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Reasons to Celebrate the Fourth of July
The Plot Against Iran
Keep Them On The Shelf
Rural Communities Need the Community Schools Approach More Than Ever
Stop the War Now, Before It Is Too Late
Go Local to Save the Environment
Blaming Those Who Are Left Behind
The Fight for Fair Funding in New Hampshire
A New Dimension of Sally Ride’s Story
Unhoused and Then Displaced, Like Me
As Bombs Fell, They Prayed for Morning: A Night of War in Kashmir
The Original Abortion Bans
Blind Folks Are Still Waiting At the Curb
The Pulpit Is on the Precipice of the Schoolhouse Steps, and People Are Fighting Back
A Legacy of Lies
Progressive Democrats of America Condemns Trump’s Bombing of Iran
Embracing the Darkness While Minding the Light
Is It Time for a Public Option for Groceries?
Red Channels: America’s Lasting Legacy Of Repression
On Jury Duty
Going Too Far
Farmers Protest Unjust Immigration System
‘The Price of My Freedom’: Refusing to Legitimize Israeli Courts
Missed Opportunity on Iran
The Past, Present, and Future
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Puts Our Nation at Risk
Present But Not Protected
Documentary ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Captures the Legal Fight for Trans Rights—And Is Struggling to Be Widely Seen
From Celebration to Cancellation: How Juneteenth Became a Casualty of America’s Reactionary Turn
Is There a Crack in Western Support for Israel?
Sanctuary Under Siege: L.A.’s Fight Against ICE Raids
Progressive Democrats of America-New York and Progressives for Democracy in America proudly Endorse Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City.
Palestine Has Divided an Ohio College Known for Its Progressivism
Trump Puts Marginalized People at Risk
DOGE Cuts Social Security; GOP Corrupts the Farm Bill
A Diaspora at a Crossroads
The Budget Bill Gun Law Change Threatens Lives
Surviving Across Time
The ADA Applies to Mental Health Disabilities, Too
‘This Is Starvation’: Palestinian Family Survives on Salt and Water as Gaza Food Crisis Deepens
Mary of Palestine
All Aboard the ‘Freedom Ship’
Progressive Caucus Statement on Trump’s Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles
‘A Genocide Foretold’: An Interview with Chris Hedges
‘Strange Bedfellows’ on Animal Rights
RFK Jr. Is Dangerously Wrong on Fluoride
Fighting Back as a Team
Hometown Pride
USAID Freeze Puts Kenya’s Renewable Energy Ambitions at Risk
A Cautionary Tale for Generations
A Retreat from Justice: Shielding Cops from Accountability
Machine Gun America
Trump Wants to Keep America Digitally Divided
GOP Tax Bill Will Hurt Children and Families
Making Space
Listen to the Voices of the Homeless
Code Red for Higher Ed
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
Reading into the Importance of Public Libraries
The Guerrilla Feminist
The Case for Racial Equity in Public Health
U.S. Leadership Further Strains Relations with Germany
Progressive Groups File Petition with DNC Calling for “Emergency Meeting”
Fighting Authoritarianism at the Local Level
Trump’s Policing Policies Threaten Human Rights
Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Help Union Workers
Keep Corporations Out of Public Health Care
Reclaiming the Common Good
The Most Painful Cuts
Editor’s Note: Envisioning a Healthy Democracy
George Floyd’s Journey from Houston to Minneapolis Tells an Important Story
Silencing the Voice of America
As Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Unfolds, New Haven is Fighting Back
When Will We Be Equal?
As Federal Education Cuts Loom, Future Teachers are Caught in the Crosshairs
Boost SNAP to Make Healthy Eating Easier
My Afternoon with José Mujica
Murray Kempton Always Had Trump’s Number
A Convict’s Take on Due Process
Students of Color Want Cops Out of Their Schools
Stuck in Our Bubbles
Don’t End This Program That Supports Students
This Supreme Court Decision Could Determine the Future of Charter Schools
‘Freedom Is Therapeutic’
A Daughter’s Cautionary Elder Care Tale
‘Banned Together’: New Documentary Highlights the Power of Organizing Against Book Bans
New Pope Promises ‘to Be Close to the People He Serves’
The Anti-Fascist War
Real Threats to Religious Freedom
Freedom Flotilla Heading to Gaza Attacked by Drones
On Becoming Collateral Damage
Tariffs On Medications Will Make America Sick
The Child Care Crash
Genocide, Trauma, and Jewish Identity
El Laberinto de Soledad en América: A Rallying Cry
‘DOGE Already Happened in Chicago’: Stacy Davis Gates on How to Resist Through Coalition Building
The Drug of Choice in Ohio Prisons Is a Legal One
The Drug of Choice in Ohio Prisons Is a Legal One
Let’s Stop Using the Fuels of the Past
Planned May Day Actions Show Resistance Is a Fight for the Common Good
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