UNDERNEWS: Politico vs the Progressive Review

February 5, 2015

Politico vs the Progressive Review

As readers know, we keep an ongoing ranking of states based on various lists based on specific issues and data. Politico has just published its own version and it's interesting to see how similar the two rankings are.

WORST STATES
REVIEW	POLITICO
Mississippi	Mississippi
Louisiana	Louisiana
Alabama	Arkansas
Arkansas	Tennessee
Illinois	Alabama
Texas	South Carolina
Florida	West Virginia
Missouri	Oklahoma
Georgia	Georgia
West Virginia	Kentucky

BEST STATES
REVIEW	POLITICO
Vermont	Minnesota
N Hampshire	N Hampshire
Minnesota	Vermont
Maine	Utah
Oregon	Colorado
Washington	Massachusetts
Massachusetts	Iowa
North Dakota	Maine
Hawaii	Washington
Colorado	New Jersey

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: MA is permanently number one much as the Vatican is for Catholics.; February 7, 2015 at 8:12 PM

Post a Comment

ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader