Meet Eliseo Medina
SEIU’s new secretary-treasurer is a champion of immigrant rights and an innovator in the fight to unionize marginalized service-industry workers.
Impactos Dispares de la Reforma sobre los Inmigrantes
Las consecuencias de la nueva ley parecen claras, pero los efectos indirectos podrÃan ser crÃticos.
La Próxima Campaña de Reforma de Salud
Los partidarios de la reforma sabÃan que tenÃan que luchar para lograr su aprobación. Ahora necesitan llevar a cabo otra lucha para cumplir las promesas de la ley.
Many Paths to Victory: Texas
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates. Will any of these approaches work in a tough year for incumbents?
Many Paths to Victory
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates.
Many Paths to Victory: South Dakota
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates. Will any of these approaches work in a tough year for incumbents?
Where Race Isn’t Off-Limits
Talking about race as if it were a thing apart is to deny the central role it plays in nearly every aspect of American life.
Health Reform 2.0
If reform is to succeed, progressives will have to fight for a stronger government role, including a public option.
Can Reform Spell Relief?
A long search for a national “pain care” policy yields a modest step in public health.
The Opportunities of CLASS
A new insurance program for long-term care holds great possibilities — and challenges.
Unleashing Restraint
Health reform won’t stop costs from rising in the short term, but it lays the groundwork for long-run control of spending.
The Preventive Turn in Health-Care Reform
Promoting preventive care and public health carries both promise and risk.
Reform’s Mixed Impact on Immigrants
The new law’s implications seem clear, but the indirect effects could be critical.
The Cost of Delayed Reform
The temporary federal high-risk pools won’t reach most of the medically uninsured.
A Public Plan for Connecticut?
Despite political and financial hurdles, Connecticut is moving forward with its own state-level public option.
National Reform Meets Politics in the States
States are beginning to carry out the law in different ways — or not at all.
Turning the States From Adversaries Into Partners
The states came out as winners in the Affordable Care Act, though some don’t seem to realize it.
Getting Insurers to Behave
Job No. 1: Write new rules for health insurers and make sure they follow them.
The Next Health-Reform Campaign
Supporters of reform knew they had to battle to get it passed. Now they need to wage another campaign to implement it.
The Right Way to Please the Base
What the left can learn from right-wing extremists
The Real Liberal Elite
Now that more liberals are as rich as Republicans, do we risk forgetting the poor and working families?
The Enduring Relevance of Affirmative Action
When diversity became a positive, race-based preferences overcame the backlash.
All Politics Is Identity Politics
We can’t forget that ideology is shaped by personal experience.
Reading Progressive History Through the Prospect
Good policy can be smart politics — that’s the idea behind this magazine.
A 20-Year Tug-of-War
Neither liberals nor conservatives have been able to claim lasting power. But we have an advantage: real solutions.
Fire on the Left
Tea Partiers are getting all the press, but it’s the anger on the left that spells trouble for Dems in the midterms.
Whoa, Mama
Palin and her ilk claim to speak for moms but offer no policy solutions for working families.
Who Owns Freedom?
Do liberals take civil liberties seriously enough?
A 20-Year Odyssey
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.
Globalizing Reform
America’s top financial diplomat works to save the world from our mistakes.
Will Republicans Blow It?
Tacking right doesn’t always guarantee victory on Election Day.
Many Paths to Victory: Florida
While Republicans try to make all races national in the 2010 election, Democrats have as many strategies as they do candidates. Will any of these approaches work in a tough year for incumbents?
Forget Populism
“The people” are no more virtuous or incorruptible than elites.
The Middle Man
Lessons from life in Washington’s ideological gray zone.
