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IssueVol. 086 Issue 006 (December 1 2022)
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Paid articleWe’re in This Together
WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER As we are preparing this last issue of The Progressive for 2022, the results of the crucial midterm elections still hang in the balance, although record numbers of...
Paid articleBig Brother at the Border
Boddiger, David
6 | DECEMBER 2022 / JANUARY 2023 Every year, tens of thousands of American travelers passing through international airports in the United States hit an unexpected snag that can end up potentially...
Paid articleQ: How Can Local Activists Work to Counter the Conservative Assault on Rights and Liberties?
Neumann-Ortiz, Christine; Redford, Katie
CHRISTINE NEUMANN-ORTIZ Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera We can counter that by continuing to promote a culture of organizing, and by organizing in different ways around different...
Paid articleFour Hard Questions: Size, Scale, Scope, Speed
Jackson, Wes; Jensen, Robert
FOUR HARD QUESTIONS: SIZE, SCALE, SCOPE, SPEED To address ecological crises, it’s time to leave behind those who are holding us back. Wes Jackson is president emeritus of The Land Institute....
Paid articleNo Comment
Photo Finish Clyde Martin, a volunteer poll worker in Alabama, was fired after asking state Republican Party Chair John Wahl and members of his family to present a photo ID when voting, as...
Paid articleLetters
What Is Fascism? I applaud The Progressive for its point-counterpoint coverage of fas­cism (“What Is Fascism?” and “Yes, You Can Call Them Fascist,” October/ November issue). Too often the left...
Paid articleBlast from the Past
LA FOLLETTE’S MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1929 F ollowing the November elections, there is much com­ment in the press on the subject of political reorgani­zation, especially on the part of the minority. At...
Paid articleThe Supreme Court v. The People
THE SUPREME COURT V. THE PEOPLE In its last term, the U.S. Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of a Constitutional right to abortion, made it easier for the government to impose the...
Paid articleThe Local Power of Italy’s No Base Movement
Sini, Giacomo; Antonelli, Dario
THE LOCAL POWER OF ITALY’S NO BASE MOVEMENT Late last spring, in a small Italian village outside of Pisa called Coltano, thousands of protesters marched against the construction of a new military...
Paid articleGetting Away from Toxic Partisanship
Conniff, Ruth
GETTING AWAY FROM TOXIC PARTISANSHIP W e’re living through a daunting time in our national politics. Elec­tion denial, overt racism, and per­nicious attacks on the pillars of civil society—from...
Paid articleThe Right to Live
Ervin, Mike
THE RIGHT TO LIVE A couple months ago, I heard a report on the radio that legendary film­maker Jean-Luc Godard had died. I thought I heard them say the cause of death was assisted sui­cide....
Paid articleRecruiting from Below
Jaffe, Sarah
RECRUITING FROM BELOW O n the afternoon of Septem­ber 27, as British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer prepared to deliver a speech at the party’s conference in Liverpool, a group of dockworkers...
Paid articleThe Truth About Fredric March
LUEDERS, BILL
THE TRUTH ABOUT FREDRIC MARCH O n the wall of Bascom Hall at the University of Wis­consin–Madison hangs a plaque that famously proclaims: “Whatever may be the limitations which trammel inquiry...
Paid articleDismantling Public Education
Greene, Peter
DISMANTLING PUBLIC EDUCATION It’s time to stand up and fight for the real victims of culture war attacks on education. BY PETER GREENE I t seems like ages since so many of us suddenly...
Paid articleTaking Our School Boards Back
Job, Jennifer
Taking Our School Boards Back When rowdy rightwing activists started disrupting school board meetings in Wake County, North Carolina, a group of liberal moms fired back. BY JENNIFER JOB...
Paid articleBook Bans and the Assault on Public Education
Friedman, Jonathan
Book Bans and the Assault on Public Education New research reveals the staggering number of books being censored in schools across the country. BY JONATHAN FRIEDMAN O ver the past year...
Paid articleA State of Neglect
Bader, Eleanor J.
A State of Neglect Crumbling infrastructure is causing low morale among public university students and faculty. BY ELEANOR J. BADER W hen a study of air quality at the University of...
Paid articlePreaching Hate in Guatemala
Abbott, Jeff
Preaching Hate in Guatemala Rightwing evangelicals in the Central American country are taking a page from religious bigots in the United States. STORY AND PHOTOS BY JEFF ABBOTT A sense of...
Paid articleRevitalizing America’s News Deserts
Pickard, Victor
Victor Pickard is the C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. His most recent book is Democracy...
Paid articleChicago’s Homegrown Resistance to Environmental Racism
Johnson, Christopher
D espite the company’s plans, though, the good folks who live on the Southeast Side had other ideas. When RMG announced the move in 2019, residents were outraged that the city was allowing...
Paid articleThe Billionaire Kingmaker (Still) Dividing the Nation
MacLean, Nancy; Graves, Lisa
The Billionaire Kingmaker (Still) Dividing the Nation Despite a rebrand, Charles Koch won’t stop until U.S. democracy is dead. BY NANCY MacLEAN AND LISA GRAVES November 2020, just two...
Paid articleTargeting Municipal Power
Davis-Cohen, Simon
TARGETING MUNICIPAL POWER BY SIMON DAVIS-COHEN Municipalities can do a lot. They can raise labor standards, strengthen environmental protections, pursue public-interest .nancing, protect...
Paid articleLearning from the Pandemic
Johnson, Sharon
REGINALD MATHALONE / NURPHOTO VIA AP Community health centers adapt to new challenges in the aftermath of COVID-19. BY SHARON JOHNSON N early three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
Paid articleBecause Black Votes Matter
Wiggins-Chavis, Linda
Because Black Votes Matter I was a nonvoter for twenty-.ve years because I believed the lie that my vote didn’t matter. Linda Wiggins-Chavis is a Faith in Florida Organizer in...
Paid articleThe Digital Intersection Without a Traffic Light
Roberts, Zach D.
The Digital Intersection Without a Traffic Light Alex Winter discusses his latest documentary, which examines the monolithic power of YouTube. BY ZACH D. ROBERTS F ilmmaker and...
Paid articleHow to Change the World
Bezruchka, Stephen
How to Change the World The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that inequality kills. We must respond. Stephen Bezruchka is associate teaching professor in the departments of health systems and...
Paid articleFavorite Books of 2022
FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 PAUL BUHLE F or at least a century, leftwing activists, thinkers, and writers of every variety have been trying to connect the skeins of activity by the left across...
Paid articleBooks Banned So Far
Brant, Michaela
BOOKS BANNED SO FAR BY MICHAELA BRANT The following books were published in 2021 or 2022 and have already come under attack from book-banning groups and campaigns, according to PEN America’s...
Paid articleThe Other Front Line
Black, Steph
THE OTHER FRONT LINE A bortion has always been a local issue. For decades, the goal of the abortion access movement has been to get pregnant people across the threshold of abortion clinic...
Paid articleThe Guilt of Everything
Farsad, Negin
THE GUILT OF EVERYTHING O h my God, you’re such a good citizen. You went to a bulb-planting event at your local park, and you enthu­siastically wielded a shovel. You introduced yourself to this...
Paid articleThe World Cup of Shame
Zirin, Dave
THE WORLD CUP OF SHAME T he Qatar World Cup, which kicked off in late November, is a human rights disaster, despite all of the propaganda and disinformation proclaiming otherwise. From the...
Paid articleElectricity
McClanaghan, Jen
Electricity Our house is held down by linoleum, roses from the 90s glued in rows, decades on the verge of bloom. We hold on through recession, through foreclosure next door, carpet misted in...
Paid articleMy Newspaper Died
Hightower, Jim
MY NEWSPAPER DIED M y newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears, but even when it is deliv­ ered it has no life, no news, and barely a pulse. It is a mere sem­ blance of a real...
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