The Re-Emergence of the Emerging Democratic Majority
Departments
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Correspondence
Letter from the Executive Editor, readers' letters, and corrections.
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Breaking the Consensus (Finally)
For the first time in a long time, it may be politically achievable to make globalization work for working Americans.
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UpFront
Calculating Gore's future, Hillary's biographers redefine "straightforward," plus suggested summer reading for Mitt Romney.
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Summertime, and Living in DC Is Easy
An ode to the beauty and contradictions of our nation's capital in the dog days of August. (Seriously.)
Features
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Two Paths for the Planet
Will we rewire the world with clean energy -- or descend into political chaos, social disruption, and climate hell? And will Washington get with the program?
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Democrats Are Back -- But...
There's a catch: The Republicans have so discredited government that Democrats will encounter trouble backing the programs that they, and a conflicted public, know the nation needs.
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Back to the Future
From our July/August print issue: The end of a fleeting Republican revival, and the re-emergence of the emerging Democratic majority.
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Inner-City Futurism
A new kind of high school in Chicago's inner city will train its students for high-tech, high-pay manufacturing.
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Downtown, Not Just for Yuppies
In Denver, thanks to low-income and environmental justice activists, a new mega-project will include affordable housing and good jobs.
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A Globalism for our Time
Sixty years ago, George Marshall unveiled his plan for rebuilding Europe and redefining America's role in the world. It was on-target then, and his vision for America's role is even more on-target today.
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My Marty Peretz Problem -- And Ours
Thirty-three years after he bought The New Republic, it is no longer as influential, or liberal, or even weekly.
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Shuttering the Sites
Like its Chinese counterpart, the new military government of Thailand promotes more investment -- and radically less free speech.
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Conservatism Itself
Bush didn't fail because he betrayed conservatism. He failed because his administration was the most conservative of modern times.
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What Hedge Funds Risk
Increasingly, everyone's money -- that's what. Nobody rides herd on these unregulated investment funds, which now manage a tidy $1.5 trillion.
Columns
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Forget Those Treaties!
It's time to do away with treaties and start passing laws to bring America back in step with the rest of the world.
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The Thirty-Year Itch
Perhaps the Bush era was just the decadent late phase of the dying culture of post-1978 conservatism. Now we need a liberal agenda that's ambitious and confident enough to take over the next 30 years.
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Why Immigration Reform Matters
From our July/August print issue: If there is a deal to be had on immigration in this Congress, liberals and progressives should be part of it.
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Beyond Regret
Simple facts have not proven a useful tool in the fight to uphold abortion rights. Pro-choicers need to craft an emotional counter-narrative that rings true for -- and about -- women.
Culture
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How Rights Became Human
Was it the Enlightenment's emphasis on empathy -- as expressed, above all, in that new literary form, the novel -- that led to human rights?
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Reading Liberally
Forthcoming and recently published books from The American Prospect staff.
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Why We Are Vulnerable
The dirty little truth is that American business doesn't want to pay for disaster preparedness -- and so, we don't have very much of it.
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Beyond Fear
The NBC hit Heroes is the anti-24. Its emergency-powers president is the villian -- and viewers love it.
