Merriam-Webster defines early 20th-century “Progressivism” as “a political philosophy and social reform movement that aims to advance the public good through government action…” Today, “progressive” ...

We’re supposed to treat history like we do a solar eclipse, momentarily peeking at it through unbiased frames — but too often we’re seduced into prolonged gazing, blinding ourselves from future ...

The radical ideas of one generation become the common sense of the next. Here, Peter Dreier honors the people who moved progressive ideas in America from the marginal to the mainstream. A hundred ...

In President Donald Trump’s second administration, the key political battles so far have turned on the question of who should decide big, important things: which immigrants are deported, which funds ...