAIRNESS I t’s time that we told you: The Progressive is suing Google. Yes, that Google, one of the largest and most powerful en­terprises on Earth. Last December, we joined...
Paid articleThe End of School 'Reform'
Bryant, Jeff
THE END OF SCHOOL ‘REFORM’ I t was telling that few people noticed when Chicago’s Board of Education announced in late May that it was closing down its school turnaround program and folding the...
Paid articleLetters
LETTERS Uncomfortable Realities “Comfortable with their evil.” Those four words, found in “The Spirit of the Anti­ christ,” an excerpt of Obery Hendricks’s book Christians Against...
Paid articleBlast From the Past
BLAST FROM THE PAST In April 1928, Fola La Follette, eldest child of Belle and Bob La Follette, filed this report from the Progressive Education Association conference in New York City. Here is an...
Paid articleNo Comment
REFUSING TO LIE, REGARDLESS OF THE LAW On June 12, in more than two dozen cities and towns across the United States, thousands of educators took to the streets to oppose the Republican-led...
Paid articleRon Johnson, an Embarrassing Liability
Conniff, Ruth
RON JOHNSON, AN EMBARRASSING LIABILITY I magine your fate resting in the hands of Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson. That’s the jam Republi­can Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell finds himself...
Paid articleSeparate and Unequal
Ervin, Mike
SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL , , . W hen I was growing up in Chicago, most of the kids in my neighbor­hood either walked a few blocks to the local public school, John H. Kinzie Elementary, or to...
Paid articleOutlawing the Truth
Sanchez, Adam
Republicans want students to learn a mythological version of U.S. history because the reality of the past threatens their power in the present. Here are three things that could become illegal...
Paid articleWhat Schools in Minneapolis Are Teaching About Race
Lahm, Sarah
What Schools in MinneapolisAre TeachingAbout Race Hint: It’s not about blaming white people or hating the United States. Lindsey West, a Minneapolis-based middle school teacher, often starts...
Paid articleSearching for 'Normal'
Greene, Peter
SEARCHING FOR ‘NORMAL’ Educators are bracing for an uncertain fall semester. BY PETER GREENE March 13, 2020, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf called for schools in his state to shut down...
Paid articleYoung People Deserve Police-Free Schools
Stith, Maria C. Fernandez and Jonathan
Young People Deserve Police-Free Schools BY MARIA C. FERNANDEZ AND JONATHAN STITH I n 2015, a student-recorded video of the #AssaultatSpringValley went viral; it shows Shakara, a...
Paid articleGrad Student Union, Yes!
Levin, Annie
Grad Student Union, Yes! Across the country, collective action is working to expand rights for these exploited workers. BY ANNIE LEVIN This  spring, unionized graduate students at New...
Paid articleThe Problem with Private School Vouchers
Levin, Jessica
FIRST-PERSON SINGULAR by SCOTT NAAR The Plight of an International Student Those who come to the United States to study face an array of obstacles. It’s strange now, living without the...
Paid articleThe Fight for School Equity
Glenn, Jitu Brown and Beth
The Fight for School Equity What we need is not to return to “normal” but to shape progressive education policies to take marginalized students into account. BY JITU BROWN AND BETH GLENN...
Paid articleMake Schools a Catalyst for Change
Yanar, Omar
Make Schools a Catalyst for Change BY OMAR YANAR Omar Yanar with students at the El Paso Leadership Academy. Now that students are returning to in-person classes, schools have an opportunity...
Paid articleGetting Connected
Rosen, David
Municipal networks could prove key to .xing the digital divide across the United States. It’s mid-afternoon on a weekday amid the deepening COVID-19 pan­demic. A school bus arrives at Cyliss...
Paid articleWelcome to Refugee High
Fishman, Elly
Welcome to Refugee High A new book gives a portrait of students’ lives at one of Chicago’s most diverse high schools during Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign. BY ELLY FISHMAN I n the nine...
Paid articleQ: How Can Public Schools Emerge from the Pandemic Better Than Before?
Burris, Diane Ravitch, Michèle Foster, and Carol
Q: “How Can Public Schools Emergefrom the Pandemic Better Than Before?” DIANE RAVITCH Author and historian of education at New York University. When in-person school resumes this fall,...
Paid articleTaking Back the Supreme Court
Blum, Bill
Taking Back the Supreme Court Major changes are warranted to save a broken institution. The U.S. Supreme Court is not a democrat­ic institution. It consists of nine unelected elite lawyers...
Paid articleFunding the Future
Johnson, Sharon
Funding the Future The pandemic has created opportunities for states to level the playing field for marginalized workers. BY SHARON JOHNSON than they did in February 2020, when the...
Paid articleAfter the Gunfire Stops
Tolan, Mary
AFTERER THE GUNFIRE T S TO P S Each mass shooting creates multiple victims, many determined to turn tragedy to hope. Mary Tolan is based in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she taught...
Paid articleConvicting Killer Cops Isn't Enough
Gilmore, Brian
Demonstrators display placards during a protest in the Nubian Square neighborhood of Boston on April 21, 2021, a day after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police...
Paid articleThe Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work
Perry, Amber
The Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work Criminalization and taboo are a deadly combination for sex workers. BY AMBER PERRY B ritta Graves considers themself a full-time artist and a...
Paid articleThe Importance of Independent Media
Stockwell, Norman
The Importance of Independent Media An interview with broadcaster and activist Laura Flanders. BY NORMAN STOCKWELL L aura Flanders, a British-born broadcast journalist, is the recipient of...
Paid articleBook
Dirty Work, No Clean Hands BY BILL LUEDERS In October 1978, The Progressive ran a cover story by Sam Day, then the magazine’s associate editor, under the headline, “The Nicest People Make...
Paid articleMy Chopsticks Story
Farsad, Negin
MY CHOPSTICKS STORY I have a secret, a dirty secret, something that’s caused a lot of heartache and pain over the years. It’s not my fault. I was born this way. You see, I have fat fingers. Fat...
Paid articleSpeak Out and Play
Zirin, Dave
SPEAK OUT AND PLAY T he word “revanchist” is defined as a person “advo­cating or fighting for the re­covery of lost territory or status.” Right now, the sports world is see­ing a full-scale...
Paid articlePhiladelphia and Ordinary Days
Chambers, Grady
Philadelphia Spring 2020 By the time I returned, the protests were over. I’d watched them unfold from Chicago, scrolling through the feed from my parents’ couch, so that walking through the city...
Paid articleOdd Virus Attacks GOP Governors!
Hightower, Jim
ODD VIRUS ATTACKS GOP GOVERNORS! W ARNING: A mutant coronavirus named Gubernatorious asini­nus is spreading across the coun­try, threatening to become a raging pandemic. Originating earlier...
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