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How Billionaires Worsen Affordability Crisis Four ways billionaire investors are making daily life more expensive for all of us — and what to do about it.

Four ways billionaire investors are making daily life more expensive for all of us — and what to do about it.
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06.03.2026 20:23 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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How Trump Is Imperiling Federal Housing Subsidies The administration has not addressed widespread financial precarity or the growing need for affordable housing.

The administration has not addressed widespread financial precarity or the growing need for affordable housing.
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06.03.2026 17:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump, Coca, and Drones in Tumaco, Colombia Another country in South America navigates U.S. pressure, accusations of drug trafficking, and aerial attacks.

Another country in South America navigates U.S. pressure, accusations of drug trafficking, and aerial attacks.
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The Right Expands Its Campaign to Censor College Professors PEN America called 2025 ‘a year of catastrophe for higher education,’ but professors are fighting back against censorship.

PEN America called 2025 ‘a year of catastrophe for higher education,’ but professors are fighting back against censorship.
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04.03.2026 19:19 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Will D.C.’s Mayoral Election be a Rerun of New York City’s? Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is running a DSA-endorsed campaign focused on affordability. But the race is far from a replay of Mamdani-vs-Cuomo.

Councilmember Janeese Lewis George is running a DSA-endorsed campaign focused on affordability. But the race is far from a replay of Mamdani-vs-Cuomo.

#DC #Elections

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04.03.2026 17:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Support The Progressive Magazine | The Big Share 2026 I’m ready to support The Progressive Magazine on March 2, 2026 during The Big Share 2026. Learn more about The Progressive Magazine and all the other organizations participating in The Big Share 2...

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Support The Progressive Magazine | The Big Share 2026 I’m ready to support The Progressive Magazine on March 2, 2026 during The Big Share 2026. Learn more about The Progressive Magazine and all the other organizations participating in The Big Share 2...

On March 3, The Progressive will participate in The Big Share — a statewide day of giving that helps sustain independent, fact-based reporting.

If you value watchdog journalism, please donate to support us.

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As Asheville Expanded Its Panhandling Ban, the Community Debuted a Street Paper A newspaper written and sold by unhoused individuals is a way to earn money and make their voices heard.

I have a new piece published on @theprogressivemag.bsky.social today. As always, thanks for reading:

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02.03.2026 21:06 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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San José State University Should Fight Ruling on Trans Athletes The weaponization of Title IX to exclude trans women does not remedy the many disparities for women in sports; instead, it exacerbates them.

The weaponization of Title IX to exclude trans women does not remedy the many disparities for women in sports; instead, it exacerbates them.
#transrights #transathletes #education
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02.03.2026 16:13 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The United States has bombed Iran. In a series of strikes early today, the United States, along with Israel, has launched major military action targeting Iran’s leadership and its military infrastructure.

01.03.2026 00:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AP African American Studies Course Meets This Sociopolitical Moment Despite the course being less available and less recognized than other AP classes, teachers emphasize its importance.

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Despite the course being less available and less recognized than other AP classes, teachers emphasize its importance.

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Why the Rent-Control Movement Is Growing The only way to overcome the real estate industry is to have a unified, people-power rent-control movement.

The only way to overcome the real estate industry is to have a unified, people-power rent-control movement.
#rentcontrol #housing #costofliving #homelessΩåness
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26.02.2026 22:24 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Ukraine’s Pacifists in a Country at War Meet three members of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement who call for peace as war begins its fifth year.

Meet three members of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement who call for peace as war begins its fifth year.
#Ukraine #Russia #War

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26.02.2026 17:11 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Zohran Mamdani’s Vision for Urban Democracy Inspires Asian American New Yorkers Asian American and youth organizing helped put Mamdani in office. Will he keep his campaign promises?

I reported on #Mamdani 's new administration and #AsianAmerican political power in #NYC and beyond for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social

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26.02.2026 16:37 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Tending Land, Building Power A food justice nonprofit transforms an empty lot in California into a model of resilience.

A food justice nonprofit, Urban Tilth, transforms an empty lot in California into a model of resilience.
#Community #justice
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25.02.2026 18:17 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Appreciate @theprogressivemag.bsky.social sharing our 2022 civic engagement report and 2025 exit poll with @aaldef.bsky.social in discussing nuances of NYC's Asian American voters!

25.02.2026 15:55 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Zohran Mamdani’s Vision for Urban Democracy Inspires Asian American New Yorkers Asian American and youth organizing helped put Mamdani in office. Will he keep his campaign promises?

Asian American and youth organizing helped put Mamdani in office. Will he keep his campaign promises?

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24.02.2026 17:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

“Instead of spending taxpayer $ to allow a few students to escape a zip code perceived as failing because of historic disinvestment, the lawmakers are proposing that all zip codes should be served by quality public schools so that ‘every child in every zip code’ is provided an excellent education.”

24.02.2026 13:35 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

Hello, Chicago folks! I'm working on a story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social on unhoused people who shelter on or near CTA facilities. If you do any homeless outreach at CTA stations, bus stops, or elsewhere in the city, or know those who do, I'd love to chat!

23.02.2026 21:45 👍 21 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 0
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The Democratic Party Is Turning Back Toward Public Schools The New Democrat Coalition in the House of Representatives is calling for funding public education for students in every zip code.

It's been a long time since the Democratic Party gave its full-throated support for public schools, but a coalition of Dems in Congress could reverse the party's abandonment of the People's Schools. @palan57.bsky.social has the story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
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23.02.2026 19:33 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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The Democratic Party Is Turning Back Toward Public Schools The New Democrat Coalition in the House of Representatives is calling for funding public education for students in every zip code.

The New Democrat Coalition in the House of Representatives is calling for funding public education for students in every zip code.
#Education #Democrats
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23.02.2026 17:31 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

"Ambulances, paramedics, and communication lines are constantly under threat. Still, despite everything, medical and rescue teams continue their work, because there is simply no other choice.
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We may learn to keep working despite the pain, yet the pain itself never becomes normal."

22.02.2026 22:37 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A snowy front yard of a house with a sign that says "ICE out of Minneapolis"

A snowy front yard of a house with a sign that says "ICE out of Minneapolis"

Several police officers  gathering signs and furniture in a street.

Several police officers gathering signs and furniture in a street.

The back of a person wearing a high-vis vest that says peaceful observer don't shoot and a dark colored SUV in the distance.

The back of a person wearing a high-vis vest that says peaceful observer don't shoot and a dark colored SUV in the distance.

People in masks with one in the center raising their gloved hand with shopping carts and signs around them.

People in masks with one in the center raising their gloved hand with shopping carts and signs around them.

ICYMI: My latest photo/video essay for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social. I document some of the ways that the people of Minneapolis are fighting back against ICE.

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21.02.2026 19:39 👍 31 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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Resisting ICE in Minneapolis A Midwestern city shows how to peacefully block the incursion of federal immigration agents.

Though hundreds of the federal agents are now leaving Minneapolis (leaving hundreds more still in the city), they aren’t heading home—they’re going to other cities.
@zdroberts.bsky.social
#ICE #Minneapolis #Minnesota
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20.02.2026 16:12 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Smalltown Factions Highlight Our Divisions A school board race in rural Pennsylvania perfectly encapsulates the culture wars in ‘An American Pastoral.’

A school board race in rural Pennsylvania perfectly encapsulates the culture wars in ‘An American Pastoral.’
#education #schools #culturewars
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19.02.2026 23:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Trump Could Earn Farmers’ Support A year into Trump’s second term, many farmers are worse off than they were on Inauguration Day.

A year into Trump’s second term, many farmers are worse off than they were on Inauguration Day.
#Trump #Farmers #Agriculture
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19.02.2026 21:34 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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LOVE the opening of this review from @theprogressivemag.bsky.social

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How Street-Level Direct Action Is Challenging Trump’s Authoritarianism Community-based rapid response networks and irreverent performers are disrupting ICE at the source.

“Creative resistance is especially important when confronting an increasingly authoritarian administration that is always out to paint its opponents as radical, violent agitators,” says Jamie Henn…

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