Progressive Vision
DMI Sends Members of Congress Home with Their 2007 Grades!
March 12th, 2008
If the middle class could give your Congressmember a grade, what would it be? Today, DMI releases grades for every senator and representative, evaluating their votes on key legislation that affects the current and aspiring middle class. more » 
To Bring Change, Insiders and Outsiders Need Each Other
Activists need advocates in the White House and Congress to voice their concerns and pass legislation. But even with such allies, activists have to keep the heat on, be visible, and make enough noise so that policy makers and the media can't ignore them. To advance a progressive agenda, a widespread grassroots movement -- which provides ordinary Americans with opportunities to engage in a variety of activities, from emailing their legislators, to participating in protest -- is essential.
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Progressives On the Rise, Conservatism in Decline
Activists head to Washington for the Take Back America conference amid signs that the progressive movement is on the verge of a political transformation as dramatic as the infamous "Reagan revolution" of the 1980s. A resurgent progressive movement is emerging as the evidence mounts that the conservative movement's heyday has ended, done in by three decades of failure.
Read our blog on the opening plenary featuring Robert Borosage, Diane Archer, Van Jones and Donna Edwards.
See our latest reports:
- "Progressives Rising—2008: A Sea-Change Election"
- "The Decline of Conservatism," by Stan Greenberg
- "Conservatism is Dying," by Eric Lotke
Check the conference home page for new details on schedule and speakers.
The Voices
The Rise of Juan Crow in the Deep South
Call it Juan Crow: the matrix of laws, social customs, economic institutions and symbolic systems enabling the physical and psychic isolation needed to control and exploit undocumented immigrants. The surge in Latino migration is moving many of the institutions and actors responsible for enforcing Jim Crow to resurrect and reconfigure themselves in line with new demographics.more »
The News
The American Left: A Tale of Two Conferences
April 21st, 2008
Businesses Fight Labor Reform
April 10th, 2008
The Facts
The Stress Test
n/aThe Decline of Conservatism
Based on polling from a variety of sources, this report concludes that the conservative ideology is losing favor with the American public and that progressive approaches on such issues as the social safety net, government regulation and foreign policy are increasingly popular.more »
The Case
The Folly of the Fence
The Washington Post has reported that technical problems with the “virtual fence” being erected along a portion of the U.S.-Mexican border will mean a three-year delay in the project. more »
Lieberman: Campaign of Negativity
Sen. Joe Lieberman has already begun to attack Democratic Party nominee Ned Lamont in order to smear him before voters in Connecticut have a chance to hear him. more »
Latest from our Bloggers
may
15
2008
How Progressives Can Be Making Sense in 2008
A large group of Americans favor both progressive policy and conservative philosophy. As a result, they can be persuaded to side with either progressives or conservatives, depending on how a political question is framed. The "Making Sense 2008" project is producing and distributing research-based talking points on a variety of issues that can be used to reach these persuadable voters.. more »
may
8
2008
The Course From Here
It's time to remember why so many of us were so passionate about one candidate or the other: We all want to see this country change course from the disastrous path we've been dragged along for the past 7+ years. We all know that we can't afford even four more years of the same. Not our for country, not for our communities, and not for our families.more »
may
7
2008
After the Primaries, A United Progressive America
After all the histrionic punditfying throughout the campaign, after all the trivial media distractions over surrogates who blurt on mean things, after all the phony guilt-by-association attacks, the public unity around a progressive vision remains: an economy that works for everyone, health care for all, a clean energy future, affordable education and the end of the Iraq occupation.more »
may
6
2008
Today In Issues To Be Ignored
Even when the media reports on a critical issue, the media ignores it.more »
may
4
2008
How to Talk about McCain's Age
If elected, John McCain would be the oldest person ever elevated to president. Voters are fully aware of McCain’s advanced age, and they generally consider advanced age to be a perfectly legitimate issue. So shouldn’t progressives talk about it? more »
apr
10
2008
Bringing the White Working Class Into the Progressive Majority
The heart of the Roosevelt coalition in the 1930s became the.heart of the conservative coalition that dominated our politics over the last 30 years. Progressives now have to make the case to these voters that government can work.more »
apr
9
2008
Needed: A New 'New Deal'
Progressives need to rekindle the spirit of the New Deal to move the nation toward solutions to today's economic crises that match the size of the problems. In this podcast, participants in "The New New Deal" conference talk about the Roosevelt era and the difference his expansive vision about the role of government would make on such issues as the housing crisis.more »
apr
4
2008
Exhausting Race (Part 1)
We are all "morally exhausted" from dealing with and talking about race. But, to borrow from an old spiritual, we have little choice but to "run on, see what the end will be," because the exhausting race is the only way forward. It's the door through which we must pass into a shared future. And, from all we've heard lately, the way is still steep, and the race is still long. Sometimes we're tempted to stop and declare it finished, even won. But we know better. more »
