Broadcast journalist and author, Rachel Maddow, returns to The Progressive Forum to discuss her upcoming book, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism, on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. CT at Congregation Emanu El in Houston.
Paying attendees will receive a free copy of Prequel and a signed bookplate. General admission tickets are $35, $45, and $70, while reserved seats are $95.
Preeminent public intellectual, Fareed Zakaria, will appear at The Progressive Forum to discuss his upcoming book, Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present, on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. CT at Congregation Emanu El in Houston.
by Randall Morton, Founder, The Progressive Forum
The following op-ed originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle, March 18, 2024.
Leaders of the oil and gas industry are in Houston for CERAWeek, grappling with the inevitable decline of the industry. While the spotlight is on the historic energy transition, we Houstonians should reflect on the stakes: Big Oil’s decline is an existential crisis for our region. Even worse, our economic development leaders at the Greater Houston Partnership are doubling down on this declining industry.
by Randall Morton, Founder, The Progressive Forum
The following op-ed originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle, October 14, 2023.
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Last spring, an email arrived with the power of a comet jolted from its ancient orbit. It bore a faded newspaper clipping from 1920s Tulsa — a half-page pictorial of a driveway murder scene of my father’s parents, noting the spot where he watched it as a teenager.
Under the headline “felled by bullets,” I finally learned the facts of my grandparents’ murder. On my computer screen, the past unsealed itself — an era when whites, impelled by a culture of killing, slew Osage Indians with impunity. A next-door neighbor, a lone white man, had waited on the steps for my father’s parents’ black car. Knowing that a white man wouldn’t be prosecuted, he shot them over a petty dispute involving the use of a garage.
“One of the funniest people in America” according to “CBS Sunday Morning,” Andy Borowitz will discuss his book, Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber, at The Progressive Forum Thursday, September 21, at 7:30 p.m.
Acclaimed historian with more than 2 million avid readers of her daily newsletter, Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson will discuss her upcoming book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, at The Progressive Forum, Thursday October 19, at 7:30 p.m.
The author of several #1 New York Times bestsellers, Michael Pollan returns to The Progressive Forum to discuss his book, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, Thursday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. CT. at the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater.
Pollan’s books will be on sale, and he will sign books at the evening’s conclusion.
New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley will discuss his upcoming book, Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening, at The Progressive Forum Thursday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Lt. Col. (retired) Alexander Vindman, the man of conscience who reported President Trump’s “perfect call” that led to presidential impeachment, will discuss his book, Here, Right Matters: An American Story, at The Progressive Forum Thursday, October, 13 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Paid ticket holders at the event will receive a free copy of his book, a retail value of $17.99. The book partner is Blue Willow Bookshop.
Acclaimed religious historian Karen Armstrong is returning to The Progressive Forum for the American launch event of her upcoming book, Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World, on Monday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Paid ticket holders at the event will receive a free copy of her book, a retail value of $28. The book partner is Blue Willow Bookshop.