Progressivism

Soldier with American Flag

Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge

Our foreign-policy alternative should be based on people’s actual concerns, not the made-up “crises” Washington think tanks cook up.

Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Stephen Miles

The 2016 Progressive Honor Roll

The 2016 Progressive Honor Roll The 2016 Progressive Honor Roll

Yes, it’s been an awful year. But the untold story is that grassroots activists have actually frequently prevailed.

Dec 20, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols

Teamsters United

A Lesson on How to Unite Across Race and Class From… the Teamsters A Lesson on How to Unite Across Race and Class From… the Teamsters

A recent Teamsters election shows how a progressive-populist platform can win across the working class.

Dec 14, 2016 / Moshe Z. Marvit

Minimum Wage Rally

How to Mount a Progressive Resistance How to Mount a Progressive Resistance

Opposition to Trump will come—not only in the streets but also from leaders in states and cities who are intent on making America better.

Dec 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Keith Ellison

Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite

The candidate for DNC chair is being criticized for taking positions that are perfectly consistent with the views of the majority of American Jews.

Dec 7, 2016 / John Nichols

Steven Mnuchin

Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists

For progressive Democrats, the challenge now is not just to fight Trump’s policies but also to listen to the people he is betraying.

Dec 6, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Congressional Progessive Caucus

Taking It to the States Taking It to the States

State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.

Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump in Albany

Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It

We have a lot to work out. 

Nov 17, 2016 / Sara Niccoli

Facing Race 2016

Trump Reminds Us the Racial Justice Movement Is Growing Trump Reminds Us the Racial Justice Movement Is Growing

Backlash only exists when we are making progress, so let’s keep going.

Nov 16, 2016 / Rinku Sen

How We Can Fight Trump

How We Can Fight Trump How We Can Fight Trump

Progressives must lead the Democratic Party and develop its economic populism.

Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

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