With the unemployment rate the highest it’s been in 25 years, The Roosevelt Institute asked historians, economists and other public thinkers to reflect on the lessons of the New Deal and explore new, big ideas for how to get America back to work. TAPPED will be cross-posting the 10-part series with the New Deal 2.0 […]
Alexandra Gutierrez
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect.
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Time to Try Government as Employer of Last Resort.
With the unemployment rate the highest it’s been in 25 years, The Roosevelt Institute asked historians, economists and other public thinkers to reflect on the lessons of the New Deal and explore new, big ideas for how to get America back to work. TAPPED will be cross-posting the 10-part series with the New Deal 2.0 […]
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Obama Makes the Case for Attending Copenhagen.
Matthew Yglesias on what lowered expectations mean for climate change: Barack Obama‘s concession on Sunday that the upcoming Copenhagen meeting on climate change will not result in a comprehensive climate deal is little more than an official acknowledgment of what everyone already suspected. Simply put, there’s no time. The combination of the economic crisis, which […]
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The Left Fights Itself
In his new book, Michael Bérubé says the left is torn between radical politics and cultural studies. The loser, naturally, is its relevance.
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Our Most ‘Expensive’ Citizens Can Become Our Climate Change Heroes.
In the wake of the highest unemployment rate in 25 years, The Roosevelt Institute asked historians, economists and other public thinkers to reflect on the lessons of the New Deal and explore new, big ideas for how to get America back to work. TAPPED will be cross-posting the 10-part series with the New Deal 2.0 […]
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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Time for a New ‘New Deal’ Jobs Program.
In the wake of the highest unemployment rate in 25 years, The Roosevelt Institute asked historians, economists and other public thinkers to reflect on the lessons of the New Deal and explore new, big ideas for how to get America back to work. TAPPED will be cross-posting the 10-part series with the New Deal 2.0 […]
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The Myth of Judicial Backlash.
Scott Lemieux on the meaning of Maine’s Question1: In an unfortunate exception to a happy election night for progressives in 2008, California voters passed Proposition 8, which overturned a state court decision holding that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. This led to another predictable round of claims that judicial opinions produce a […]
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Houston, We Have No Problem.
Last night’s elections were a mixed bag. Democrat Bill Owens won the incredibly hyped race in NY-23. The governor’s mansions in New Jersey and Virginia went to Republicans. Incumbent New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg experienced what could best be called an embarrassing victory. Perhaps most disappointing, Maine narrowly voted to repeal a law allowing gay […]
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Term-Paper Trail
The Parody, from our November issue: “Every level ofgovernment should statutorily and procedurally prefer married couplesover cohabitators, homosexuals, or fornicators.” — A highlight from the 1989 graduate thesis of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell Other highlights the Prospect has uncovered from the college papers of prominent political leaders: “Oftenunfairly depicted, Moriarty is […]
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Women’s Issues Are Family Issues.
Debuting The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation ChangesEverything, the Center for American Progress held a conference last week to discuss the status of working women and their families. In our June 2009 “Women’s Work” package, Dana Goldstein called for more pink-collar jobs but warned that if we pit “men against women, we are going to […]
