In the past decade or so, progressivism and the label 'progressive' has made a resurgence. I credit this, in large part, to the stigma to the word 'liberal'. Many people say that there is a difference between liberal and progressive. I guess my take on it is that one is passive and the other is active. Liberal seems to be more a state of mind, while progressive seems to imply action to change things. I think it would be really interesting if everyone writes in the comments section what their definition is. If you wrote your own diary on the subject or have a link to another article or website on the issue feel free to post it, but please provide an excerpt so we know what we're clicking on or if we don't have time to read the whole thing.