- AOC, progressives slam moderate Dems' concerns about $3.5T bill: "bipartisan doesn't mean it's good" https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-progressives-slam-moderate-dems-concerns-about-35t-bill-bipartisan-doesnt-mean-its-good-1617275 337 comments politics
- Finding workable solutions to climate change means rethinking our ideas of progress and what constitutes a good life. https://iai.tv/articles/post-consumerist-hedonism-auid-1146&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 254 comments philosophy
- 'No More Excuses': With Senate Majority Reclaimed, Progressives Demand Bold Agenda From Biden | A working majority in both houses of Congress means that any decision to court Republican votes will be made by choice. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/08/no-more-excuses-senate-majority-reclaimed-progressives-demand-bold-agenda-biden 24 comments politics
- Sanders' Adviser Tells Haaretz What His 'Progressive' Foreign Policy Really Means for Israel https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-sanders-advisor-on-what-his-progressive-foreign-policy-means-for-israel-1.8526719 6 comments politics
- As More Democrats Embrace 'Progressive' Label, It May Not Mean What It Used To https://www.npr.org/2018/10/29/659665970/as-more-democrats-embrace-progressive-label-it-may-not-mean-what-it-used-to 32 comments politics
- Trump lauds Kavanaugh progress, whines about ‘meanness’ of Democrats at campaign rally http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-trump-lauds-kavanaugh-whines-dems-rally-20180907-story.html 6 comments politics
- At rally, Trump lauds Kavanaugh progress, decries ‘meanness’ https://apnews.com/a52ef738d1d24d93bb9edef543419cdb 19 comments politics
- What does it mean to be progressive? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-does-it-mean-to-be-progressive/2016/11/14/469662fe-9c8d-11e6-b3c9-f662adaa0048_story.html 8 comments politics
- Quin Snyder on Alec Burks' progress, “He’s almost ready. Almost could mean a week, could mean two weeks, could mean beyond that." https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/707273442765070336 6 comments nba
- Clinton, Sanders clash over what it means to be progressive http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/03/politics/democratic-town-hall-highlights/index.html 7 comments politics
- Chris Rock Talks to Frank Rich About Ferguson, Cosby, and What ‘Racial Progress’ Really Means http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/chris-rock-frank-rich-in-conversation.html 41 comments politics
- How the Right-Wing Brain Works and What That Means for Progressives | | AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/story/154607/how_the_right-wing_brain_works_and_what_that_means_for_progressives?akid=8436.204831.ocdsyv&rd=1&t=2 3 comments politics
- Gallup: Majority of Americans Don't Know What "Progressive" Means http://spectator.org/blog/2010/07/12/gallup-majority-of-americans-d 4 comments reddit.com
- Like all political jargon, the word 'progressive' has been stripped of meaning http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article7127717.ece 7 comments worldnews
- "If Harry Reid does not have the leadership skills to get 60 votes for cloture and give a Democratic president an up-or-down vote on health care, progressives will help defeat him in 2010, even if that means Republicans take that seat" http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/progressives-prepare-to-pressure-reid-to-include-public-option-in-senate-health-care-bill.php 23 comments politics
- ‘Progressive. And Proud Of It.’ - A new campaign to educate Americans on what it means to be a progressive http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/14/progressive-and-proud/ 5 comments reddit.com
- Richard Stallman: Progress in computers does not mean computers which spy on us http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/computing-progress.html 19 comments reddit.com
- “Bank of England Governor Warns Crypto Is Providing Means of Payment for Criminals” No shit, and you think fiat doesn’t? Even a shiny rock can be used as a form of payment, this kind of thinking is what literally hinders progress https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2021/bank-of-england-governor-warns-crypto-used-cybercrime/ 380 comments cryptocurrency
- Republican hypocrisy is not a good reason to support Neera Tanden | For the left, Tanden's "mean tweets" are not the problem. Her long-term crusade to torpedo progressive causes is https://www.salon.com/2021/02/26/norman-on-tanden/ 99 comments politics
- 'Will End Up Hurting Tens of Millions': Progressives Push Back as Dems Weigh Lower Income Cutoff for Relief Checks | "Means testing is a form of austerity. Scaling back on stimulus would be a mistake." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/03/will-end-hurting-tens-millions-progressives-push-back-dems-weigh-lower-income-cutoff 20 comments politics
- Progressive Raquel Terán is the new chair of Arizona’s Democratic Party. What does that mean for voters? https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/01/27/podcast-meet-new-arizona-democratic-party-chair/4251968001/ 3 comments politics
- Good News for Bitcoin Cash! New Leadership Means Scaling and Progress https://read.cash/@jonald_fyookball/good-news-for-bitcoin-cash-new-leadership-means-scaling-and-progress-5a8bfa95 10 comments btc
- [ExWHUEmployee] Progress has now been turned into us (West Ham) being close to agreeing a fee. It’s not too far off. This will then mean agreeing terms with Haller. He has gone from being very against the move to keen (he has a rough idea of wages on offer). Still a way to go https://twitter.com/exwhuemployee/status/1150738964430635009?s=21 24 comments soccer
- 100 years of tax brackets, in one chart - "More tax brackets aren’t necessarily a good thing, but bracket reduction does violate the basic concept of progressive taxation. Cutting back to two adds a bit of simplicity, but also means there are huge ranges of incomes that are taxed the same." http://www.vox.com/2015/10/26/9469793/tax-brackets 4 comments politics
- "Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise." -Legendary Socialist THOMAS JEFFERSON http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch15s32.html 5 comments politics
- Is scientific progress waning? Too many new papers may mean novel ideas rarely rack up citations http://blog.pnas.org/2021/10/is-scientific-progress-waning-too-many-new-papers-may-mean-novel-ideas-rarely-rack-up-citations/ 19 comments science
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on what Biden's win means for progressives https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/11/08/sotu-aoc-full.cnn 58 comments politics
- The fact that human nature exists doesn’t mean we’re incapable of positive change; there’s evidence of progress all around the world, from fewer wars to higher literacy, and that’s down to how societies continue to embrace enlightenment values: Steven Pinker https://iai.tv/video/steven-pinker-in-depth-interview-enlightenment?access=all?utmsource=reddit 99 comments philosophy
- Socialism? You mean like in Sweden? "Progressive reforms under capitalism are perpetually precarious and vulnerable to attack as long as the 1 Percent remains in firm control of the basic structure of the economy." http://socialistworker.org/2015/11/23/you-mean-socialism-like-in-sweden 10 comments politics
- A Jew Of No Religion --- Yoram Kaniuk, novelist, 81, wins court victory in Israel. He can be Jewish by nationality, but an atheist by religion. Sounds like progress. But raises new questions about church and state relations, and what it means to be Jewish http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_jew_of_no_religion 188 comments worldnews
- California bill defines what it means to say ‘yes’ to sex - the bill requires affirmative consent to be “ongoing throughout the sexual activity,” meaning that sexual partners must agree to each step of a sexual encounter as it progresses http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/29/california-bill-defines-what-it-means-to-say-yes-to-sex/?tid=hp_mm 25 comments politics
- 'We Need New Leaders, Period': Embracing Primary Challenges and Bold Agenda, Progressives Mean Business https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/18/we-need-new-leaders-period-embracing-primary-challenges-and-bold-agenda-coming 5 comments politics
- Elizabeth Warren beat another Obama nominee. Here’s what that means. " ... because of Warren's focused fight, progressives are notching small victories, dooming Obama's hand-picked financial advisers who they see as soft on regulation and too cozy with Wall Street." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/13/elizabeth-warren-beat-another-obama-nominee-heres-what-that-means/?tid=rssfeed 350 comments politics
- What BP's New Oil Strike Means? It may be one of the biggest oil finds of the decade. In recent weeks, executives at BP's exploration have been closely tracking the progress of a very deep well that BP contractors were drilling into the seabed of the western Gulf of Mexico. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_37/b4146000578301.htm?chan=rss_topstories_ssi_5 5 comments business
- [Rogers] Was a productive day of talks, according to a league source. They’ll meet Monday morning and keep trying for an agreement before the end of the day/night. Productive doesn’t necessarily mean progress towards a deal by tomorrow but at least they’re still talking. https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1498098278478585866?s=19&t=5wlacd7VqgenUhmU66RNiw 32 comments baseball
- 'Climate Denial Masquerading as Bipartisanship': Progressives Reject Latest Infrastructure Compromise | "Refusing to act on climate means selling out future generations. The future of our planet and the health of our communities are non-negotiable." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/11/climate-denial-masquerading-bipartisanship-progressives-reject-latest-infrastructure 12 comments environment
- AOC endorses gay primary challenger Alex Morse over powerful incumbent Congressman — Out progressive candidate Alex Morse is within striking distance of knocking out the powerful chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/08/aoc-endorses-gay-primary-challenger-alex-morse-powerful-incumbent-congressman/ 19 comments politics
- I’m Hamza Khan, a progressive political activist, former candidate ＆ founder of The Pluralism Project — an organization that’s working to elect Americans hailing from Diverse Narratives to public office. I’ve worked on 2 dozen campaigns ＆ I make a mean Turkish Coffee. Ask Me Anything http://www.hamzakhan.me 236 comments politics
- "Single payer became a strong public option, a strong public option became a weak public option, a weak public option became Medicare buy-in, and Medicare buy-in became Joe Lieberman's revenge. Progressive ends are submitting to conservative means, and industry is laughing all the way to the bank." http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/12/what_lieberman_has_wrought.html 23 comments politics
- Glenn Greenwald on Progressives and Ron Paul: "His nomination would mean that it is the Republican candidate — not the Democrat — who would be the anti-war, pro-due-process, pro-transparency, anti-Fed, anti-Wall-Street-bailout, anti-Drug-War advocate" http://www.salon.com/2011/12/31/progressives_and_the_ron_paul_fallacies/singleton/?miaou 845 comments politics