Op-Eds
We founded the Progressive Media Project in 1993 to diversify and democratize our nation’s op-ed pages. We train activists and nonprofit staff on how to write powerful op-eds. Our op-eds are distributed nationally by the Tribune News Service, reach a potential audience of 150 million readers each year, and are regularly picked up by mainstream news sites, including the Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Houston Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Charlottesville Observer, and The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Our goal is to support voices that are underrepresented in the mainstream media.
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Pesticide Lawsuits and the Threat Hiding in the Perfect Lawn
More than 13,400 consumer lawsuits against Monsanto and Bayer AG, which manufacture the weed-killer Roundup, allege it is the cause of various cancers. Now, a new judgment has awarded one couple $2 billion in damages. Read more
May 14, 2019
USAF / Sgt. Teresa J. Cleveland
Trump Wants to Make Red-lining Easier
The administration is moving to cut public access to information on how, and to whom, banks loan money. Read more
May 10, 2019
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Transgender People’s Rights Are in Peril
The majority-conservative Supreme Court is poised to review the rules on discriminating against trans people in the workplace. Read more
May 8, 2019
NJ SUNG
Questions to Ask Clothing Brands
Some apparel companies cut costs by subcontracting their labor to factories with records of rampant worker abuse. Read more
May 1, 2019
John Walker
Let’s Recycle Those Caps and Gowns!
Even progressive institutions, like San Jose State University, adopt business models that hurt the environment. Read more
Apr 29, 2019
Library of Congress
We Can Fix the Nation’s Racial Wealth Gap
The divide is much bigger than most people suppose. It’s also fixable. Read more
Apr 22, 2019
Sara Keller
Ways to Save the World
If we really want to make a difference this Earth Day, we have to confront the problem of climate change at its source. Read more
Apr 18, 2019
Four Necessity Valve Turners
Taking Nonviolent Action in Defense of Mother Earth
Our case will be tried before a twelve-person jury, who will decide whether ours was an act of criminality or one of necessity. But the last word will not come from the jury, the judge, or the lawmakers. Read more
Apr 15, 2019
California Blazes a Trail for a Green New Deal
While politicians and activists debate the idea of a federal plan to fight climate change and boost our economy, the Golden State is quietly showing how it could actually work. Read more
Apr 10, 2019
The White House
Stop Federal Funding of Charter Schools
Up to $1 billion of federal grant money went to charter schools that never opened or opened for only brief periods before being shut down. Read more
Apr 8, 2019
