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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Facebook’s “ad” ban hurts political magazines
If Facebook truly wants to “Give people the power to build community" perhaps it should consider allowing fact-based, truth-seeking publications to share content. Read more
Dec 2, 2020
Álvaro Ibáñez from Madrid, Spain, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Amazon should do better by its workers
Amazon can afford to invest more to protect workers through measures like hazard pay, a dedicated express bus for commuting workers, sturdier masks, and a workplace council of frontline workers to advise the company on safety systems. Read more
Nov 30, 2020
‘Latinos’ and the Election
The term 'Latino' often obscures rather than clarifies the politics of specific ethnic or racial communities with growing class divisions. Read more
Nov 25, 2020
Immigration Is the Story of Our Families
If you go back far enough, all of us are from someplace else. We all start as outsiders hoping to belong. Read more
Nov 24, 2020
People of Color Need Healthier Food
We have the power to improve health outcomes by addressing a root cause of racial health disparities. Read more
Nov 23, 2020
Truth, Misinformation and the Press
Our obligation as journalists is to insist that truth is knowable, and deserves more fidelity than falsehoods. Read more
Nov 19, 2020
Primatology and the Post-Election
In true chimpanzee fashion, Trump has thrown figurative poop at every potential rival. Read more
Nov 17, 2020
Valuing Cleaners During a Pandemic
Millions of cleaners worldwide are making a vital contribution to reducing the risk of coronavirus contamination. Read more
Nov 16, 2020
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Youth Must Lead on Climate Change Fight
Biden will be the most progressive leader on climate to ever occupy the White House. But keeping up the pressure to act is more crucial than ever. Read more
Nov 12, 2020
A Pandemic of Division
The continuing spread of COVID-19 has been a symptom of an even more widespread illness: a political system that uses race-baiting and nativism to pit us against one another. Read more
Nov 11, 2020
