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progressive.org > op-eds > the-housing-crisis-youre-not-hearing-about-swanstrom-20260721

The Housing Crisis You’re Not Hearing About

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (610+ words) Availability and quality are two sides of the same coin. In 2022, I was part of a research team that mailed 2,500 surveys to older St. Louis, Missouri, homeowners to determine their need for home repairs. The cover letter listed my phone…...

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progressive.org > latest > nurses-are-fighters-and-we-arent-going-anywhere-kuhlenbeck-20260721

‘Nurses Are Fighters, and We Aren’t Going Anywhere’

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (479+ words) UnityPoint Health executives refuse to certify Iowa nurses’ union election. In December 2025, nurses at UnityPoint Health-Des Moines voted 871 to 666 in favor of unionizing with Teamster Local 90 as the United Nurses of Iowa. But seven months later, executives at UnityPoint are…...

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progressive.org > op-eds > survivors-justice-needs-more-than-just-laws-giordano-20270717

Survivors’ Justice Needs More Than Just Laws

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (410+ words) Old notions are still preventing victims from getting a second chance. by Devin A. Giordano But the popularity of these laws raise a troubling question: Can the same institutions that have historically discredited women’s claims of abuse now fairly decide which…...

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progressive.org > latest > helping-workers-beat-the-heat-bader-20260717

Helping Workers Beat the Heat

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (994+ words) Mamdani’s initiative jumpstarts an essential discussion about the need to address a potentially deadly problem. by Eleanor J. Bader In late June, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued Executive Order 17 to publicize the risks of excessive heat. The order…...

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progressive.org > magazine > locals-resist-data-centers-democrats-are-too-timidhightower-20260710

Locals Resist Data Centers; Democrats Are Too Timid

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (265+ words) Words from populist author, public speaker, and radio commentator Jim Hightower. There’s a clique of plutocratic, high-tech billionaires who think they’re entitled to turn America’s farmlands and rural communities into their personal domain of predatory artificial intelligence data centers. But…...

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progressive.org > op-eds > nonprofits-must-come-together-right-now-chrispin-20260709

Nonprofits Must Come Together, Right Now

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (616+ words) Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House Nonprofits can respond to current political circumstances with a clear sense of their values. Let us turn today’s threats into opportunities to come together. These are uncertain times for America’s large and significant nonprofit sector....

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progressive.org > magazine > the-evolution-of-the-sandwich-generation-farsad-20260708

The Evolution of the ‘Sandwich Generation’

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (408+ words) What we’ve got right now is more of a “burnt panini generation.” That’s not what I feel like is happening to me and my cohort. This isn’t “almost pleasant.” What we’ve got is more of a “burnt panini generation.” The…...

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progressive.org > magazine > fighting-the-forces-of-greed-and-destruction-conniff-20260707

Fighting the Forces of Greed and Destruction

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (700+ words) In April, Senate Republicans withdrew a moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters. Minnesotans are fighting back. So it was a gut punch to see the U.S. Senate decide by one vote to overturn federal protections against toxic mining in the…...

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progressive.org > op-eds > restore-voting-rights-for-former-prisoners-venable-20260706

Restore Voting Rights for Former Prisoners

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (708+ words) The American promise of liberty and justice for all is not being realized by the four million people with felonies who are unable to vote. Michael Fleshman (CC BY-SA 2.0) Thousands march in New York City to defend voting rights during…...

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progressive.org > latest > finding-a-voice-behind-bars-bader-20260706

Finding a Voice Behind Bars

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (291+ words) A small press offers writers support in telling stories of life during and after incarceration. by Eleanor J. Bader Several hundred of Prewitt’s letters are now also compiled in two volumes: Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar (2025) and Catching Lightning:…...