The optimism of progressives for major improvements is dwindling.
As lawmakers face a stalled Congress and an increasingly impatient White House, progressives' expectation for cataclysmic social change has decreased this week. Progressives' optimism for seismic social change has dwindled this week as lawmakers stare down a stagnant Congress and increasingly impatient White House. From voting rights and immigration reform to criminal justice and student debt relief, Democrats say the party is at risk of seeing its majorities evaporate by fai