The Progressive
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The Progressive is a left-leaning American magazine and website covering politics and culture. Founded in 1909 by U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. and co-edited with his wife Belle Case La Folle
October 2002 cover
The forerunner of The Progressive was LaFollette's Magazine, established in Madison, Wisconsin in 1909.
Robert M. La Follette
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Robert Marion La Follette Sr., nicknamed "Fighting Bob", was an American lawyer and the leading progressive politician in Wisconsin from the 1890s until his death in 1925. He served as U.S. senator fr
The Progressive
…The Progressive is a left-leaning American magazine and website covering politics and culture. Founded in 1909 by U.S. senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. and co-edited with his wife Belle Case La Follette, it was originally called La Follette's Weekly and then La Follette's. In 1929, it was recapitalized…
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, c. 1910s
Robert M. La Follette's college yearbook photo, 1879
Portrait by C. M. Bell c. 1885–1890
La Follette c. 1898