John 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 ...

Prof. Jackson Lears has an excellent review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book in The New Republic. The book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of ...

Who is a “progressive” these days? Over the last decade, the term “progressive” has come into vogue, superseding the traditional nomenclature of political identity like “liberal” and “moderate.” And ...

A new progressive era is dawning in America, and almost nothing Republicans can do will hold back the tide — unless Republicans destroy democracy altogether (more on this in a moment). Start with the ...

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America is in the midst of a crisis that needs no introduction. Ideological warfare and policy paralysis in Washington. Declining economic well-being among the mass of Americans combined with ...

But here’s a happier thought: The first Gilded Age gave way to the Progressive Era. Those in the social sector hoping for a similar outcome, might want to take some time to study the life of the great ...

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920, was vibrant with reforms and programs designed to create a more equitable and healthier society. The era followed the Gilded Age, when industrialists flaunted their ...

The playbook for taming industrial capitalism already exists. It’s the essential starting point for reform today In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville offered a prescient warning for “the ...