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IssueVol. 087 Issue 005 (October 10 2023)
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Paid articleWhich Path Will You Choose?
WHICH PATH WILL YOU CHOOSE? In a commentary for this issue of The Progressive addressing the world’s climate emergency, writer David Helvarg high­lights an important distinction: “We had...
Paid articleTriage and Transformation Strategies for the Climate Emergency
HELVARG, DAVID
TRIAGE AND TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIES FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY Advocates for real climate solutions recognize that we now must practice triage—saving what we can. In 2004, I contributed...
Paid articleThe Case for Climate Reparations in the United States
Salazar, Adrien
THE CASE FOR CLIMATE REPARATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES The global climate crisis is fundamentally a crisis of inequality. It is fueled by the historic emis­sions of industrial countries and...
Paid articleLetters
Hey, About That Magazine . . . The April/May [2023] issue has some excellent articles, including Sharon John­son’s incisive piece on the minimum wage, Alfred Meyer’s exposé of the F-35...
Paid articleBlast From The Past
­­­­ ­­ ­ BLAST FROM THE PAST Mark Anthony Rolo was an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin. He...
Paid articlePaddling Against Pipelines
Bietila, Susan Simensky
PADDLING AGAINST PIPELINES On August 5, activists paddled a flotilla of kayaks and canoes from Fish Creek, Wisconsin, to its outlet in Lake Superior. Members of the Bad River Band of the Lake...
Paid articleLove in the Time of Climate Crisis
Conniff, Ruth
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CLIMATE CRISIS My kids love the wilder­ness. In order to get some family time this summer, we trekked into the Presidential Peaks in the White Mountains of New...
Paid articleDon't Sleep on the Fight to Protect Medicaid
Ervin, Mike
DON’T SLEEP ON THE FIGHT TO PROTECT MEDICAID Why do conservatives hate Medicaid so much? What has Med­icaid ever done to them to make them feel so threatened by its exis­tence?...
Paid articleForget About the Fandom; Focus on the Movement
Jaffe, Sarah
FORGET ABOUT THE FANDOM; FOCUS ON THE MOVEMENT The summer of 2023 is over, but it was a big one for orga­nized labor. Social media users dubbed it another “hot labor summer,”...
Paid articleNo Comment
A Governor to Die For The state of Florida, with less than 7 percent of the nation’s population, accounted for 14 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 during the 2021 Delta wave, after...
Paid articleA 'Massive Attack Against Free Speech'-Not!
LUEDERS, BILL
FIRST THINGS FIRST by BILL LUEDERS A ‘MASSIVE ATTACK AGAINST FREE SPEECH’—NOT! We here at The Progressive tend to take an expan­sive view of the First Amendment: Yes, it really does...
Paid articlePrivate Equity's Green Façade Is Being Funded by Your Pension
Baratta, James; Bieber, Ryan
Private Equity’s Green Façade Is Being Funded by Your Pension The growth potential of decarbonization efforts is a double-edged sword for municipalities. BY JAMES BARATTA AND RYAN...
Paid articleYouth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis
Gerhardt, Tina
Youth Lead the Way on Addressing the Climate Crisis With the slow pace of international negotiations, climate litigation is an increasingly important tool. BY TINA GERHARDT A group of...
Paid articleA Power Struggle in the Pine Tree State
Daigon, Glenn
A Power Struggle in the Pine Tree State Maine’s ballot initiative to make electricity a public good could set a national precedent for giving power to the people. BY GLENN DAIGON W hen...
Paid articleOne Question
­­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­­ ONE QUESTION: What Is the Role of Colonialism in Climate-Driven Disasters? MICHAELA STITH, climate justice director at Native Movement Climate change...
Paid articleEvicted into the Climate Crisis
Castro, Elijah De
Evicted into the Climate Crisis What it’s like to be evicted during a hurricane. BY ELIJAH de CASTRO O n August 30, the same day that federal, state, and local author­ities were...
Paid articleThe Costs of Climate Change in Central America
Abbott, Jeff
The Costs of Climate Change in Central America The region could lose hundreds of billions per year by 2100, a study says. BY JEFF ABBOTT C entral America could lose as much as $314...
Paid articleMinnesota Emerges as a Leader in Climate Action
Lahm, Sarah
Minnesota Emerges as a Leader in Climate Action All electricity in the state will be carbon-free by 2040. BY SARAH LAHM B y 2040, every Minnesotan will have access to carbon-free...
Paid articleHow the Wood Pellet Industry Is Threatening Small Southern Towns
VanHise, James L.
How the Wood Pellet Industry Is Threatening Small Southern Towns In Garysburg, North Carolina, a plant that claims to be carbon-neutral has endangered residents and local forests. BY JAMES...
Paid articleA Supreme Court Accountable to No One
Blum, Bill
A Supreme Court Accountable to No One BY BILL BLUM “[T]he Supreme Court . . . [will] have a right, inde­pendent of the legislature, to give a construction to the Constitution and every...
Paid articleGen Z Is Taking the Reins
Johnson, Sharon
Gen Z Is Taking the Reins A variety of young candidates are signing up to run for elected office at local, state, and...
Paid articleIndigenous Resistance, from Wounded Knee to Standing Rock
Barsamian, David
Indigenous Resistance, from Wounded Knee to Standing Rock An interview with Nick Estes. BY DAVID BARSAMIAN Nick Estes is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, an assistant...
Paid articleBook Excerpt
A Just Clean-Energy Transition for All Improving the quality of life in disadvantaged communities and bringing change through environmental policies. BY JOHN J. BERGER Hurricane...
Paid articleBook Reviews
Parting Shot BY BILL LUEDERS Kenzo Dix liked to leap into his mother’s arms. She would say “Hup,” he would run toward her and jump, and she would catch him, a bundle of smiles. When...
Paid articleLove Your Mother Deeply
LaDuke, Winona
Love Your Mother Deeply “What we stand for is the continued existence of Indigenous life on this Earth—but also the continued existence of life on this Earth . . . . To imagine what it...
Paid articleThe (D)Evolution of Fandom
Farsad, Negin
THE (D)EVOLUTION OF FANDOM Fandom has gotten exciting! But also . . . overly involved and weird and scary. I was a teenager once, so there’s a type of fandom I intu­itively...
Paid articleDon'T Even Think About It
Zirin, Dave
DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT More than 100,000—that’s the number of people who have signed a peti­ tion calling for the NFL’s Wash­ington Commanders to change their name back to the...
Paid articlePoem
Espada, Martín
The Puerto Rican with the Bolshevik Name For Vladimir Morales (1951-2022) He shook my hand and said: Vote for me. I knew him only from the lawn signs everywhere, the Puerto Rican with the...
Paid article'The Day the Planet Started to Win'
Hightower, Jim
‘THE DAY THE PLANET STARTED TO WIN’he people are revolting—in the very best meaning of that word.An inspiring example of peoTple rising up against a trifecta of economic, cultural, and political...
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