progressive.org

We performed a comprehensive analysis of progressive.org on 2026-06-29. The website returned an HTTP 200 status code with a server response time of 4435ms. The page is served over HTTP/1.1 protocol with Gzip compression enabled, achieving approximately 60.0% size reduction. The total page weight is 38 KB. The website uses a secure HTTPS connection with a valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (DV type). The connection is encrypted using TLS 1.2 with the ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 cipher suite and sha256WithRSAEncryption signature algorithm. The certificate covers 1 domain(s) (Subject Alternative Names) and expires on 2026-08-10, which is 42 days from now. The security headers analysis reveals a score of 15/100 (poor). The following security headers are properly configured: X-Frame-Options. However, the site is missing Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which could expose the site and its users to cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, and other web-based attacks. Our technology detection scan identified 4 technologies across 4 categories powering progressive.org. The detected stack includes Google Analytics 4, Mailchimp, Amazon CloudFront, and Adobe Fonts. Based on our comprehensive analysis of domain age, SSL configuration, email authentication, security headers, and blacklist status, progressive.org receives an overall trust score of 63/100, classified as "Likely Safe".

After conducting a thorough safety and legitimacy analysis, progressive.org receives a trust score of 63/100, which places it in the "Likely Safe" category. This score is calculated by evaluating multiple factors including SSL certificate validity, domain registration history, email authentication protocols, security header configuration, and blacklist status across major threat intelligence databases. The analysis identified several positive trust signals: a valid HTTPS connection protecting data in transit, a valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt with 42 days until expiration, and DMARC email authentication with a none policy. Areas of concern include: the absence of a Content-Security-Policy header, which leaves the site more vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, missing Referrer-Policy, potentially leaking URL information to third parties, the domain's WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, making it harder to verify the owner's identity, and DNSSEC is not enabled, leaving DNS queries vulnerable to spoofing attacks. While these issues don't necessarily indicate malicious intent, they represent areas where the website's security posture could be improved. We checked progressive.org against 8 major blacklist databases including Google Safe Browsing, Phishtank, Urlhaus, Openphish, Dnsfilter, Spamhaus Dbl, Surbl, and Virustotal. The domain passed all 8 checks with a clean status, meaning it has not been flagged for phishing, malware distribution, spam, or other malicious activities by any of the tested threat intelligence providers.

Our technology detection engine scanned progressive.org and identified 4 distinct technologies across 4 categories. This analysis is performed by examining HTTP response headers, HTML source code patterns, JavaScript library fingerprints, CSS framework signatures, and DNS records. Analytics: Google Analytics 4 — tracks visitor behavior and provides traffic insights for progressive.org. Email Marketing: Mailchimp — manages email campaigns and subscriber lists for progressive.org. CDN: Amazon CloudFront — accelerates content delivery by caching assets at edge locations worldwide for progressive.org. Fonts: Adobe Fonts — delivers web fonts for typography for progressive.org. We also extracted the following tracking identifiers: Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID G-NXGWSL35ZF. These IDs can be used to identify other websites operated by the same organization.

progressive.org delivers its homepage in 4435ms (server response time), which is considered slow by industry standards. The total page weight is 38 KB, and we detected 134 resource requests loading assets from 21 third-party domains. A high number of third-party domains can significantly impact page load time due to additional DNS lookups and TLS handshakes required for each domain. The website uses Gzip compression for text-based assets, achieving an estimated 60.0% reduction in transfer size. This reduces bandwidth usage and improves page load times, especially for visitors on slower connections. Asset minification status: 0 out of 4 CSS files and 1 out of 9 JavaScript files are minified. Minifying the remaining 12 unminified file(s) could further reduce page weight by 10-30% for those assets. Minification is a best practice that reduces download sizes without affecting functionality. From an environmental perspective, each page view of progressive.org produces approximately 0.02g of CO₂, earning a carbon rating of A. This places the website among the cleanest on the web, demonstrating efficient use of server resources and optimized content delivery. For reference, the average web page produces about 0.5g of CO₂ per page view. The page weight of 38 KB is the primary factor in this calculation. Core Web Vitals data from the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) is not available for progressive.org. This typically means the site doesn't have enough real-world Chrome user traffic to generate statistically significant field data, or the domain is not included in the CrUX dataset. Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are important Google ranking factors that measure real user experience.

progressive.org resolves to the IPv4 address 75.101.132.169, but does not support IPv6. IPv6 adoption is increasingly important as IPv4 address space becomes exhausted, and some ISPs and regions are transitioning to IPv6-only connectivity. The domain has 1 A record(s) configured. The domain name system is managed by 3 name servers: ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com, and ns3.dreamhost.com. Having 3 name servers provides good redundancy — if one fails, the others can continue serving DNS queries. The choice of name servers often indicates the DNS hosting provider or CDN service being used. Email for progressive.org is handled by Google Workspace with 4 MX records configured: ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM, ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM, and ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM and 1 more. Multiple MX records provide failover redundancy — if the primary mail server is unavailable, email will be routed to the next available server. SPF is not configured, meaning any server could potentially send emails pretending to be from this domain. This is a significant email security concern. DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is configured with a none policy — a monitoring-only setting that doesn't enforce any action on unauthorized emails. DKIM was not detected. Without DKIM, recipients cannot cryptographically verify that emails claiming to be from this domain are authentic. DNSSEC is not enabled for progressive.org. While not critical for most websites, DNSSEC adds an important security layer by ensuring DNS responses haven't been tampered with during transit. Enabling DNSSEC is recommended for domains handling sensitive data or financial transactions.

The homepage of progressive.org contains 435 words of visible text content. This is a moderate amount of content. The page is structured with 2 H2 headings, 9 H3 headings, 4 H4 headings. The page includes 11 images. 1 images (9%) are missing alt text attributes, which is a significant concern for both accessibility and SEO. Screen readers rely on alt text to describe images to visually impaired users, and search engines use alt text to understand image content. Only 91% of images have proper alt text — we recommend adding descriptive alt attributes to all images. The link structure consists of 71 internal links pointing to other pages on the same domain and 21 external links pointing to third-party websites. There are 9 external JavaScript files, 4 CSS stylesheets, and 0 iframes on the page. The site implements the following web standards and features: XML Sitemap (helps search engines discover all pages), robots.txt (controls search engine crawling behavior), Schema.org structured data (BreadcrumbList, ListItem, and WebPage), Progressive Web App (PWA) manifest (enabling app-like installation), and RSS feed for content syndication. The website has social media presence across 4 platforms: Facebook (@2008), Twitter (@theprogressive), Instagram (@theprogressivemag), and Linkedin (@the-progressive). An active social media presence is a positive trust indicator and helps build brand awareness and customer engagement.

The title tag for progressive.org is too long at 90 characters: "The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good - Progr...". At 90 characters, the title will likely be truncated in Google search results (recommended: 50-60 characters). Consider shortening it while keeping the most important keywords at the beginning. The meta description is 147 characters (well-optimized): "Championing grassroots progressive politics, civil liberties, human rights, economic justice, a healthy environment, and...". Google typically displays up to 155-160 characters of the meta description in search results. A compelling meta description with a clear call-to-action can significantly improve click-through rates from search results. The canonical url is correctly set to https://progressive.org/, preventing duplicate content issues, the page language is declared as en-us, and a favicon is configured. Open Graph meta tags are configured with 4/4 recommended fields: OG title ("The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the..."), OG description, OG image (social sharing thumbnail), OG type (website). These tags control how the page appears when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms that support the Open Graph protocol. The site implements Schema.org structured data with the following types: BreadcrumbList, ListItem, and WebPage. Structured data helps search engines understand the page content and can enable rich results (featured snippets, knowledge panels, star ratings) in Google search results, which can significantly increase click-through rates. The meta keywords tag contains 3 terms including resistance, democracy, and . Note: Google has officially confirmed that it does not use the meta keywords tag as a ranking signal. However, some other search engines (Bing, Yandex) may still reference it.