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Walker's One-Dollar Sweater
Jud LounsburyPolitifact recently looked into Scott Walker's claim that he bought a sweater at Kohl's for the unbelievable price of one dollar. Of course, Politifact took their usual literal and myopic...
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The National Pollution Scandal
Gaylord A. NelsonThe founder of Earth Day, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord A. Nelson, wrote this scathing essay on the scourge of pollution in 1967. On Earth Day's forty-fifth birthday, his warning that "the...
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BustED Pencils: Education Activism's Punk Rockers
Julia BurkeIt was education and punk rock that brought Randy Hurley and Tim Slekar together, as college freshmen with a mutual love for Husker Du and The Sex Pistols. Thirty years later, they’re...
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The BP Oil Spill, Five Years Later
Andrew StelzerFive years ago on Monday, the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the oil industry wrought havoc on the Gulf of Mexico when the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and...
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An Interview With Tom Harkin
Jud LounsburyThis article appears in the current issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. When I think of Tom Harkin, I’m reminded of the scene in True Grit when Rooster Cogburn...
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Charter Scam Week 2015
P.L. ThomasIt’s Charter Scam Week again—time for the annual corporate Charter School Week P.R. campaign. Time to point out how that charter advocacy has revealed itself in the following ways:Charter...
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Do Charters Create Pressure for Excellence?
Peter GreeneI've raised one question several times in the last month: If charters are supposed to be the laboratories of education, where is our scholastic hoverboard? After so many years of charter...
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Feds Spent $3.3 Billion Fueling Charter Schools—For What?
Jonas PerssonCross-posted from CMD's PR Watch.The federal government has spent more than $3.3 billion over the past two decades creating and fueling the charter school industry, according to a new...
View ArticleWatch: Obama Trades Transparency
Mark FioreAfter a little smack-down by the Senate, the Most Transparent Administration Ever is still trying to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Most Transparent Way Possible. If by...
View ArticleKate Clinton's Vlog: Hoarders
Kate Clinton Boats, cars, stocks, artwork––the One Percent might be the world's biggest hoarders. Why don't they have a reality show? Kate Clinton is a humorist and columnist for The...
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FIFA: Why the USA?
Dave ZirinPhoto by Flickr user mickbabThere is a dangling question that hangs over the resignation of FIFA chief Sepp Blatter and the earthquake-inducing arrests of top FIFA officials on racketeering...
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Can We Save Ocean Fish?
David HelvargI respect my friend Sylvia Earle’s refusal to eat seafood, as well as the famed ocean scientist’s argument that no market hunting has ever been sustainable. Still, there’s nothing as...
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Organic Valley at the Crossroads
Marc EisenIn early 1988, American farming was reaching a turning point. A small group of southwestern Wisconsin farmers—an improbable mix of back-to-the-land homesteaders (hippies!) and...
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Has the Clock Run Out on the TPP?
Submitted by Arthur Stamoulis on Tue, 10/06/2015 - 9:38amArthur StamoulisPhoto by MonkeywingTrade ministers from across the Pacific Rim announced on Monday that they have struck a behind-closed-doors...
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U.S. South Wages a Long War of Incentives, and Citizens Bear the Brunt
Submitted by Roger Bybee on Mon, 10/19/2015 - 5:30pmRoger BybeeGovernor Nikki Haley attends the groundbreaking ceremony of Movement Mortgage, March 23, 2015, enticed to South Carolina with a $53...
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The War of Organized Capital Against the People
Submitted by Robert M. La Follette on Wed, 02/25/2015 - 12:02pmRobert M. La FolletteFrom our December 1920 issue (back when The Progressive was La Follette's Magazine), this piece from our founder,...
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The New Face Of Republican Women in Congress
Submitted by Abby Scher on Fri, 03/06/2015 - 7:55amAbby ScherThis story appeared in the March 2015 issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. When Minnesota Congresswoman Michele...
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The Growing Progressive Movement to Save Public Education
Submitted by Ruth Conniff on Wed, 03/25/2015 - 1:34pmRuth ConniffAll over the country, a growing movement of parents, teachers, and students is rising up against over-testing, school closings, and...
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Making Deserts Bloom
Submitted by Robert Leonard Reid on Thu, 03/26/2015 - 1:14pmRobert Leonard ReidEditor's Note: As politicans and CEOs persist in denying the reality of climate change and Californians face a dire water...
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Farewell, Eduardo Galeano
Submitted by Eduardo Galeano on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 1:05pmEduardo GaleanoEditor's Note: Today we mourn the loss of Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015), Uruguyan journalist, longtime Progressive columnist, and...
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