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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Freedom Flotilla Heading to Gaza Attacked by Drones

1 week ago | progressive.org | Saurav Sarkar

In the early hours of Friday, May 2, shortly after midnight local time and just a few nautical miles outside the territorial waters of Malta, the passenger ship Conscience was attacked at least twice by drones, leaving a hole near its bow and the vessel seriously damaged. The ship, which was carrying human rights activists and humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, was anchored in international waters as it awaited permission to dock at Malta to pick up pro-Palestinian activists.
The Child Care Crash

1 week ago | progressive.org | Bryce Covert

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Christina Robles had to close her home child care program just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, and let go of half of her staff. With parents continuing to keep children at home, she reopened a month later with just eight enrolled instead of her usual capacity of sixteen, which meant she lost half her income, too. It stayed that way for more than a year. Her saving grace was government help.
MAGA Will Sacrifice Our Kids for the ‘Broligarchy’

2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Wajahat Ali

Once upon a time in America, a violent, rightwing cult in service of a criminal predator took control of every branch of government. Like most cults, its faithful members were zealous in maintaining their delusional ideology, even as their self-destructive policies raised the price of eggs, increased inflation, and undermined social programs like Medicaid and Medicare, which they had relied upon to (barely) stay afloat.
Reaffirming Higher Education as a Public Good

2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Eleanor Bader

College and university faculty, staff, researchers, and students are fed up.
Art to Awaken and Inform

2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Norman Stockwell

Following the 2016 election of Donald Trump to his first term as President, a number of new books were published asking the question “What happened?” or in more concerned voices, “Can it happen here?” Books like Hannah Arendt’s 1951 The Origins of Totalitarianism and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four flew off the shelves.
What the Doxxing of Student Activists Means For the First Amendment

2 weeks ago | progressive.org | Aaron Fernando

In recent months, the Trump Administration has used the U.S. immigration apparatus in increasingly expansive ways in its crackdown against noncitizens. In the process, it has often transgressed legal bounds in open defiance of checks and balances on its executive power, and has made irreversible mistakes such as unlawful and unjustifiable deportations.
Democrats Go Grassroots; Disasters Reject Party Lines

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Jim Hightower

Early in the Civil War, General George McClellan’s Union Army was poised for a decisive victory over Confederate forces. But, inexplicably, McClellan wouldn’t attack! For days, President Abraham Lincoln ordered and even begged the general to move—but nothing. So the Confederates slipped away.
The Wildfire Victims We Don't Talk About

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Amelia Rayno

In early January, wildfires erupted on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, and, fueled by especially dry conditions, a diminished fire department, and rapacious Santa Ana winds, quickly spread into out-of-control blazes that would burn more than 40,000 acres and rank among the fires in the state’s history.
What Can Be Passed Down

3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Brea Baker

Over the past year and half, I have received dozens and dozens of text messages from private developers inquiring about the land my grandparents owned before their deaths. Most of the messages begin the same way: a quick greeting followed by some variation of “Did you know you own a vacant lot? We have a proposal to take it off your hands!” I normally respond with a swift “no,” but on one or two occasions I entertain the anonymous and hopeful purchasers by asking how much they’re offering.
Our Shared Experience of Being Under Attack

4 weeks ago | progressive.org | Sarah Jaffe

One of Donald Trump’s first acts as President was to sign an Executive Order insisting that there are only two biological sexes: male and female. While it’s not within the power of the President of the United States or any other country to mandate such a thing, Trump’s move had immediate effects. It went hand in hand with an order eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in federal agencies.