The Progressive Magazine

10/14/2024

The business of Indian Hating is a lucrative one. It’s historically been designed to dehumanize Native people so that it’s easier to take their land. There are many phrases that underscore the deep cruelty of the American Empire toward Indigenous peoples: “Kill the Indian, save the man,” Manifest Destiny, and “Merciless Indian Savages” are a few.

After all, this is our land. Indakiingimin, the very land to which we belong. And to make America, it was important to steal it.

The courtroom is often the place Native people are attacked today.

10/14/2024

Join us with The Progressive Magazine, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Center for Media and Democracy, and WORT FM at The Barrymore Theatre for a screening of Bad Faith Documentary. Following the film, we will have a discussion with award-winning author Nancy MacLean.

Bad Faith reveals how Christian Nationalist leaders have spread fear and anger for decades, distorting political issues into Biblical battles between good and evil. Financed through the secretive Council for National Policy, Christian Nationalists have succeeded in taking over the Republican Party, turning it into a powerful weapon to demolish democracy from within. Discover the origins of this organized grasp for power and the grassroots coalition of secular and interfaith leaders bravely confronting the unholy forces threatening democracy.

There's still time to get your tickets for tomorrow night (10/15) here: https://barrymorelive.com/event/bad-faith-documentary/

10/14/2024

The new president will face numerous challenges at a time when the country also marks ten years of searching for forty-three disappeared students.

The new president will face numerous challenges at a time when the country also marks ten years of searching for forty-three disappeared students.

10/14/2024

We need to protect the trans and nonbinary people in our lives.
Until the law fixes what the law has broken, that kindness is all some trans and nonbinary young people have to hold onto, so let’s use it to save as many lives as we can.

We need to protect the trans and nonbinary people in our lives.

10/11/2024

The Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States may well be its worst since 1857.

The Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States may well be its worst since 1857.

10/11/2024

Book Review: Historian David Greenberg’s new biography John Lewis: A Life adeptly captures all that we know about Lewis and much more. Greenberg writes in great detail about the behind-the-scenes making of a public citizen on a crusade to improve his country.

Click the link to read Brian Gilmore’s review on The Progressive.

In David Greenberg's latest, the historian details the life of Civil Rights icon John Lewis.

10/11/2024

The new documentary chronicling Harper Steele and Will Ferrell’s cross-country road trip will inspire important conversations.

Click the link below to read the film review by Matt Minton.

The new documentary chronicling Harper Steele and Will Ferrell’s cross-country road trip will inspire important conversations.

10/10/2024

A new book helps tell the story of Shirley Chisholm's political journey through her own writings and speeches.

A new book helps tell the story of Shirley Chisholm's political journey through her own writings and speeches.

10/10/2024

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 recognized Native Americans as U.S. citizens, yet some states are still restricting their access to voting.

Click the link to read the full story by Christopher Lomahquahu and Eshaan Sarup.

The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 recognized Native Americans as U.S. citizens, yet some states are still restricting their access to voting.

10/10/2024

Anti-imperialists, anarchists, and conscientious citizens united for a decentralized demonstration of solidarity with the people of Gaza during the DNC.

Anti-imperialists, anarchists, and conscientious citizens united for a decentralized demonstration of solidarity with the people of Gaza during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

10/09/2024

Politics have influenced Americans’ perception of justice for decades, and those in the justice system have paid the price.

Politics have influenced Americans’ perception of justice for decades, and those in the justice system have paid the price.

10/09/2024

Harris’s refusal to shift from Biden’s near-total backing of Israel’s war has left Palestinian Americans and their supporters seeing little daylight between Democrats and Republicans, prompting more than 100,000 Democratic primary voters to cast ‘uncommitted’ ballots in frustration over Israel's assault on Gaza.

Click the link to read the full story by Samer Badawi.

Ignoring the Uncommitted National Movement’s demands won’t win any votes in swing states like Michigan.

10/09/2024

The price of housing in many areas of the United States is too high for many Americans, and in some areas the demand for affordable housing outstrips the supply. There is a heated debate as to how, exactly, to target this crisis.

Some would like to address the shortage of housing using the basic economic theory of supply and demand. Others believe that in order to make housing affordable, it is necessary to remove housing from a purely laissez-faire economic dynamic, and provide some guardrails to prevent out-of-control prices.

We need a sound national housing policy based on human need and our available resources.

10/08/2024

Book Review: "Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy" by Jon Michaels and David Noll explores all the forms of vigilantism being nourished by rightwing state legislatures.

Click below to read the full review by Robert McCoy

A new book looks at all the forms of vigilantism being nourished by rightwing state legislatures.

10/08/2024

Ending U.S. support for Israel’s genocidal war crimes may be the most powerful—and moral—action Biden can take to help the Democrats win the 2024 election.

Read the full story by Wajahat Ali.

President Joe Biden and his party need to use their power to stop Israel's war crimes.

10/08/2024

Reflections on the one-year anniversary of the war on Gaza.

Reflections on the one-year anniversary of the war on Gaza.

10/07/2024

The mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. prisons caused a nightmarish landscape of disease and death.

The mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. prisons caused a nightmarish landscape of disease and death.

10/07/2024

It might not seem possible for former President Donald Trump to ratchet up his inflammatory rhetoric any further. But during the first and perhaps only debate between him and Vice President Kamala Harris as candidates in the 2024 Presidential election, he managed to do exactly that.

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in,” he now infamously said. “They’re eating the cats. . . .they’re eating the pets of the people who live there.”

Fact-checkers quickly clarified that no, immigrants are not eating the cats and dogs of the good people of Springfield, Ohio. Trump’s dubious claim originated with social media posts claiming Haitian immigrants were going after local ducks and house cats.

The historic, first-generation candidate isn’t fighting Trump on immigration policy. She’s echoing him.

10/07/2024

Shortly after scholar Nikole Hannah-Jones’s “1619 Project” was launched in 2019, the Pulitzer Center announced that it was partnering with the project to create curricular materials for public school use. The initial response was nearly completely positive, with more than 3,500 classrooms in all fifty states opting to use the lessons.

As the momentum built, the right took notice, and conservative historians and organizations like the Heritage Foundation and the Manhattan Institute set out to stop schoolhouse discussions of race, racism, and the ongoing impact of chattel slavery.

A new book explores what’s actually going on in public schools—and it’s not CRT.

10/04/2024

Firearm violence is the leading cause of death among children in the United States. Leaving guns accessible to young people perpetuates this public health crisis.

Firearm violence is the leading cause of death among children in the United States. Leaving guns accessible to young people perpetuates this public health crisis.

10/04/2024

Join me in Madison, WI at The Barrymore Theatre on Thursday, October 17 at 7PM for a special screening of Vigilantes Inc. + live, in-person Q&A after. Tickets $6.

▶️ barrymorelive.com/event/vigilantes-inc-documentary-screening/

Presented by The Progressive Magazine & TMI with Aldous Tyler

10/04/2024

CapitIL, an Israeli real estate company, is using Eventbrite, an online events platform, to market East Jerusalem—Palestinian land—to U.S. buyers, violating international law.

Click the link below to read the full story by Arvind Dilawar.

CapitIL is using the online events platform to market East Jerusalem to U.S. buyers in violation of international law.

10/03/2024

The Biden Administration seems to back Israel’s “escalate to de-escalate” strategy in Lebanon.

Israel’s September 17-18 attacks, using explosives in pagers and walkie-talkies, killed dozens, including children, and wounded thousands.

Click the link to read the full story by Stephen Zunes.

Turning pagers and walkie-talkies into weapons of war is a new escalation in a growing war in the Middle East.

10/03/2024

A note from Guest Editor Alexandra Tempus on Vice President Kamala Harris' and the Democrats' right-leaning messages—and how progressives can use that to devote ourselves to the politics of the people.

A note from Guest Editor Alexandra Tempus on Vice President Kamala Harris' and the Democrats' right-leaning messages—and how progressives can use that to devote ourselves to the politics of the people.