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IssueVol. 086 Issue 001 (February 1 2022)
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Paid articleEvicting the Elderly
LUEDERS, BILL
EDITOR’S NOTE EVICTING THE ELDERLY I n our December/January issue, I used my “Editor’s Note” to tell you about how my mother, Elaine Benz, was evicted from her senior living facility at age...
Paid articleThe Fight for Democracy
Rothschild, Matthew
COMMENT by MATTHEW ROTHSCHILD THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY F orty years ago, I came to Madison, Wisconsin, to work for The Progressive magazine after a stint at a publication founded by Ralph...
Paid articleThe Fight for Abortion Rights
Roberts, Zach D.
ON THE LINE by ZACH D. ROBERTS THE FIGHT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the latest case that seeks to chip away at abortion rights...
Paid articleNo Comment
NO COMMENT Pay to Slay At least four states—Florida, Iowa, Kansas, and Tennessee— have extended unemployment benefits to workers who have been fired or have quit over their refusal to be...
Paid articleLetters
Drowning in Catastrophes Reading Marcello Rossi’s thoughtful article about how the climate crisis has affected and will affect Washington’s Quinault Tribe, “There Was No Other Option”...
Paid articleBlast From the Past
BLAST FROM THE PAST Nearly 4,500 Black Americans were killed by lynching between 1877 and 1950. Another 350 or more were lynched between 1950 and 1968. The first federal anti-lynching law was...
Paid articleA Family Farm’s Demise, a Democracy’s Decline
Conniff, Ruth
MIDDLE AMERICA by RUTH CONNIFF A FAMILY FARM’S DEMISE, A DEMOCRACY’S DECLINE J ust before the holidays, a Wisconsin state news outlet called Up North News carried a sad story: The family dairy...
Paid articleFlying the Unfriendly Skies
Ervin, Mike
SMART ASS CRIPPLE by MIKE ERVIN FLYING THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES I have no plans to fly anywhere anytime soon. And that’s OK with me. My relationship with fly­ing has always been love/hate....
Paid articleWanted: An Anti-Work Movement
Jaffe, Sarah
WORK WON’T LOVE YOU BACK by SARAH JAFFE WANTED: AN ANTI-WORK MOVEMENT I n revealing the very human frailties of our bodies and how much we depend on other peo­ple’s labor to survive, the...
Paid articleVoter Suppression, in Their Own Words
SMOKING GUN by ROGER BYBEE VOTER SUPPRESSION, IN THEIR OWN WORDS The Republican Party’s contempt for democracy could not be more obvious. Its leaders have often been frank about their desire to...
Paid article‘I Want to Go Home’
LUEDERS, BILL
‘I WANT TO GO HOME’ All over the country, nursing homes and senior care facilities are breaking the law, evicting elderly residents, and getting away with it. BY BILL LUEDERS IT WAS THE...
Paid articleDemocracy in Peril
Graves, Lisa
DEMOCRACY IN PERIL How the U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for Republican lawmakers to steal elections. BY LISA GRAVES F or years, Fred Culp cast his vote for President without...
Paid articleHow to Steal an Election
Masciotra, David
How to Steal an Election With partisan redistricting and voter suppression laws, Republicans are rigging the system to avoid losing power. David Masciotra is the author of I Am Somebody: Why...
Paid articleThe Big Quit
Herman, Alice
“I realized I’d been dead-ended. I was like, ‘Why? What am I working for?’ ” Benjamin Harder, thirty, quit two jobs during the pandem­ic, the first at a warehouse, and the second stocking frozen...
Paid article‘That Was What Hurt the Most’
Johnson, Sharon
‘That Was What Hurt the Most’ Workers push for just-cause laws to replace at-will firings. Sharon Johnson is a freelance writer in New York City who writes regularly for The Progressive....
Paid articleOn Their Way Home
Bader, Eleanor J.
On Their Way Home Advocates say more must be done to successfully relocate Afghan refugees. BY ELEANOR J. BADER A fter graduating from Afghanistan’s Herat University in 2010, Heleena Kakar...
Paid articleLeaving Afghanistan: A Refugee’s Story
Yagana, Zahra
Leaving Afghanistan: A Refugee’s Story BY ZAHRA YAGANA On August 15, the Taliban entered the city of Kabul, the government collapsed, and I went into hiding. On the third day, I was...
Paid articleWhy Schools Must Teach About Racism
Miller, Rann
Rann Miller directs the 21st Century Community Learning Center, a federally funded after-school program located in southern New Jersey. G rowing up, I attended a small, private Catho­lic school...
Paid articleHow Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
Hillman, Jeff Bryant and Velislava
Jeff Bryant is the lead fellow of The Progressive’s Public Schools Advocate project, and a writing fellow and chief correspondent for “Our Schools,” a project of the Independent Media Institute....
Paid articleQ: “How Can Reproductive Rights Be Protected?”
Weiss-Wolf, Jamie L. Manson; Renee Bracey; Sherman; Jennifer
ONE QUESTION President of Catholics for Choice For too long, we’ve allowed extremists on the religious right to control the narrative on abortion. But their delusions simply aren’t the...
Paid articleSetting People Up to Succeed
Stockwell, Norman
INTERVIEW Setting People Up to Succeed An interview with guaranteed basic income advocate Michael Tubbs. BY NORMAN STOCKWELL M ichael Tubbs is currently a special adviser for economic...
Paid articleHow Pfizer Cashed In on the Pandemic
NICHOLS, JOHN
BOOK EXCERPT How Pfizer Cashed In on the Pandemic The drug maker’s strategy all along has been to maximize profits for itself. BY JOHN NICHOLS T he Reverend Martin Luther King Jr....
Paid articleBooks
BOOKS A Life Well Read BY BILL LUEDERS In October 2016, both of the nations to which Azar Nafisi belonged were in critical condition. Her native land, Iran, was brutally suppressing...
Paid articleMore Important Than Convenience
Farsad, Negin
HEMMING AND HAWING by NEGIN FARSAD MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONVENIENCE A s a resident of New York City, I am inundated with ads for fifteen-minute gro­cery apps. These are services that provide,...
Paid articleOlympics Committee and Beijing, Peas in a Pod
Zirin, Dave
EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN OLYMPICS COMMITTEE AND BEIJING, PEAS IN A POD B y the time you read this, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olym­pics, set for February 4–20, will be underway—unless...
Paid article[On the death of a friend of a friend]
Norton, Linda
POEM by LINDA NORTON [On the death of a friend of a friend] Thinking, drinking,  Drinking, thinking— I never knew which came first,  The thinking or the drinking.  Psyche, as always,  Recovered...
Paid articleIt’s Time to Stop Playing Monopoly
Hightower, Jim
VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER IT’S TIME TO STOP PLAYING MONOPOLY I n the board game Monopoly, the goal is straightforward: Accu­mulate property, control the board, and financially ruin all of...
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