Robert Kuttner reflects on how, 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:
A 20-year liberal scorecard easily shows that the era’s greatest liberal gains have been in the politics of inclusion — setting the stage for an African American president. Barack Hussein Obama was no affirmative-action baby. He won based on pure merit because he was the most effective politician of any stripe. There have been similar gains in the normalization and growing acceptance of sexual minorities, the chipping away of the glass ceiling constraining women’s opportunities, and the greater accommodation of people with disabilities.