progressive
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Voters in Los Angeles will settle a surprisingly competitive mayoral race in Tuesday's midterm vote, a bitter showdown between two progressive women of color who were once allies.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
There is currently no cure for Lewy body dementia, which is terminal and progressive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"I'm a very pragmatic person when it comes to progressive politics," James said.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Some progressive tax scholars say the most effective such tax would occur at the federal level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It is a beautiful place, clean, well run, and progressive.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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By the turn of the century, both parties were made up of economic populists, institutional conservatives and nationalist progressives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Libertarians, social conservatives, progressives, socialists and others could all make a pitch for whatever rights they favored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Win or lose, progressives and centrists will debate the meaning of this race for some time to come.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Bush had her liabilities—Joe Biden’s Justice Department investigated her over campaign spending—but still boasted support from Bernie Sanders and other progressives.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Middle-class progressives, disgusted by the corrupt politics of both Thompson and Sweitzer, threw their weight behind an independent reformer.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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Theodore Roosevelt on "New Nationalism" (1910)
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