Progressive Picks

Lee Camp challenges progressives with his distinctive brand of political humor. What makes Camp distinctive, however, is that he is an unapologetic advocate for the common good.

George Lakoff: Everything you understand is a matter of framing. And what counts as a fact depends on the frame used in understanding.

A historic parable shines a bright light on today's troubling social and political realities.

While auto parts workers lost jobs, homes and health insurance, the Romneys made millions offshoring their lives.

Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse of TomDispatch.com expose this startling and ominous account of drone warfare in

David Cay Johnston believes that the facts speak for themselves: the government has helped rig the economy to favor corporations and the super-rich.

Many employers in nineteen states can now keep state income taxes withheld from paychecks.

The failed effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is widely seen as a crisis for the labor movement, and a pivotal moment in the 2012 U.S. presidential election …

The chance your vote will spoil if you're black is seven times the likelihood your ballot will be ruined by a machine if you're white.

Inserted in the center of Greg Palast's just-released book,