In middle school, I was consumed by my anger and fear about the climate crisis, craving an outlet to channel my frustration into action. Every Friday, ...

In early January, wildfires erupted on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, and, fueled by especially dry conditions, a diminished fire ...

One of Donald Trump’s first acts as President was to sign an Executive Order insisting that there are only two biological sexes: male and female. ...

Over the past year and half, I have received dozens and dozens of text messages from private developers inquiring about the land my grandparents owned ...

Dhoruba Bin Wahad, then a leading member of the New York Black Panther Party, was arrested in June 1971 and charged with the attempted murders of two ...

Years before billionaire owner Jeff Bezos remade The Washington Post’s opinion section as American media’s premier tribune for oligarchy, the ...

In line with the theme of this issue of The Progressive, I’d like to dedicate the following to every transgender and nonbinary child who feels ...

“i used to be mutuals with someone who is now a real school shooter ;-).” —post on an X (formerly Twitter) account believed to belong to ...

In February, I took a mental health day to bring Kayde Martin, a student at the high school where I teach in eastern Iowa, to the state ...

If students don’t feel safe, they can’t learn. Even before I became a teacher, I learned this truism while studying child development in my ...