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.
Peter Haden
Migrants Are Fleeing Something Worse
Clearly, if the appalling conditions in detention centers are an improvement from what they are fleeing, these migrants have a sufficient basis for seeking asylum in the United States. Read more
Jul 16, 2019
Darragh O Connor
The Dangers of Political Tribalism
“Negative partisanship” is becoming a main feature of the modern political landscape. Read more
Jul 10, 2019
Liz Lemon
An Alabama Shooting Shows How Badly We Need Reproductive Rights
What has happened here portends an uncertain future for women’s reproductive rights throughout the nation. Read more
Jul 3, 2019
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Waiting to Be An American
In terms of how I feel, as a lesbian of African descent, I am not an American, not completely. Read more
Jul 3, 2019
Break the Chains of Child Marriage
The United States has lagged behind the global legal reform trend on child marriage, but this is starting to change. Read more
Jul 1, 2019
U.S. Geological Survey
Stop Building in Floodplains
While rivers will continue to overflow their banks, we can limit the damage and suffering that results. Read more
Jun 18, 2019
GRIDArendal
Trump’s War on Science is Grounds to Impeach
There are fresh signs that the Trump Administration intends to actively interfere in research by federal scientists. Read more
Jun 12, 2019
Lorie Shaull
What Life is Like When Abortion is Banned
“As Republicans around the country pass sweeping abortion bans, I think about what life could be like for women and girls if these laws take effect. I don’t have to use my imagination.” Read more
Jun 10, 2019
Paris Malone
Black Women Build in an Era of Danger
History shows how vital black women have been to the creation of America’s quilt of safety and justice that extends to all when we stand firm in the face of societal challenges. Read more
Jun 6, 2019
Nevele Otseog
How We Beat Anti-Immigrant Fervor
In an era in which states are implementing anti-immigrant measures and the federal government is caging and deporting immigrants, Georgia provides a hopeful example. Read more
Jun 3, 2019
