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The Progressive Populist is a magazine in tabloid newspaper format published twice monthly. Founded in 1995, the magazine is based in Storm Lake, Iowa
with editorial offices in Manchaca, Texas
. The editor is James M. Cullen, managing editor is Art Cullen and the publisher is John Cullen.
The magazine labels itself as "A Journal from America's Heartland." It deals with political and economic topics of interest to "workers, small businesses, and family farmers and ranchers"; according to its about page, the journal "report[s] on issues of interest to the middle class of America." http://www.populist.com/about.html
The magazine publishes original and syndicated columns of progressive journalists and pundits. Regular contributors include Jim Hightower
, Amy Goodman
, Dean Baker
, John Buell, Margie Burns, Alexander Cockburn
, Joe Conason
, Froma Harrop
, Arianna Huffington
, Jesse Jackson
, Hank Kalet, Donald Kaul
, Gene Lyons
, Margot Ford McMillen, Garrison Keillor
, Ralph Nader
, John Nichols
, Vicki Nikolaidis, Wayne O'Leary, Greg Palast
, Rob Patterson, Ted Rall
, Joan Retsinas, Roberto Rodriguez, Connie Schultz
, Michael Silverstein, David Sirota
, Norman Solomon
, Tom Tomorrow
, Sam Uretsky, Mark Weisbrot
, Robert Weissman, Dave Zirin
and Dave Zweifel.
Since October 31, 2010, The Progressive Populist also has a partnership with Vicki Nikolaidis to produce an Internet radio show via Blogtalkradio
. For the first two editions of the program, held on October 31 and November 11th, the show was called "The Progressive Politics Show" and was hosted on Asnycnow Radio One The show was renamed Talking Progressive Politics and moved to the Populist's BTR service since November 17th, 2010.
Storm Lake, Iowa
Storm Lake is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,600 in the 2010 census, an increase from 10,076 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Buena Vista County. Storm Lake is home to Buena Vista University, originally Buena Vista College...
with editorial offices in Manchaca, Texas
Manchaca, Texas
Manchaca is a small unincorporated community in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is located 10 miles southwest of downtown Austin.-History:...
. The editor is James M. Cullen, managing editor is Art Cullen and the publisher is John Cullen.
The magazine labels itself as "A Journal from America's Heartland." It deals with political and economic topics of interest to "workers, small businesses, and family farmers and ranchers"; according to its about page, the journal "report[s] on issues of interest to the middle class of America." http://www.populist.com/about.html
The magazine publishes original and syndicated columns of progressive journalists and pundits. Regular contributors include Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
James Allen "Jim" Hightower is an American syndicated columnist, activist and author.-Life and career:Born in Denison, Texas, Hightower came from a working class background. He worked his way through college as assistant general manager of the Denton Chamber of Commerce and later landed a spot as...
, Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is an American progressive broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author. Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the internet.-Early life:Goodman was born in Bay Shore, New York...
, Dean Baker
Dean Baker
Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, with Mark Weisbrot. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a Ph.D...
, John Buell, Margie Burns, Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Claud Cockburn is an American political journalist. Cockburn was brought up in Ireland but has lived and worked in the United States since 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, he edits the political newsletter CounterPunch...
, Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and political commentator. He writes a column for the weekly New York Observer newspaper, for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies , which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.-Life and...
, Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop is a liberal writer and author.She is best known for her twice-a-week syndicated column which appears in about 200 newspapers including the Seattle Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Detroit News, and Miami Herald...
, Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s...
, Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to...
, Hank Kalet, Donald Kaul
Donald Kaul
Donald Kaul is an American journalist based in Iowa. For many years he was the author of the Washington column in the Des Moines Register and is one of the founders of RAGBRAI. He currently lives in Michigan and contributes to a number of publications: the Progressive Populist , Insider Iowa...
, Gene Lyons
Gene Lyons
Gene Lyons is a liberal political columnist and co-author with Joe Conason of The Hunting of the President: The 10 Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton, a documentary book published in 2000, with a supporting film. The book outlines a purported right wing campaign waged against...
, Margot Ford McMillen, Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio...
, Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....
, John Nichols
John Nichols
John Nichols may refer to:* John Nichols , author of The Milagro Beanfield War* John Nichols , British diplomat and Ambassador to Switzerland* John Nichols , English cricketer...
, Vicki Nikolaidis, Wayne O'Leary, Greg Palast
Greg Palast
Gregory Allyn Palast is a New York Times-bestselling author and a freelance journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as the British newspaper The Observer. His work frequently focuses on corporate malfeasance but has also been known to work with labor unions and consumer...
, Rob Patterson, Ted Rall
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions. The cartoons appear in approximately 100 newspapers around the United States...
, Joan Retsinas, Roberto Rodriguez, Connie Schultz
Connie Schultz
Connie Schultz , of Avon, Ohio, has been a nationally syndicated columnist based at The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and had been finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing....
, Michael Silverstein, David Sirota
David Sirota
David J. Sirota is a progressive Denver-based American political figure, radio show host and commentator. He is an author, book reviewer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, a Democratic political strategist, political operative, Democratic spokesperson, and blogger...
, Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and current candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting...
, Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow is the pen name of editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins. His weekly comic strip This Modern World, which comments on current events, appears regularly in over 90 newspapers across the U.S. and Canada as of 2006, as well as on CREDO Action and Daily Kos, where he is its comics curator...
, Sam Uretsky, Mark Weisbrot
Mark Weisbrot
Mark Weisbrot is an American economist, columnist and co-director, with Dean Baker, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. As a commentator, he contributes to publications such as New York Times, the UK's The Guardian, and Brazil's largest newspaper, Folha de S...
, Robert Weissman, Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin is an American political sportswriter who is currently the sports editor for The Nation, a weekly published liberal magazine dedicated to politics and culture.- Career :...
and Dave Zweifel.
Since October 31, 2010, The Progressive Populist also has a partnership with Vicki Nikolaidis to produce an Internet radio show via Blogtalkradio
Blogtalkradio
BlogTalkRadio is a web-based platform that allows callers to host a live call-in Internet broadcast using a computer and a phone.BlogTalkRadio is entirely web-based and requires no client download.-Service:...
. For the first two editions of the program, held on October 31 and November 11th, the show was called "The Progressive Politics Show" and was hosted on Asnycnow Radio One The show was renamed Talking Progressive Politics and moved to the Populist's BTR service since November 17th, 2010.