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LA Progressive is a daily digital news and opinion magazine that is dedicated to providing a platform for progressive thought. Published by Dick & Sharon. www.laprogressive.com

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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 19h
Why Affirmative Action Needs to Continue www.laprogressive.com/racism/affirm… Walter Moss: You cannot understand today's argument over racial preferences without confronting slavery, Jim Crow and the barriers Black Americans faced long after emancipation.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cuba Needs Medicine and Energy, Not More U.S. Sanctions www.laprogressive.com/foreign-polic… Mark Friedman: At Left Coast Forum, organizers called for humanitarian assistance & solidarity as Cubans confront fuel shortages and economic restrictions imposed by Washington.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump Is Fighting the Future—and China Is Winning www.laprogressive.com/foreign-polic… Tom Engelhardt: While the American president wages political war against climate science, China is investing in the technologies that will shape the twenty-first century.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump’s Voter Purge Machine Just Got a Boost From the Supreme Court mailchi.mp/laprogressive.com/trumps… Bill Blum: The court’s Republican majority has opened the door to expanded citizenship checks using the SAVE database just weeks before the midterm elections.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LA Progressive Voter Guide November 2026 mailchi.mp/laprogressive.com/trumps… Sharon Kyle: Arguably, one of the most important elections in our lives, November 2026 will be unprecedented regardless of who wins.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LA Progressive Voter Guide November 2026 www.laprogressive.com/la-progressiv… Sharon Kyle: Arguably, one of the most important elections in our lives, November 2026 will be unprecedented regardless of who wins.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Judging the Judges - November 2026 www.laprogressive.com/la-progressiv… Judging the Judges is an ongoing series of articles the LA Progressive offers to recommend to its readers candidates for the Los Angeles Superior Court judicial races.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump’s Voter Purge Machine Just Got a Boost From the Supreme Court www.laprogressive.com/law-and-justi… Bill Blum: The court’s Republican majority has opened the door to expanded citizenship checks using the SAVE database just weeks before the midterm elections.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Understanding the Trump Supporter, Redux www.laprogressive.com/election-and-… Mack Green: How fear, anger, identity, repetition, and a powerful sense of “us versus them” help explain the enduring appeal of Trumpism.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The AI Race Is Accelerating: Who Will Hit the Brakes? www.laprogressive.com/techie-tips/a… Dimitri Eleas: Tech leaders, politicians and researchers are clashing over whether artificial intelligence should be slowed, regulated or pushed forward in the race with China.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Environmental Racism in the Shadow of the Port of Los Angeles www.laprogressive.com/the-environme… Aaron Cantu: Wilmington residents live amid oil wells, refineries, trucks and shipping terminals while the nation’s busiest port complex continues to expand.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
SB 1387 endangers Jews in California www.laprogressive.com/law-and-justi… Seth Morrison: California’s SB 1387 promises better demographic data, but critics fear that government records identifying Jews could someday be misused.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Congress Should Veto-Proof Itself www.laprogressive.com/political-iss… Phil DePlanaise: A bipartisan agreement to override presidential vetoes could restore Congress’s constitutional authority over war, legislation and the executive branch.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Will Trump Take Cuba? www.laprogressive.com/foreign-polic… John Peeler: Decades of U.S. sanctions and Cuban economic failures have left the island dangerously vulnerable to a president drawn to power politics and spheres of influence.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Donald Trump and a World at the Boiling Point mailchi.mp/laprogressive.com/world-… Tom Engelhardt: War with Iran, weapons for Israel, climate change and escalating militarism reveal a planet growing more dangerous by the day.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Donald Trump and a World at the Boiling Point www.laprogressive.com/climate-chang… Tom Engelhardt: War with Iran, weapons for Israel, climate change and escalating militarism reveal a planet growing more dangerous by the day.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Who Should Pay for Infrastructure? " www.laprogressive.com/economic-equa… Johnny Townsend: Seattle residents face rising sales taxes, property taxes and public-service cuts while corporations and wealthy residents avoid paying their fair share.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can LA Insurgents Break AIPAC’s Grip? www.laprogressive.com/sponsored/bre… Marcy Winograd: Gonzales-Torres, Dueñas and Hernandez bring grassroots challenges into the November 3 election.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stay Woke: What My Father Learned About Race in America www.laprogressive.com/racism/stay-w… Eva Amar: A Jewish immigrant in a U.S. Army uniform walked into an Arkansas diner with his Black friend—and discovered that America did not see them as equals. #laprogressive #leftcoastforum
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Existential Threat We Can Do Something About mailchi.mp/laprogressive.com/the-ex… Sharon Kyle: Inequality—and the racial and ethnic hierarchies that sustain it—is something we can begin confronting wherever we organize.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Existential Threat We Can Do Something About www.laprogressive.com/progressive-i… Sharon Kyle: Inequality—and the racial and ethnic hierarchies that sustain it—is something we can begin confronting wherever we organize.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Netanyahu’s Empty Seats and the Business of Occupation www.laprogressive.com/foreign-polic… Vijay Prashad: Diplomatic isolation is growing at the UN, but a new focus on companies tied to settlements shows how occupation is sustained economically.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Planet Is Burning—and We’re Still Making War www.laprogressive.com/climate-chang… Tom Engelhardt: Trump, climate change, nuclear weapons and endless war are turning humanity’s wars against one another into a war against the planet itself.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Authoritarian Awareness “Sweet 16” Glossary Test www.laprogressive.com/progressive-i… Don Hazen: Sixteen terms that illuminate the connections among extreme wealth, technology, misogyny, psychology and political control. #laprogressive #leftcoastforum
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
China and the US: Meeting Is Good, Agreement Is Better mailchi.mp/laprogressive.com/china-… Richard D. Wolff: The September 2026 meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders comes as economic competition, BRICS expansion and geopolitical tensions reshape global power.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Enough Already: An 84-Year-Old’s Advice to Donald Trump hollywoodprogressive.com/humor/advi… Garrison Keillor: Father Time Eventually Catches Everyone. The Trick Is Learning When to Let Go.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Art Through the Mists of Time in Kancha Ilaiah’s Book Harappa  hollywoodprogressive.com/art/art-th… Priti Gulati Cox: The story focuses on the people that will eventually play a pivotal role in the birth of the Harappa Civilization.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lights, Camera, Tax Break hollywoodprogressive.com/film/who-g… "oe Mathews: A dark romantic comedy about California film subsidies, billionaire gamesmanship, political corruption and a new generation of artists who want nothing to do with Hollywood."
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the Power Goes Out, the 19th Century Is Waiting hollywoodprogressive.com/humor/powe… Garrison Keillor: Storms, blackouts and fears of runaway technology collide with memories of farm life, kerosene lamps and a less complicated age.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Trial: An Excellent 2026 Series  hollywoodprogressive.com/television… Walter Moss: Amazon Prime’s suspenseful Mexican drama examines sexual violence, parenting, class privilege and the unequal pursuit of justice.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Story of Post-Sixties’ Salting Among the “Salt of the Earth” hollywoodprogressive.com/literature… Steve Early: Barry Bergman’s novel revisits 1970s labor “salting,” union bureaucracy, workplace racism and sexism, and the enduring radical legacy of Salt of the Earth.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Story of Post-Sixties’ Salting Among the “Salt of the Earth” hollywoodprogressive.com/literature… Steve Early: Barry Bergman’s novel revisits 1970s labor “salting,” union bureaucracy, workplace racism and sexism, and the enduring radical legacy of Salt of the Earth.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When Universities Start Acting Like DOGE f.mtr.cool/08x12t49xd Jeremy Varon: The New School’s workforce cuts, executive power grabs, and assault on tenure show how authoritarian management is spreading far beyond Washington.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We Remember the Dream: We Forgot the Demands f.mtr.cool/73j8kblp6d Cynthia McDermott: The March on Washington called not only for racial equality but for jobs, living wages, voting rights and dignity for working people.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When Universities Start Acting Like DOGE  f.mtr.cool/o8odfanrd7 Jeremy Varon: The New School’s workforce cuts, executive power grabs, and assault on tenure show how authoritarian management is spreading far beyond Washington.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump Is Bombing America, Too f.mtr.cool/pzzh0wz0qd Tom Engelhardt: Threats against Oman, designs on the Strait of Hormuz and widening economic warfare reveal a president increasingly detached from reality.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How the Media Turned Jason Arday Into a Racialized Spectacle  f.mtr.cool/fosi5a9f2r Henry Giroux: Hundreds of stories about one Black Cambridge professor expose the racial double standards embedded in modern journalism.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How the Media Turned Jason Arday Into a Racialized Spectacle f.mtr.cool/7n0pi6qwhs Henry Giroux: Hundreds of stories about one Black Cambridge professor expose the racial double standards embedded in modern journalism.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We Owe Children More f.mtr.cool/4rrz8anada Patricia Hynes: Weapons manufacturers promote robotics, artificial intelligence and engineering to young students even as war deprive children elsewhere of schools, safety and basic necessities.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
America’s New Imperial Model: Control Venezuela Without Occupying It f.mtr.cool/0wgiihn8u5 John Peeler: Trump’s intervention has left Venezuela’s old political machinery standing while Washington gains extraordinary leverage over the government and its oil
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From BRICS to Makkah: The Global South Builds New Centers of Power f.mtr.cool/02ctt41o4n Tom Hall: Emerging nations are constructing alternatives to the Western-led order through new trade, defense and diplomatic partnerships.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Iran Faces a Nuclear Choice: Libya or North Korea f.mtr.cool/z25a4bxv42 Vijay Prashad: One state surrendered its nuclear program and was destroyed; the other built the bomb and survived.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nepal’s Deadly Himalayan Flood Reveals a New Climate Threat f.mtr.cool/wa3x2z2cj5 Madhab Pant: A collapsing mountainside, melting ice and a temporary debris dam combined to send a devastating surge through the Bhotekoshi, Trishuli and Narayani river corridors
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump’s Bully Politics Meet Their Limit f.mtr.cool/kjpmm486er Robert Reich: With Iran unresolved, Canada fighting back and institutions refusing to bend, Trump is confronting a reality his political persona was built to deny: he can lose.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We Were Friends for 50 Years: Then We Had to Talk About Trump f.mtr.cool/1u566qlv0h Erin Aubry Kaplan: A long-delayed conversation about race, conservatism and democracy tests a friendship that began with two girls drawing horses in junior high
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
CEOs Won Tax Cuts While Their Workers Faced Medicaid and SNAP Cuts f.mtr.cool/cetrb26mx7 Sarah Anderson: The nation’s biggest low-wage employers celebrated tax breaks for the wealthy while saying little about cuts to programs their own employees rely on.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From BRICS to Makkah: The Global South Builds New Centers of Power f.mtr.cool/06dux1csrf Tom Hall: Emerging nations are constructing alternatives to the Western-led order through new trade, defense and diplomatic partnerships.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Umpire Took a Side f.mtr.cool/zjxb0dsmz9 Bill Blum: John Roberts promised judicial neutrality. His record on voting rights and presidential power tells a very different story.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Umpire Took a Side f.mtr.cool/bu5p80ikx0 Bill Blum: John Roberts promised judicial neutrality. His record on voting rights and presidential power tells a very different story.
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
LA Landlords Have a New Way to Make Renters Pay More f.mtr.cool/6rgtyw0nnv Erin Rode: Tenant advocates say Ratio Utility Billing Systems function like hidden rent increases by shifting unpredictable building costs onto renters.
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