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In celebration of our first print issue of 2021, we assembled Prospect staff and contributors to discuss the year ahead and features from the issue.
How Biden Should Prosecute Corporate Crime
In top-to-bottom criminal justice reform, let’s not forget the top.
The Politics of Counting
The Trump administration attempted to subvert the census for political ends. How successful were they?
The World Wants the U.S. to Get Serious on Climate
Trump slowed, but did not stop, America’s grappling with the climate crisis. Under Biden, can the nation catch up with the rest of the developed world?
Love, Labor, Lost
To Sarah Jaffe, the idea that you can love your job has become a trap.
The Class of 2020
The newest members of the Squad, in their own words
‘Mank’ Is Fake News About Fake News
But by inventing a plot point in his biopic about Herman J. Mankiewicz, David Fincher creates an inadvertent truth about our political moment.
A Shot in the Arm
How government succeeded in coronavirus vaccine development, and failed in distribution
That Old-Time Southern Populism
Democratic victory in Georgia, and across the South, combined long-term multiracial organizing and a pitch to directly improve people’s lives.
Silicon Valley Takes the Battlespace
Through an obscure startup named Rebellion Defense, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempts to buy his way into the Biden White House.
Quelling Our National Riot
The attack on the U.S. Capitol was decades in the making from a Republican Party that treats the opposition as an enemy.
The Movement, the Party, and the President
The Republicans are cracking up. Can Democratic unity hold? And will the Biden administration be an ally of long-term organizing?
Why Did Obama Forget Who Brought Him to the Dance?
His memoir is strangely silent about the people who organized for him.
