Marco Rubio's Florida Problem
Posted: January 14, 2016Could Rubio save the GOP from its third consecutive humiliating defeat in the quadrennial struggle for the White House?Topics: ElectionsVotingImmigrationRepublicansRightwingLatinos
View ArticleIn a First, Two Guatemalan Soldiers Convicted in a Wartime Sex Slavery Case
Lawrence Reichard"The government of the United States should be seated here..."Topics: Criminal JusticeHuman RightsLatinosWar and Peace
View ArticleTrump and Sanders: Two Populist Visions in Wisconsin
Ruth ConniffOne is about a great democratic movement. The other is just about Donald Trump. Topics: Civil RightsDemocracyElectionsEconomyMediaPoliticsDemocratsProgressiveRepublicansRightwingAfrican...
View ArticleTrouble in the Big Tent: Conservatives Divide over Diversity
Joan ShippsThe man was mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Topics: DemocracyElectionsVotingDemocratsRepublicansAfrican AmericansLatinos
View ArticleWhy Gary Said No to New Immigrant Detention Center
Fred McKissack, Jr.A detention center is not the right project, economically or morally.Topics: Civil LibertiesCriminal JusticeCourtsPrisonsHuman RightsImmigrationProgressive Media ProjectAfrican...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Owes the U.S. Nothing
Carmelo RuizThere may even be a case for reparations. Topics: DemocracyEconomyProgressive Media ProjectLatinosLatin America
View ArticleImmigration Ruling Reaction: ‘All That Is Unjust About My Situation Will...
Hallie MellendorfThe court was divided 4-4.Topics: ActivismCriminal JusticeCourtsHuman RightsImmigrationLatinos
View ArticleTeachers’ Protest in Oaxaca Has Deep Roots
Norman StockwellLast week's incident recalls teachers' protests in 2006, but with even more violence by police. Topics: ActivismEducationHuman RightsLaborMilitarismLatinos
View ArticleMarching to Defeat Donald Trump
José and María FloresWorking families—including immigrants—make this country great.Topics: Human RightsImmigrationRepublicansLatinos
View ArticlePence No Friend to Public Schools, Minorities
Submitted by Tanner Jean-Louis on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 10:01amHis policies as governor starved Indiana's public schools of funding.Topics: EducationRepublicansRightwingPublic School ShakedownAfrican...
View ArticleThat Official Phone Call (Don’t Tell Me It’ll be Fine)
Submitted by Progressive Web Editor on Tue, 08/09/2016 - 10:15am"I wasn't fired by mistake."Topics: EducationPublic School ShakedownAfrican AmericansLatinos
View ArticleFood and Power in the Streets of Queens
Mrill IngramThe cuisine of New York’s most diverse borough can be found on the streets—where there’s a struggle going on for economic justice.Topics: Civil LibertiesCultureFood and...
View ArticleViva Graffiti: Women in Mexico Are Protesting Violence—Creatively
Dawn StarinA gallery of images from a surge of creative protest on the walls of San Cristobal.Topics: ActivismLatinosWomen's Rights
View ArticleCovering Fidel Castro: A Half-Century of Writing in The Progressive
Norman StockwellHis legend, and his legacy, will survive on the Caribbean island he helped to transform.Topics: Foreign PolicyMilitarismLatinos
View ArticlePoetry in Motion: Neruda
Ed RampellPart great escape, part poetry in motion, the film shows a different side of the great poet’s revolutionary spirit. Topics: ActivismMediaLatinosLatin America
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