A World From the Inside
Theo Baker is exposed to the inner sanctum of how Silicon Valley makes its anointed fellow travelers unspeakably rich.
Another Forty Patriots
Here are some great Americans we felt worthy of honor in our Prospect Patriots series.
Judy Heumann: Tenacious Symbol
The disability rights activist carried forward the demands of those who didn’t get to live to see the movement’s triumphs.
Are You a Patriot?
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Dorothy Day: Saint Radical
The incredible life and times of the Catholic who served the poor and gave hell to everyone else
The Class Struggle in Your Wallet
A new book about the meaning of money argues for how to use finance to create a more equitable economy.
A. Philip Randolph: Socialist on the March
A. Philip Randolph led Black workers and won defining civil rights victories over a career spanning 60 turbulent years.
Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
Ted Lasso Is Back, but Is His Moment Over?
For Ted Lasso to resonate today, it needs to get in touch with its anger.
Ferdinand Pecora: The Greatest Senate Investigator Ever
How Sicilian immigrant Ferdinand Pecora upended the rule of the bankers and ushered in FDR’s radical reforms of capitalism
Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller
Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.
Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist
Louis Brandeis believed that facts could change lives and break excessive power where it accumulated.
Ida B. Wells: Brave Woman
By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.
Frederick Douglass: Indefatigable American
If Frederick Douglass, a former slave who saw the dream of emancipation drown in Jim Crow, didn’t give up on this country, then we have no excuse.
These Are Our Prospect Patriots
In the nation’s 250th year, we turn an eye to Americans who challenged power, took risks, and made our country greater.
Thomas Paine: The Consistent Revolutionary
Thomas Paine’s lifelong battle for freedom
