20th Anniversary Issue: The Good Fight
Departments
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Where Race Isn't Off-Limits
Talking about race as if it were a thing apart is to deny the central role it plays in nearly every aspect of American life.
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Noted
Responses to Heather Rogers' "Slowed Good Revolution," Lisa Guernsey's "A Place for Play," and a note from Prospect Executive Editor Mark Schmitt
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The Middle Man
Lessons from life in Washington's ideological gray zone.
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Up Front
Tweets to avoid at work, what to do if the GOP pulls off a landslide in November, and The Question
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Meet Eliseo Medina
SEIU's new secretary-treasurer is a champion of immigrant rights and an innovator in the fight to unionize marginalized service-industry workers.
Features
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Many Paths to Victory: South Dakota
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates. Will any of these approaches work in a tough year for incumbents?
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Many Paths to Victory
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates.
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Many Paths to Victory: Texas
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates. Will any of these approaches work in a tough year for incumbents?
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Forget Populism
"The people" are no more virtuous or incorruptible than elites.
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Many Paths to Victory: Florida
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates. Will any of these approaches work in a tough year for incumbents?
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Will Republicans Blow It?
Tacking right doesn't always guarantee victory on Election Day.
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Globalizing Reform
America's top financial diplomat works to save the world from our mistakes.
Columns
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Who Owns Freedom?
Do liberals take civil liberties seriously enough?
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Whoa, Mama
Palin and her ilk claim to speak for moms but offer no policy solutions for working families.
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Fire on the Left
Tea Partiers are getting all the press, but it's the anger on the left that spells trouble for Dems in the midterms.
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A 20-Year Odyssey
Since the Prospect began publication as a quarterly with a circulation of 2,700, it's been a forum for inspired argument, both with the right and within the liberal family.
Special Report
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The Cost of Delayed Reform
The temporary federal high-risk pools won't reach most of the medically uninsured.
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Reform's Mixed Impact on Immigrants
The new law's implications seem clear, but the indirect effects could be critical.
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The Preventive Turn in Health-Care Reform
Promoting preventive care and public health carries both promise and risk.
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Unleashing Restraint
Health reform won't stop costs from rising in the short term, but it lays the groundwork for long-run control of spending.
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The Opportunities of CLASS
A new insurance program for long-term care holds great possibilities -- and challenges.
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Can Reform Spell Relief?
A long search for a national "pain care" policy yields a modest step in public health.
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Health Reform 2.0
If reform is to succeed, progressives will have to fight for a stronger government role, including a public option.
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La Próxima Campaña de Reforma de Salud
Los partidarios de la reforma sabían que tenían que luchar para lograr su aprobación. Ahora necesitan llevar a cabo otra lucha para cumplir las promesas de la ley.
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The Next Health-Reform Campaign
Supporters of reform knew they had to battle to get it passed. Now they need to wage another campaign to implement it.
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Impactos Dispares de la Reforma sobre los Inmigrantes
Las consecuencias de la nueva ley parecen claras, pero los efectos indirectos podrían ser críticos.
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Getting Insurers to Behave
Job No. 1: Write new rules for health insurers and make sure they follow them.
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Turning the States From Adversaries Into Partners
The states came out as winners in the Affordable Care Act, though some don't seem to realize it.
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National Reform Meets Politics in the States
States are beginning to carry out the law in different ways -- or not at all.
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A Public Plan for Connecticut?
Despite political and financial hurdles, Connecticut is moving forward with its own state-level public option.
20th Anniversary
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A 20-Year Tug-of-War
Neither liberals nor conservatives have been able to claim lasting power. But we have an advantage: real solutions.
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Reading Progressive History Through the Prospect
Good policy can be smart politics -- that's the idea behind this magazine.
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All Politics Is Identity Politics
We can't forget that ideology is shaped by personal experience.
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The Enduring Relevance of Affirmative Action
When diversity became a positive, race-based preferences overcame the backlash.
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The Real Liberal Elite
Now that more liberals are as rich as Republicans, do we risk forgetting the poor and working families?
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The Right Way to Please the Base
What the left can learn from right-wing extremists
