LA Progressive
LA Progressive
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The LA Progressive team believes the media not only informs the public, but it can also spur public debate, shape public opinion, and shift the Overton Window. The LA Progressive embraces the idea of civic journalism and rejects the notion that objective reporting is even possible. We Cover: california politics, california progressive politics, campaigns, city council, death penalty, elected officials, election season, elections, independent news, judges, la progressive, left leaning politics, liberal politics, los angeles, politics, progressive, progressive era politics, progressive politics laprogressive.substack.com
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The podcast covers a range of topics including California politics, social justice, civil rights, white nationalism, military policy, and the impact of war on global health. Recent episodes delve into subjects like the consequences of war on public health, the roots of white Christian nationalism, and the role of athletes in civil rights.

The LA Progressive team believes the media not only informs the public, but it can also spur public debate, shape public opinion, and shift the Overton Window. The LA Progressive embraces the idea of civic journalism and rejects the notion that objective reporting is even possible. We Cover: california politics, california progressive politics, campaigns, city council, death penalty, elected officials, election season, elections, independent news, judges, la progressive, left leaning politics, liberal politics, los angeles, politics, progressive, progressive era politics, progressive politics
Trump friend-turned-foe Conway has enraged the MAGA right by charging on X, “They may not want to hear it, and it may incense them, but the parallels between what the Nazis did then [with Wessel], and what Trump and MAGA are doing today [with Kirk], are striking, chilling – and as any expert on authoritarianism will tell you, straight out of the same toxic, but dog-eared, playbook.”In a conversation with Dick Price and Sharon Kyle of the LA Progressive, emeritus professor of history at the West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah, KY, Berry Craig explains why the comparison between the murder of Horst Wessel and Charlie Kirk is important to understand. This conversation was sparked by an article written by Berry Craig for the LA Progressive. Here is a link to that article:https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/charlie-kirk-echoes-horst-wessel
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