At the Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Thursday night, the candidates’ discussion of the issues branched into slightly unusual territory: semantics. In a discussion ...

On Monday, speaking to supporters, Hillary Clinton called herself a “progressive who gets things done.” And on the other side of Des Moines, Iowa, at the caucus-night celebration for Sen. Bernie ...

This article originally appeared in In These Times. This article originally appeared in In These Times. What’s a progressive, anyway? The term has a long and unruly history, which I’ll be getting to.

Days before votes are cast in the New Hampshire primary, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are locked in a battle over what it means to be a progressive. The fight started when Sanders accused ...

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Thursday that Democrats are increasingly identifying themselves as progressives, but the term doesn’t necessarily have the same meaning for everyone, saying it’s “in ...

A particular question had been quietly rolling around in my head for years — one that I finally started thinking harder about lately: When did the word "progressive" creep into my news stories? More ...