Sinopsis
Where progressives talk about what we care about
Episodios
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![Smoking Super PACs: what anti-smoking campaigns can teach progressives]()
Smoking Super PACs: what anti-smoking campaigns can teach progressives
17/02/2012When progressives attack Super PACs, are we saying average voters are too stupid to make up their own minds when faced with these ads? So what are progressives to do? Think about the campaign against smoking. Welcome to episode 9… [Continue Reading]
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![Terry O’Neill, President of NOW: Her path to progressive action.]()
Terry O’Neill, President of NOW: Her path to progressive action.
09/08/2011 Duración: 10minTerry begins the interview with a description of her family and why she started, stopped, then resumed her political activism after a 20 year break, She then talks about how she found a home with NOW, the similarities and… [Continue Reading]
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![What Labor brings to the Progressive Movement: an interview with union activist Paul Lemmon.]()
What Labor brings to the Progressive Movement: an interview with union activist Paul Lemmon.
14/07/2011 Duración: 09minPaul Lemmon is the classic labor organizer, the mix of agitator and educator key to the success of unions in America. Through a decades-long career with the United Mine Workers to his recent retirement from the AFL-CIO as assistant to… [Continue Reading]
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![Independents are not just moderate: the latest polling research from the Pew Center for the People and the Press]()
Independents are not just moderate: the latest polling research from the Pew Center for the People and the Press
06/07/2011 Duración: 07minListening to the American political conversation is not a clear flip through digital channels, it is more like tuning in a radio. You need to pay attention and hear where the signal breaks through the noise. The Pew Research Center… [Continue Reading]
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![The Progressive Era for today’s progressives: an interview with John Halpin, Center for American Progress.]()
The Progressive Era for today’s progressives: an interview with John Halpin, Center for American Progress.
20/06/2011 Duración: 09minJohn Halpin is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the American Progress where he is the co-director and creator of its Progressive Studies Program. The progressive era is the topic of the podcast–the time from 1890’s to the 1920s… [Continue Reading]
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![Celinda Lake: Progressives are not seizing opportunities.]()
Celinda Lake: Progressives are not seizing opportunities.
09/06/2011 Duración: 08minCelinda Lake is a leading pollster for the Progressive Democratic community in America. With over three decades in the field, she has learned a great deal about American voters and how we respond to progressive ideals. Our conversation with Celinda… [Continue Reading]
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![Congresswoman Chellie Pingree – a Progressive island.]()
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree – a Progressive island.
01/06/2011 Duración: 09minFor mainlanders, islands are about getting away. But there is another lesson about island life–one of community and having to find ways to work together with neighbors to identify priorities and do what needs to be done to ensure a… [Continue Reading]
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![“It’s about Independence.” An interview with Representative Raul Grijalva]()
“It’s about Independence.” An interview with Representative Raul Grijalva
09/05/2011 Duración: 07minIn a series about being progressive in America, it made sense to start our interviews with Representative Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the 75 member Progressive Caucus in the U.S. Congress. We are the history we’ve lived through. Our life experiences,… [Continue Reading]
