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  • Progressives Are Still Begging Obama to Save Them

    Progressives Are Still Begging Obama to Save Them0

    At Esquire, Charles P. Pierce has a simple message for Barack Obama: Save us! The article, which bears the headline “A Plea for a President,” is an odd medley of hope, grievance, anger, and despair. But Pierce is clear on one point: Barack Obama needs to stop giving (pricey) speeches and join “the resistance.”   It’s

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  • Progressives Are Starting to Notice the Weird Cultural Climate

    Progressives Are Starting to Notice the Weird Cultural Climate0

    The cultural climate out there is weird. Just about every American adult feels it, although we try to go about life as normal, pushing our unease aside. But what about the kids? Does the cultural unrest affect them as well? Writer George Packer suggests it does. “When the Culture War Comes for the Kids” is

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  • Progressive Muslim: The Left Can’t Be Afraid to Criticize Islam

    Progressive Muslim: The Left Can’t Be Afraid to Criticize Islam0

    • November 9, 2017

    Diversity is undoubtedly one of the biggest goals of today’s society. We encourage diversity of genders, diversity of religions, and diversity of races. But what happens when these forms of diversity are challenged by the diversity of ideas? Do we give lip service to diversity only as long as it doesn’t challenge status quo diversity?

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  • Progressive Columnist: Riots Are Hurting Our Cause

    Progressive Columnist: Riots Are Hurting Our Cause0

    Donald Trump has only been in office a short time, but the speed with which he is reversing Obama’s policies and blazing his own path is enough to make the heads of liberals and conservatives spin. Headlines are indicating that the former group is in an especial state of shock, particularly given the various protests

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  • Progressive Business Owner on Living Wage Law: ‘The arithmetic doesn’t work’

    Progressive Business Owner on Living Wage Law: ‘The arithmetic doesn’t work’1

    Earlier, my colleague Jon Miltimore made mention of a number of comments piling up in the New York Times in relation to a recent special election in Georgia. Many of the comments excoriated the winner for her rejection of a living wage, implying that such a position was one only held by ignorant, right-wing crazies.

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  • Progress Comes Through Conflict?

    Progress Comes Through Conflict?0

    When we pontificate upon or dream of further human progress, it is often accompanied by utopian images of peace, equality, and tolerance. And yet if we look to the past to measure human progress we find not peace and equality, but rather conflict and intolerance. In The Devil’s Pleasure Palace, author Michael Walsh makes this

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