Explore online report of the Progressive Review. Since 1964, the news while there's » Explore online report of the Progressive Review. Since 1964, the news while there's still time to do something about it. 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.