Calls for Paid Leave Grow as Workers Face ‘Vicious Cycle’: Their Jobs or COVID Safety
Many workers who do not paid sick face the choice of staying home without pay and getting written up, or going to work while contagious.
NYC Enacts Law Allowing Over 800,000 Immigrants to Vote in Local Elections
New York City's new law will allow noncitizens who have resided in the city for at least thirty days to vote in local elections.
Will Biden Face a Primary Challenger?
With midterm elections just 11 months away, will Biden face a primary challenger?
As Covid Deaths Hit 800k, Sanders Says Medicare for All Needed to End ‘Vulgarity’ of US Health System
After nearly two years of the coronavirus pandemic and 800,000 deaths caused by the virus, Bernie Sanders says it is time to enact Medicare for All.
A Few Amazing Progressive Wins That Happened in 2021
Feeling bleak? Well, 2021 wasn’t all bad — here are a few astounding things ordinary people won at home and abroad.
‘End the Filibuster and Pass Gun Reform,’ Progressives Say on Sandy Hook Anniversary
Nine years after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, progressives call for gun reform.
What the New York Times Really Means When It Calls for “Moderate Policies”
The paper of record's call for Democrats to "return" to "moderate policies" essentially means they don't want them to challenge oligarchy — among other things.
Ralph Nader on the Beacon Rising From Capitol Hill
A new progressive association is making waves in Congress.
Nina Turner’s Loss Is Oligarchy’s Gain
The victory of a corporate Democrat over a progressive firebrand in northeast Ohio did nothing to resolve the wide and deep disparity of visions at the Democratic Party’s base nationwide.
The Pros and Cons of Bernie Sanders’ Bond with Joe Biden
For genuine progressives, the Sanders-Biden bond is both positive and negative, for all of the following reasons.
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Dennis Kucinich: From Sleeping in a Car as a Kid to 16 Years in Congress
The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and…
Don’t Let President Biden ‘Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes’
More than being a time of hope—or fatalism—the inauguration of President Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.
With Democrats Poised to Seize Senate, Progressives Say It’s Time to Go Big
As results from the U.S. Senate races trickled in from Georgia, Rep. Mondaire Jones proclaimed, "The era of small ideas is over."
Michèle Flournoy’s Fall Proves What Progressive Pushback Can Do
Activism succeeded in changing “Defense Secretary Flournoy” from a fait accompli to a lost fantasy of the military-industrial complex.
Biden’s Claims About His Progressive Cabinet Picks Are Literally Unbelievable
Leftist politicians, pundits, and people reacted with indignation at the president-elect's comments about his selections.