The American Prospect

Ringside Seat: Georgia on Their Mind

How to Stop the Next IRS Scandal

Jonathan Bernstein

May 17, 2013

The problem is not that the federal tax agency used political criteria to scrutinize groups. It's that it shouldn't be vetting political organizations at all.
Food Stamps Get Licked by Cuts

Monica Potts

May 17, 2013

Will go hungry for deficit reduction
Pakistan's Industry of Violence

Beenish Ahmed

May 17, 2013

In the wake of election violence, one reporter explores the country's acceptance of its bloody everyday—and how different it is from the United States' reaction to bloodshed

Voting Rights

Five Voting Fights You’ll Care About Come Election Time
Abby Rapoport
Education

Teachers Left Behind
Sharon Lerner
Tech

Will Blog for Swag
Jeff Saginor
Arrested Gov't

Scandal Makers
Paul Waldman
Hot Math

Sex, Economics, and Austerity
Jeet Heer
James Beard Award Winner

As Common As Dirt
Tracie McMillan
Risky Business

Cruz Control
Abby Rapoport

Egypt's Hot New Sound

A mix of sped up wedding songs and synthesizers made on computers with pirated software, a new dance music out of Cairo's slums and dealing with social issues is sweeping the country.

Must-Reads

Benghazi Was Neither a Terrorist Attack Nor an Act of Terror

Paul Waldman

May 16, 2013

If we're going to argue about language, at least we should understand what the words we're arguing about mean.
Rediscovering Albert Hirschman

Robert Kuttner

May 16, 2013

Resistance fighter. Development economist. Philosopher. A new biography of the thinker who redeemed political economy for liberals.
The DOJ's Freedom of Speech Breach

Scott Lemieux

May 15, 2013

The seizure of AP's phone records is legal, but that doesn't make it an acceptable course of action for the Justice Department to take.
Do Drones Work?

Joshua Foust

May 15, 2013

Congress hasn't debated whether the civilian and psychological costs that come with targeted killings are worthwhile in the long run. It should.
Unions to Banks: Pay Up

Sarah Jaffe

May 9, 2013

Instead of raising taxes, labor leaders in collective-bargaining talks have a new proposal for closing state budget gaps: Go after the financial institutions that ripped off governments.

Comment Stream

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Benghazi Was Neither a Terrorist Attack Nor an Act of Terror

Paul Waldman

May 16, 2013

If we're going to argue about language, at least we should understand what the words we're arguing about mean.

Ringside Seat: Yeah, Functioning Government!

Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller

May 15, 2013

However, one confirmation doesn't make an ideal legislative body on its own.

Sorting Through the Scandals

Paul Waldman

May 15, 2013

Unfortunately for Republicans, the real scandal probably doesn't touch the White House, while the bogus non-scandal involves the highest levels of the administration.

Is the IRS "Scandal" Even a Scandal?

Jamelle Bouie

May 15, 2013

The IRS made a political blunder, but not a bureaucratic one.

The DOJ's Freedom of Speech Breach

Scott Lemieux

May 15, 2013

The seizure of AP's phone records is legal, but that doesn't make it an acceptable course of action for the Justice Department to take.

Teachers Left Behind

Sharon Lerner

May 15, 2013

As budgets are cut and standards raised, new evidence that teachers are growing disenchanted with their profession

Of Cover-Ups and Crimes

Paul Waldman

May 14, 2013

Let's try to remember what a real cover-up looks like. Spoiler alert: it ain't editing talking points.

Scandal Makers

Paul Waldman

May 14, 2013

Republicans are boarding the impeachment train, and there may be no way to stop it.

The Magazine

Vol. 24 No. 2

April 2013

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The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform

Demetrios G. Papademetriou

To begin fixing America’s broken system, we must be guided by both our highest values and our economic needs.

The Weeklies

Monica Potts

In the Denver suburbs, as in much of the U.S., the Great Recession turned formerly stable families into the new homeless—and left many living in budget hotels.

U.S. Out of Vermont!

Christopher Ketcham

Move over, Texas: In the Green Mountain State, it’s leftists who want to secede.

Born This Way?

Beth Schwartzapfel

Transgender activists believe that when children insist their birth sex is the wrong sex, their wishes should be honored. Dr. Kenneth Zucker disagrees.

The Once and Future Gov

Harold Meyerson

Two years into his second go-round as governor, Jerry Brown has—to the surprise of many—turned California around.

Retrench Warfare

Robert Kuttner

The Democrats won this round of the fiscal-cliff standoff, but now let’s get to the right debate.