The progressive predicament in New York, and across America: Democrats must be more about delivering results rather than making promises | Daily News

Earlier this month, the Daily News Editorial Board wrote that that the plan to close Rikers Island, an important progressive priority, could well wind up doomed by “arrogant missteps on the left."

I suggest that the Rikers Island replacement debacle is emblematic of a larger issue that should be openly discussed in the ongoing Democratic presidential primary contest. Namely, what does it mean to be a progressive? It is a label everyone now uses, but how do we define true progressivism? Continue reading.