If Big Tech is already working overtime to block meaningful safeguards, why not meet the moment by standing clearly on the side of consumers, parents, and workers?

#AI #Democrats

https://progressive.org/op-eds/why-democrats-should-be-resisting-ai-parikh-20260211/

Seeking asylum is a human right. But in the United States, this path to citizenship is long, confusing, and treacherous.
#Asylum #ICE #Trump

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-uphill-battle-of-navigating-a-broken-immigration-system-sanzum-20260209/

As millions of Americans gathered around their televisions for the February 8 Super Bowl, celebrating athletic excellence, competition, and community, another, far darker pattern unfolded: a spike in domestic violence.
#SuperBowl #DomesticViolence
https://progressive.org/op-eds/the-super-bowl-is-a-trigger-for-domestic-violence-cecka-20260206/

An increasing number of Democratic candidates are signaling that they won’t sit by quietly as the country implodes.

https://progressive.org/magazine/bolder-voices-for-a-democratic-future-nichols-20260205/

In 2023, a teenager in Gaza suffered an eye injury from an Israeli air strike. With Israel severely limiting medical supplies and evacuations, he still hasn’t received proper treatment.

#healthcare #Gaza #MiddleEast

https://progressive.org/latest/lost-eyesight-and-little-hope-shnino-20260204/

While Border Patrol’s Bovino, faceless ICE agents, and U.S. military forces continue raiding the streets, the communities that own them are already repelling the machine.
#ICE #Trump #Immigration #Organizing
https://progressive.org/magazine/how-street-level-direct-action-is-challenging-trumps-authorianism-gleibermann-20260203/

The clock is ticking before a new Israeli settlement is built on the ruins of this West Bank village. For those who care about the Palestinian struggle for liberation, the time to act is now.

#Gaza #MiddleEast #WestBank
https://progressive.org/latest/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-ras-ein-al-auja-stein-20260130/

There is no one standing between thousands of masked, heavily armed federal agents and people like Alex Pretti, who was a legal gun owner, but clearly no match for the murderous impulses of ICE. The shock of his graphic killing may be moving some needles politically, but pain and grief still hang heavily across Minneapolis.

We do not feel safe. We are not safe. And we have no one but each other to protect us.
#ICE #iceout #Minnesota #minneapolis #AlexPretti
https://progressive.org/latest/minneapolis-under-siege-lahm-20260129/

Organizers of the nationwide movement to boycott an airline that contracted with ICE to conduct deportation flights are celebrating.
#ICE #Immigration #ICEOUT
https://progressive.org/latest/power-in-our-dollar-behind-the-grassroots-organizing-that-beat-avelo-airlines-tuhus-20260129/

The Trump Administration wants to weaken the Community Reinvestment Act, which combats housing discrimination against communities of color and moderate-income communities.
#housing #Trump #affordablehousing

https://progressive.org/op-eds/save-this-law-that-helps-add-affordable-housing-silver-20260127/

Yazan and Alla live thousands of miles apart, and have never met in person—but together, they’ve built an organizing network built on a shared vision of mutual aid.
#gaza #mutualaid
https://progressive.org/latest/for-bridge-of-solidarity-mutual-aid-means-resisting-the-western-gaze-in-gaza-duda-20260123/

Solar energy is praised worldwide for sustainability. But in Gaza, it represents a form of abandonment.
#Gaza #Solar #Middleast
https://progressive.org/latest/when-the-sun-decides-your-day-living-on-solar-in-gaza-herzallah-20260122/

In Northeast Minnesota, a BlackRock subsidiary’s shady acquisition of an electric utility points to a nationwide threat to energy consumers.
#privatization #energy #Minnesota
https://progressive.org/latest/private-equity-is-coming-for-american-energy-salazar-20260121/

Minnesota is experiencing a state-wide police riot backed by the full authority of the federal government.
#Minnesota #ICE #ICEOUT #immigrants

https://progressive.org/op-eds/its-a-police-state-in-minnesota-williams-lansing-20260117/

“The growing divide between the haves and have-nots, between a handful of the extremely wealthy and a growing impoverished population, put the very idea of democracy at risk.”
#MLKDay
https://progressive.org/latest/mlk-message-in-this-moment-williams-210118/

“The power of tyranny is overestimated (not in the short run, but in the long run), and can be overcome by the unity and the determination of apparently powerless people.” We would do very well to remember these words by Howard Zinn today.
#howardzinn #zinn #Government
https://progressive.org/magazine/the-peoples-historian-zirin-20260115/

As the community reels from the loss of Renée Nicole Macklin Good, ICE agents continue their campaign of terror.
#ICE #Minnneapolis #ReneeGood

https://progressive.org/latest/anguish-and-anger-in-minneapolis-lahm-20260114/

The U.S. military-industrial complex gets its hands on Colombia’s jewel of biodiversity, long considered sacred ancestral land.
#LatinAmerica #Colombia #Military
https://progressive.org/magazine/the-cursed-island-hollander-20260109/

Today marks 117 years since the first issue of The Progressive magazine, a pro-labor, anti-war, and an advocate for civil rights and free speech.

From all of the staff here, thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting this progressive voice.
https://progressive.org/latest/happy-110-birthday-to-us_Stockwell_180109/

Unless that is also challenged, the threat of further war in Venezuela and beyond will grow.

#Trump #venezuelainvasion #Power #Oil
https://progressive.org/latest/the-real-reason-trump-invaded-venezuela-zunes-20260106/