The Progressive Magazine Feed

Obama Needs a Full-Employment Policy

Matthew Rothschild — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:37:35 +0000

By Matthew Rothschild, November 6, 2009

The new unemployment figures are a stinging indictment of the Obama economic policy. Standing now at 10.2 percent, the highest in 26 years, the rate is much worse than Obama’s advisers predicted.read more

Basta Dobbs Campaign Turns Up the Heat

Elizabeth DiNovella — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:35:22 +0000

By Elizabeth DiNovella, November 6, 2009

A coalition of Latino groups has been going after CNN host Lou Dobbs for spreading misinformation and fear about immigrants and Latinos. This week the coalition announced that 100,000 people have joined it in demanding that Dobbs be dismissed from the network. CNN and Dobbs are feeling the heat.read more

Crunch Time for Planet Earth

Amitabh Pal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:43:36 +0000

By Amitabh Pal, November 6, 2009

The Obama Administration has been disappointing on global warming, and much of the American public is in full denial mode.read more

President Obama Comes to School

Ruth Conniff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:02:11 +0000

By Ruth Conniff, November 5, 2009

In that crowd-pleasing, humorous-but-firm paternal style, the President described how he and his wife hold their own kids to high standards. But progressive protesters outside were none too happy with him.read more

House Shames Itself on Goldstone Report

Matthew Rothschild — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:41:16 +0000

By Matthew Rothschild, November 4, 2009

Until most members of Congress show some respect for international law and some humanity toward Palestinians, there’s no reason for Israel to.read more

On Veterans Day: How to stop veteran suicides

Scot Vee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:41:16 +0000

By Aaron Glantz, November 5, 2009

This Veterans Day, let’s do more to prevent our troops from taking their own lives. Community colleges can play a pivotal role in the life-saving process.read more

Poverty and disability greatly correlated, new study shows

Scot Vee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:45:58 +0000

By Mike Ervin, November 3, 2009

Hard economic times are even harder when you have a disability. But poverty and disability don’t have to be synonymous — if we design our policies well.read more

Obama deserves praise for signing hate crimes law

Scot Vee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:45:58 +0000

By Kathi Wolfe, November 3, 2009

“No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love,” President Obama movingly said. “No one in America should be forced to look over their shoulder because of who they are, or because they live with a disability.”read more

Thirty years later, we need to prevent future Greensboro massacres

Scot Vee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:58 +0000

By Kevin Alexander Gray, November 3, 2009

On the morning of Nov. 3, 1979, at the corner of Carver and Everitt streets in Greensboro, N.C., 40 Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis took out shotguns and automatic weapons from the trunks of their cars and opened fire on black, white and Latino anti-Klan demonstrators and union organizers who had gathered at Morningside Homes, a black housing project.read more

Afghanistan Just Got Messier

Matthew Rothschild — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:27:58 +0000

By Matthew Rothschild, November 2, 2009

The United States can’t defeat an insurgency by backing an illegitimate government.read more