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Progressives in America is both a historical and critical look of American progressivism. The recent emergence of several presidential candidates including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who identify as progressives has provoked a new interest in this subject. Wagner compares the current progressives with the original Progressive movement of the first two decades of the century as well as other movements in the twentieth century including the Popular Front of the 1930s and 1940s. Although the movements are by no means identical, they do share strong continuities including commitment to liberal reformism, use of the state to create change, and reliance on electoral change rather than grass roots organizing. Despite fears of the political Right and hopes on the political Left, progressives are unlikely to make fundamental changes in the American political economy as the book explores.
About the author
David Wagner holds a bachelor's degree from UC Irvine in Information and Computer Science with a minor in Digital Arts. He has over a decade of professional experience creating engaging and exciting content for large audiences. As a Content Creator for Theme Park Review, David's unique reporting and video creation garnered hundreds of millions of views across multiple social platforms. As the convention-week Social Media Manager for Midsummer Scream Convention (the world's largest Halloween and Horror convention), David produced social media content that informed and entertained over 30,000 convention attendees, as well as engaged thousands more watching from home. Additionally, his work as an "essential worker" at Trader Joe's during the pandemic gave him a front row view to the Covid-19 pandemic, making him uniquely qualified to write a children's book on the subject.
