John Halpin talks about the progressive movement in an interview with Progressive Way. The positions of American Progress, and our policy experts, are independent, and the findings and conclusions ...

The Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) transformed the U.S. with sweeping reforms targeting corruption, inequality, unsafe working conditions, and challenges from mass immigration. Reformers fought for ...

A new progressive era is dawning in America, and almost nothing Republicans can do will hold back the tide — unless Republicans destroy democracy altogether (more on this in a moment). Start with the ...

Who is a “progressive” these days? Over the last decade, the term “progressive” has come into vogue, superseding the traditional nomenclature of political identity like “liberal” and “moderate.” And ...

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Prof. Jackson Lears has an excellent review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book in The New Republic. The book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of ...

Robert Reich said he’s holding out hope that America will return to a time where those with the most money are no longer the loudest voices, and he predicted that the country will “have another ...

“The decline of woke isn’t merely a ‘vibe shift,’” posits Eric Kaufmann at The Wall Street Journal. “It marks the end of the 60-year rise of left-liberalism in American culture. We are entering a post ...

Ron Suskind: I think it's safe to say that a year into the Trump presidency there is a lot of momentum and enthusiasm in opposing Donald Trump. There's no doubt that's the core of this activist energy ...