In recent years, there has been a growing effort to revamp our poverty definition.
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From the Executive Editor How much has changed? In Washington, this has been the question on everyone’s lips. On many key issues, from health care to counterterrorism and national security, reform is stalled. In this issue, Adam Serwer asks why it has been so difficult for the Obama administration to fully reverse the Bush policy […]
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DAY FOUR OF THE SOTOMAYOR HEARINGS.
Adam Serwer continues his live commentary on the Sonia Sotomayor hearings: Sotomayor Hearings, Day 4 — —The Editors
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AND ON THE THIRD DAY…
Live commentary on the Sonia Sotomayor hearings from Adam Serwer: Sotomayor Hearings: Day 3 — —The Editors
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THE PROBLEM WITH SARAH PALIN.
Complementing her piece today, Michelle Goldberg explains to Ann Althouse why she’s not exactly Sarah Palin‘s No. 1 fan: The two also discuss John Edwards‘ sex tape and Mark Sanford‘s “Appalachian hike” during their BloggingHeads conversation. Watch the whole thing here. —The Editors
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SWEET FREEDOM.
Because the Prospect staff is irrepressibly patriotic, we here at TAPPED are taking today off to prepare for Independence Day. Until Monday, folks! —The Editors
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GOLDSTEIN V. GOLDBERG ON SARKOZY AND BURQAS.
Watch associate editor Dana Goldstein and senior correspondent Michelle Goldberg debate the meaning of French President Nicolas Sarkozy‘s proposed ban of the burqa. — —The Editors
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FREE TONIGHT?
The Prospect is co-hosting a D.C. event for Kevin Mattson‘s new book. He will be discussing some of the themes from his article in the April issue. Details below: What the Heck are You Up To, Mr. President?”: Jimmy Carter, America’s “Malaise,” and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country. A book talk with […]
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Much of the work of implementing a lasting progressive agenda in the next year or two will take the form of dramatic fights — over health reform, financial regulation, and taxes. But some of the most significant changes will flow from subtle shifts in language, priorities, and regulations occurring with little […]
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DANA ON YOUR (ACTUAL) TV.
If you want to see Dana Goldstein on the real TV (as opposed to the Internet TV), she will be on MSNBC today around 3:40, discussing Obama and his health care agenda. —The Editors