Think Progress

So, here on Progressive U, we want you to think about progress. We want you to discuss ways our society can progress, or what needs to be changed in our society. Without getting cliche (and having judged the Think Progress contest entries, I know what cliche is on this topic), progress is making things better, for everyone involved.  Read More »

I can feel all the walls closing in around me. It takes me forever to get to sleep at night and once I finally do get to sleep, in the wee hours of the morning, I never want to wake up. I sleep though the entire morning and well into the afternoon, awaken constantly by the ringing phone. Damn creditors.  Read More »

Well I am new to bloging and I have found this site rather interesting. I decided to read what the board members posted on Progressiveu.org. I have just come across the their blog about writing about what progress is. I think this is a great topic to discuss. I am going to list some things that I think define progress or a blog working towards progress.  Read More »

Giving up is so much easier than moving forward. It is easy to give up. All you have to do is say the words "I give up." After this, no more effort needs to be put forth and you are free. But if you actually want to progress through life you just can't give up. If you always give up and never try then you really will not do anything productive in your life.  Read More »

As I sit here and listen to the oh so hard rhymes of Common's "I Used to Love H.E.R.," I just can't understand what happened to my beloved hip hop. I'm just asking for one rapper to step forward, and leave all your pretenses of being a soldier of the streets behind you, and actually become the hip hop artist that fights for your people.  Read More »

So this is my first, so bear with me as I fumble around for a way to start this whole blogging phenom. But my question is: who cares what polygamists do with their kids?  Read More »

Dictionary.com defines "progressive" as "favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are; making progress toward better conditions; characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement." I believe that Progressive U is really helping us to be progressive in our thinking.  Read More »

A young woman dying of AIDS lay in the bed before me. Staring at her frail, disease-stricken body, the words of a family friend echoed in my head, "Why is Kellie going to Africa? Does she really think that one person can make a difference?"  Read More »