Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza In the absence of on-the-ground reportage from Gaza, citizen journalists have stepped in to tell the stories that traditional news platforms could not.

In the absence of on-the-ground reportage from Gaza, citizen journalists have stepped in to tell the stories that traditional news platforms could not.

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ICE Agents Hide Behind Masks; Jesse Jackson Remembered As Determined Leader Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower.

In these dark, Trumpian times, emphasizing Jackson’s deliberate determination is the best way to honor this true champion of democracy.
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What’s Behind the Push to Make Schools Adopt the Science of Reading? Restrictive laws about reading instruction repeat historical patterns of trying to privatize and centralize what happens in the classroom.

Restrictive laws about reading instruction repeat historical patterns of trying to privatize and centralize what happens in the classroom.
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‘You Can’t Bring that With You’ Attractions that disallow wheeled walkers are facing legal repercussions, as well they should.

The ADA is intended to eliminate that sort of mistreatment. The U.S. Department of Justice, wonder of wonders, is on the right side of this one.
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What’s Old Is New Again in Utah State officials want to usher in an ‘accountability era’ for homeless services by reviving a particularly sordid chapter of U.S. history.

State officials want to usher in an ‘accountability era’ for homeless services by reviving a particularly sordid chapter of U.S. history.

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The ABLE Act Reduces Some Harm But Does Not Address Underlying Causes Recipients of Supplemental Security Income must still play what amounts to an impoverishment game.

The ABLE Act helps reduce some of the harm these policies cause, but it does not address the underlying causes. As a result, many disabled people continue to struggle to survive, and some remain as vulnerable as ever.
#ADA #DisabilityRights #ABLEAct
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Pentagon Restores Purged Jackie Robinson Article After Outcry “Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson,” said a representative two hours after defending the deletion as a strike against “woke cultural Marxism.”

I got to write about Jackie Robinson last year for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social, after the Pentagon deemed an article on his Army service to be "D.E.I." After many many complaints The Pentagon reversed the purge and restored the article. progressive.org/latest/penta...

Even In Tents and Amid Rubble, Students in Gaza Are Determined to Learn Israeli bombing has destroyed Gaza’s education system—but Palestinians students continue to learn in tent schools across the region.

Israeli bombing has destroyed Gaza’s education system—but Palestinians students continue to learn in tent schools across the region.

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‘We Know What It Takes to Get People to Stay Alive’ An interview with Laura Guzman of the National Harm Reduction Coalition.

🧵NHRC's Executive Director Laura Guzman sat down w/ @theprogressivemag.bsky.social to discuss NHRC's steadfast commitment to people who use drugs, particularly when support for life-saving care is cut & further threatened regularly.

She said NHRC prioritizes...

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‘We Know What It Takes to Get People to Stay Alive’ An interview with Laura Guzman of the National Harm Reduction Coalition.

Cuts to the CDC have impacted federally funded programs rooted in harm reduction care, a public health approach to substance use that aims to reduce the consequences of drug use rather than requiring abstinence.
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Israel Targets Civilians as Lebanon Operations Expand Despite a tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, Israel continues to bomb the people of Lebanon.

Despite a tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, Israel continues to bomb the people of Lebanon.
#Lebanon #US #Iran #War #Ceasefire
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The Solution to Our Mental Health Crisis Is Political Neoliberal policies have taught us to treat mental health as a primarily medical problem—but a different approach could change people’s lives for the better.

Neoliberal policies have taught us to treat mental health as a primarily medical problem—but a different approach could change people’s lives for the better.
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Sporting Life The way Jackson carried himself in the sports world offers lessons progressives would do well to remember and carry forward.

The way Jackson carried himself in the sports world offers lessons progressives would do well to remember and carry forward.

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April 7, 1712: Revolt by Enslaved Africans in New York Twenty-four enslaved Africans launched a rebellion in Manhattan, New York.

#tdih 1712, enslaved Africans launched a rebellion in Manhattan.

Teach the centuries long, daily, brave, creative, strategic, & varied resistance to slavery. (Lesson: “Poetry of Defiance.”)

Read ⬇️by Brian Gilmore in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social excerpt. 🧵
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International Adoptees Living in Limbo An opaque, ‘Kafkaesque’ citizenship process has led many foreign-born adopted children in the United States to fear deportation from the only country they’ve ever called home.

We need legal authority that allows the government to shut down a dangerous AI system the moment a crisis begins.

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It’s Time to Replace John Fetterman The Pennsylvania Democrat has dashed the hopes of his one-time supporters.

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman has dashed the hopes of his one-time supporters.
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A professionally lit portrait of Rev. Dr. Willie D. Francois III appears on the left, showing him smiling in a gray suit, white shirt, and dark tie, with glasses and a neatly groomed beard. On the right, a red‑and‑black graphic displays a quote from his op‑ed in The Progressive Magazine: “As a longtime advocate of legal reform and a clergyperson who believes in the sacredness of all of God’s children, it’s clear to me that we need a vastly different approach to public safety, one grounded in public love.” Logos for Union Theological Seminary and The Progressive Magazine sit at the bottom.

Every day, there are more reports of abuse and cruelty within ICE facilities. But this inhumanity is nothing new. As Rev. Willie Dwayne Francois III explains in a new op-ed in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social...

The United States Cannot ‘Win’ a War on Iran U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted schools, hospitals, city parks, and cultural sites along with military and governmental facilities. This will likely lead to only greater resistance.

U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted schools, hospitals, city parks, and cultural sites along with military and governmental facilities. This will likely lead to only greater resistance.

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Well, this was a nice surprise to end the week off with—getting physical copies of the April/May issue of @theprogressivemag.bsky.social, which has my latest reporting, this time on homeless outreach in Chicago, in the mail! It's not online yet, but I'm so excited for people to read it!

An AI Threat Looms, and We Are Not Prepared We need legal authority that allows the government to shut down a dangerous AI system the moment a crisis begins.

Good article by @theprogressivemag.bsky.social about the looming #AI threat and how governments need the legal authority to shut down dangerous AI systems

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#AIThreat #ProgressiveMagazine

Immigrant Women Food Workers Face Unique Threats on the Job Organizations advocating for immigrant women who work in the food and food service industry explain the unique challenges and risks workers face.

Organizations advocating for immigrant women in the food and food service industries explain the unique challenges and risks that workers face.
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Book Review: ‘Dancing with History’ A new memoir from peace and justice activist George Lakey chronicles his time shaping much of today’s democratic left.

Being right is not enough.

“Lakey was well ahead of his time on many of the seminal political struggles since the 1950s, but he repeatedly emphasizes that being right is not enough—you also have to think strategically.”

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Justice Is What Heals Us A note from Guest Editor Rachel Monk on mental health, homelessness, community, and healing.

In the past two decades, as the rates of homelessness have climbed to historic highs alongside spiking rates of severe mental health issues and substance use disorders.
#homelessness #justice #Housing
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Hollywood Stars Join Together to Defend the First Amendment Jane Fonda and Joan Baez lead a free speech demonstration in Washington, D.C., recollecting the abuses of the McCarthy era.

Jane Fonda and Joan Baez lead a free speech demonstration in Washington, D.C., recollecting the abuses of the McCarthy era.

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The Bund Is Back In a handful of cities across the United States and Europe, Jewish socialists are reviving a storied early twentieth century institution.

So much Bundism. Thanks to Joseph Mogul & @theprogressivemag.bsky.social for letting us share our thoughts and for lifting up the great Bundist organizing happening around the world.

The Bund Is Back In a handful of cities across the United States and Europe, Jewish socialists are reviving a storied early twentieth century institution.

In a handful of cities across the United States and Europe, Jewish socialists are reviving a storied early-twentieth-century institution.

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A New History, and Pre-History, of Rightwing Media A.J. Bauer’s new book ‘Making the Liberal Media’ takes a long view of conservative ire toward the mainstream press.

"[A] ... rich contribution to the history of American conservatism."

MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVES BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS, by A. J Bauer reviewed in The Progressive. tinyurl.com/4xukenk7 @ajbauer.bsky.social @theprogressivemag.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

“So, when an AI system imitates something perfectly, it doesn’t produce culture. It kills it.”

Americans Are United Against Trump’s War Americans agree that we want quality and affordable health care, housing, child care, and education. The Trump Administration is ignoring all of this to continue a profoundly unpopular war.

In addition to equal rights and taxing the rich, surveys show that Americans also agree on something else—we don’t want our country to be involved in regime-changing wars.

It’s time for our elected officials to listen.

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Music, Violence, and the Ritual That AI Cannot Replace Strip-mining our culture and selling it back to us to the detriment of all.

Strip-mining our culture and selling it back to us to the detriment of all.
#AI #Music #Tech #Art
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