The Democratic Party’s Culture of Loyalty
How an Ethos of Compliance Made the Biden Debacle Possible
Progressive Groups Sue Mississippi Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Anti-Protest Law
"We should not have to risk arrest and imprisonment for exercising our constitutional rights, including freedom of speech and equal protection under the law," asserted one of the plaintiffs.
Judy Heumann, ‘Mother of Disability Rights Movement,’ Dies at 75
"Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives—job opportunities or barrier-free buildings, for example," Heumann told one reporter.
How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican…
Katie Halper: Trump ‘Broke Liberals’ Brains’
The comedian and host of two popular progressive podcasts offers her take on why the American left keeps getting things wrong.
Progressives Say Windfall Profits Tax a ‘Better Solution’ Than Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday
"A windfall tax would get more relief to more people by penalizing the Big Oil profiteering that's driving up prices," said one campaigner.
Peace Advocates Sound Warnings as Progressive Lawmakers Go All-In for $40 Billion Ukraine War Packages
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine must be condemned," says one activist. "But the administration has been telegraphing for weeks that its war aims now go well beyond defending Ukraine."
Progressive Voices Demand Assange’s Release on Third Year of His Imprisonment
As the extradition to the United States looms large for the Wikileaks founder, progressive figures, movements and supporters have renewed calls for his release.
Hedges: Let Us Now Praise Amazon Unionists
The only way to halt the global assault on the human rights of workers is to unionize.
Progressive Lawmakers in U.S. and Japan Call on Biden to Clarify ‘No-First-Use Nuclear Policy’
A week after 16 Nobel Peace Prize winners released an open letter calling for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, progressive lawmakers are calling on Biden to commit to a…
‘David Beats Goliath’: Workers in New York Vote to Form Amazon’s First-Ever Union in U.S.
A month after the National Labor Relations Board sued Amazon in federal court, warehouse workers in New York won their election to form the first Amazon union in the U.S.
Hedges: On Being Disappeared
The entire archive of six years of my show On Contact has been removed by YouTube.
Progressives Demand End to US Involvement on 7th Anniversary of Saudi-Led War on Yemen
With each passing day, the crisis in Yemen intensifies.
Ralph Nader on Facilitating Civic and Political Energies for the Common Good
In response to an earlier column, Ralph Nader discusses overcoming the dominance of giant corporatism with a Ten-Year Plan
Biden Urged to Fire Covid Response Chief Over ‘Damning’ Failures
Zients has failed to provide the materials necessary to improve the U.S. response, or the guidance necessary to keep the pandemic under control.