Ten Goals for Obama’s First 1,460 Days Ten Goals for Obama’s First 1,460 Days
Following the values of progressive patriotism, here's an ambitious agenda for the forty-fourth president's first--and second--terms.
Jan 13, 2009 / Feature / Mark Green
Remembering RFK: 40 Years Later Remembering RFK: 40 Years Later
A tribute to a true progressive, tragically silenced forty years ago this week.
Jun 5, 2008 / The Glaser Progress Foundation
Who Are They Calling Elitist? Who Are They Calling Elitist?
Why do conservatives continue to feel oppressed by the "liberal elite"?
Mar 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Progressives for Obama Progressives for Obama
The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.
Mar 25, 2008 / Tom Hayden, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Danny Glover
Beyond the New Deal Beyond the New Deal
How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard Zinn
FDR’s Democratic Propaganda FDR’s Democratic Propaganda
Today's progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt's homey "fireside chats."
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Duncombe
Democratizing Capital Democratizing Capital
New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sherle R. Schwenninger
Potent Publics Potent Publics
The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anna Deavere Smith
For the ‘FDR’ For the ‘FDR’
The Bush Administration's solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Race and the New Deal Coalition Race and the New Deal Coalition
Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.