• Ben Adler writes that Democrats could actually cut the deficit and redefine foreign policy by going after defense spending — if only they were brave enough to try.

  • Scott Lemieux tells us that John Thompson spent 14 years on death row because prosecutors withheld evidence, but the Supreme Court refuses to hold them accountable.

  • The Prospect interviews the sociologist and scholar William Julius Wilson, who revises his stance on whether Democrats should put race on the agenda.