The Progressive

This isn't socialism--not even close. When Barack Obama drove GM into bankruptcy and announced that the government would own 60 percent of the company, the rightwing screeched about socialism. But the problem with Obama's plan for GM is that it's not...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stephanie Saldana, an American writer living in Jerusalem, was excited about going to the Palestinian National Theatre on the evening of May 23. The second annual Palestine Festival of Literature was about to open, and distinguished...

It isn't easy being the grandson of a global icon, but Rajmohan Gandhi has been able to come through just fine. In his long and varied career as a journalist, politician, activist, and scholar, Rajmohan hasn't let his family legacy weigh him down. "On...

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, from Ohio's Ninth Congressional District, is serving her fourteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She's the senior-most woman in Congress. An old-style economic populist, Kaptur combines a warm, down-to-earth...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We need to carry the tradition of American progressivism forward for the next 100 years, and we also need to focus on the next 100 days. To do so, we need to be clear about what a progressive vision would look like. I know what...

I'm sick of torture. The fact that were one of the countries way up there on the J.D. Powers annual "torture reliability" list makes me unwell. As does talking around torture. What this country needs is an upfront referendum on whether we as a nation...

On my desk lies a heavy black paperweight, shaped like a baseball, with the continents carved into it. This globe belonged to my beloved predecessor, Erwin Knoll, who died fifteen years ago. It reminds me of him every day. At our 100th anniversary conference,...

So much of what we need to do is plain old-fashioned organizing. How can rightwingers have more power than we do, when we're the majority in this country? They've gotten more power because they are organized. We've got to manifest our power. We've got...