The Progressive

The Progressive is a monthly magazine in the United States that focuses on politics, culture, and progressive ideas, featuring a strong liberal viewpoint. It was established in 1909 by Senator Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette and was initially known as La Follette's Weekly, later shortening to La Follette's. In 1929, the magazine was restructured financially and adopted the name The Progressive. For a time, it was co-owned by the La Follette family along with William Evjue's newspaper, The Capital Times.

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On Jury Duty

1 week ago | progressive.org | Negin Farsad

I am writing this while on jury duty. Almost nobody wants to be here. Like the dentist and the DMV, this obligation is met with an internal groan so universal that people would almost rather give up the right to be judged by a jury of their peers than be here. But, of course, at a fundamental level, none of us want to give up that right and the due process in which it is sandwiched. So here we all are, moaning and groaning about a process we believe in, even if it’s SO ANNOYING to uphold it.
Going Too Far

1 week ago | progressive.org | Eleanor Bader

Members of Sampsa, a four-person political art collective based in Helsinki, Finland, are both defiant and a bit worried. The pseudonymously named group, formed by self-described “renegade architects” fifteen years ago, fears that the United States’ Take It Down Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump on May 19, could make them a target due to the overtly violent and sexual imagery in their work.
Is There a Crack in Western Support for Israel?

1 week ago | progressive.org | Medea Benjamin

On June 5, Dorothy Shea, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, vetoed a resolution by the U.N. Security Council to enact an “unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza, along with the release of all remaining fifty-six hostages and the reversal of current humanitarian aid restrictions by Israel.
DOGE Cuts Social Security; GOP Corrupts the Farm Bill

2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Jim Hightower

How ironic: The most inefficient bureaucracy in government turns out to be Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” That might be humorous except that DOGE—a creature of the right wing’s Project 2025—has been devastating to millions of people. And it’s about to get worse. Elon Musk—the flighty, überrich autocrat put in charge of “efficiency” by his buddy Trump—is now going after the Social Security deposits of 73 million senior citizens.
‘Strange Bedfellows’ on Animal Rights

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Bill Lueders

Justin Goodman, playing off of a popular slogan with the same acronym, called it the “Making America Greater for Animals” movement. Goodman is the senior vice president for advocacy and public policy at the White Coat Waste Project, which opposes the use of animals in scientific research. He previously worked as director of laboratory investigations at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
Fighting Back as a Team

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Dave Zirin

Erasure has always been a tool of autocratic regimes. If a group of people are deemed not only lesser, but also illegitimate in the eyes of the regime, then they can be scapegoated and brutalized. Those in the Trump regime have yet to find a history textbook they don’t want to censor. They seized the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the nation’s capital and canceled LGBTQ+ Pride events that had been scheduled to take place there in June.
A Cautionary Tale for Generations

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Wajahat Ali

Once upon a time in America, a majority of voters decided to voluntarily forfeit their democracy, economic fortunes, and freedoms to destroy the phantom menace of transgender people. In the 2024 election, Republicans spent more than $200 million to convince Americans that transgender people, hovering around 1 percent of the population, were a greater threat than a vulgarian, criminal rapist who incited a violent insurrection, quoted Hitler, and declared bankruptcy six times.
Machine Gun America

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Frank Smyth

The United States has long suffered the highest incidence of gun violence in the developed world. But the conditions surrounding gun ownership in the United States may soon get even worse, owing to recent actions by the Trump Administration that will make already powerful weapons like AR-15 rifles even more lethal. And all this is happening during an ongoing cultural shift that sees threats and intimidation as legitimate forms of political expression.
Trump Wants to Keep America Digitally Divided

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | David Rosen

On May 8, President Donald Trump announced his intention to end the Digital Equity Act, which established funding for programs that address unequal access to broadband access across the country, through a post on his Truth Social website: I have spoken with my wonderful Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and we agree that the Biden/Harris so-called “Digital Equity Act” is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Making Space

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | David Masciotra

Despite the increasingly somber political reality outside its doors, the lobby of the Brave Space Alliance in Chicago is all smiles as Sharmaine Canady holds court. Waiting for a package of food from BSA’s community pantry during a visit in March, she regales staff and volunteers about her plans to cook chicken noodle soup with turmeric to share with her dog that afternoon. The organization has been critical for Canady during a difficult time.