The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good

The goal is to protect democracy and hold those in power accountable.

I can prefer a candidate and still ask more from them.

In Oregon, incarcerated residents are suing to stop the use of solitary confinement.

‘Woke’ has become a convenient umbrella term for whatever the commenter thinks is beyond the acceptable boundaries of palatable leftist politics.

We must have no illusions about the fact that voting alone will not solve all of our problems.

Israelis are set to head to the polls for the first time since the genocide in Gaza began.

Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘The Rush’ expertly reflects on a period of U.S. history increasingly resonant in a new Gilded Age.

Pro-Israel hawks like U.S.

Parks are essential community infrastructure, providing safety, support, and connection when other trusted resources are strained or unavailable.

Every voter still gets to decide what candidates and positions to support.

Community oncology helps absorb the pressures that might otherwise pull a patient off treatment.

Let’s not mince words when it comes to discussing the nation’s white supremacists.

Three years of trauma and displacement have devastated education for children in Gaza.

By refusing to make his act of protest personal, Colin Kaepernick’s kneel became replicable for people across the country to express political dissent.

A growing public health movement pushes back against a hostile federal government to declare time’s up on forever chemicals.

Brazil’s progressive government is imperiled by a U.S.

Governor Tim Walz’s order is a welcome development, but does not offer long-term protection.

I’ve found that the majority of concerns surrounding utility-scale solar farms are misguided.

Just ahead of the United Nations climate conference, Nepal’s flood recovery becomes an early test of its new loss-and-damage fund.

Prison Banned Books Week started on October 19, with a focus on the Kafkaesque appeals process incarcerated people must use to challenge censorship.

Near the nation’s capital, residents of Virginia’s Data Center Alley live among hundreds of gargantuan facilities—and feel the health toll.

If we want future Good Voters, we need to teach children what’s real and what’s fake.

Yes, there is a way to do it without violating Citizens United.

Israeli-made documentary NAZA details the deliberate mass killing of Palestinians —and prompts political backlash from all sides.

Affordable child care, community, and sustained investment aren’t luxuries; they’re the foundation for economic mobility.

An interview with Ben Wikler on making democracy a top priority.

How a loose network of individuals who track flights built a powerful tool for immigrant detainees and their supporters.

Almost two decades ago, I watched Texas kill my partner on death row.

Instead of leaning into the progressivism gaining traction across the country, the Democratic establishment is choosing to attack the left.

In her new book, Samantha Barbas argues there are more effective ways to counter hate speech than censorship.

Colin Kaepernick reclaims his narrative a decade after taking a knee.

From the Columbia University campus, we witnessed the weight of the law being used to silence a fellow student.

Despite a hostile media and a primary loss, Francesca Hong’s democratic socialist values proved enormously popular with Wisconsin voters.

Over the last three years, we’ve lost a season of our lives along with the land that sustained it.

The research that once guided us in keeping Americans healthy is being obliterated.

Non-essential items are largely out of reach in the Strip, but the children there still need to play.

A new book by Shawn Gude illustrates how ‘Convict No. 9653’ paved the way for today’s democratic socialists.

When disease enters a school community, the consequences can be immediate and severe.

At a new festival, performers from Joan Baez to Public Enemy harnessed the power of music to build political solidarity.

Displaced Palestinians reflect on how life might have been if the genocide had never happened.

Over the last three years, a new wave of cooperation has emerged between the Irish people and Palestinians in Gaza—alongside new political conflict.

Charter school projects and a new federal voucher program make K-12 schools the next public service target of private investors.

In their new book, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor take on the single most urgent issue of our time: the creeping rise of fascism.

When a San Francisco nurse faced deportation and job termination, her colleagues in National Nurses United leapt into action.

Getting to know the players at the notorious Manhattan site for immigrant detentions.

Palestinian farmers aim to revive an agricultural system wiped out by years of Israeli ecocide.

Trump continually tests how far he can go, and it is the job of Congress to impose limits.

The power outages in Gary, Indiana, are just the most recent example of a system that deprioritizes Black communities.

Less than a month after the 9/11 attacks, the United States launched its so-called war on terror, despite survivors’ objections.

My uncle left Gaza to treat his diabetes in Egypt.