The Democrats' Choice
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WireTAP: A Dialogue about The Wire (Episodes 1-3)
Prospect writers discuss the fifth season of the critically acclaimed HBO series.
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Correspondence
Features
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The 2008 Veepstakes
Who should round out the Democratic ticket? Prospect writers and editors weigh the merits and demerits of some of the oft-mentioned contenders.
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Black and Brown Together
In Mississippi, African American leaders are the foremost champions of the state's growing Latino immigrant population. Some day soon, they hope, the new alliance will transform the state's reactionary politics.
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Black Hawk's Gamble
Black Hawk is one of three Colorado towns that decided to allow limited-stakes gambling. Residents have learned the hard way that the house always wins.
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Politicians Bet the Farm
Faced with tough budget decisions, many states are turning to gambling as an answer to their economic woes. But most end up getting far more than they bargained for.
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The Democrats' Choice: Manager or Visionary
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have two different approaches to fixing the economy, and the country. It's less about what to do than how to do it.
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Can the Democrats Think Big?
With the economic crisis becoming more dire by the day, Democrats will win on pocketbook issues only if they recover the imagination and nerve to offer remedies on a scale equal to the problems.
Columns
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Our Senate Problem
The Senate is where ambitious presidencies die. To be effective, the next Democratic president will need to bring in new senators, make subtle institutional changes, and engineer cross-party alliances.
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Solidarity Politics
After so many years with "white male" as the default political identity, we're all suddenly forced to think about how much a candidate's race, gender, and background should matter.
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Going Nowhere Fast
Every week, it seems, it's taking another minute or so to get from point A to point B. What happened to public transportation? It seems obvious that we should invest in high-speed rail and mass transit, but we don't.
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Bringing the Race to Closure
Here's what the Democrats could do to prevent the race for the nomination from stretching into late summer and turning into an ugly donnybrook in Denver.
Culture
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Accounting for Kristol
What was The New York Times thinking when it hired neocon propagandist Bill Kristol for its op-ed pages?
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Zealots of Our Time
In his new book, They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, Jacob Heilbrunn examines the state of the neoconservative movement in the wake of the Iraq War.
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Power Grab
Two new books, one by a Boston Globe reporter, the other by the former head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, recount the Bush administration's efforts to expand the presidential powers at the expense of the law.
Special Report
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Democracy Versus Debt
Students are getting serious about organizing to change the rules of the game that leave young adults burdened with college and credit-card debt.
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An Economic Compact for the Young
Improving the economic horizons of America's young adults will require a sustained commitment and serious resources. But it will pay huge dividends.
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Address the Pain, Reap the Gain
Today's young adults are very likely to be the first generation to not surpass the living standards of their parents. Our nation's future demands that we take seriously the economic plight of America's young.
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A New Deal of Their Own
Social policy once helped the young join the middle class.
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Progressive Re-Generation
At times in American political history, young generations have formed lasting ties to parties and ideologies. Is 2008 one of those times?
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Big Vote On Campus
Progressive groups are increasing their focus on colleges -- and not just the usual suspects.
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Reclaiming the Soapbox
Campuses push for open campaign events that allow all students--regardless of their party affiliation--to attend.
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Another Kind of Youth Movement
A new generation with new economic stresses rediscovers the benefits of an old idea -- trade unionism.
Online Extras
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Problem Gamblers, in Their Own Words
Former gambling addicts talk about the power of the casinos, hitting bottom, and putting their lives together again.
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Clinton, Obama, and the Gaming Industry
Where do the Democratic presidential candidates stand on gambling and regulation of the industry?
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A Problem for Gamblers
In states that fail to adequately fund treatment and counseling programs, people with gambling addictions have few places to turn.
