The growing solidarity between labor and the LGBTQ+ community
Jim Grossfeld
Jim Grossfeld, who is a frequent contributor to the Prospect, lives in the Washington, D.C., area.
Posted inPolitics
Why Pete Buttigieg Isn’t Carrying the Queer Vote
LGBTQ voters are well to Mayor Pete’s left.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Cory’s Meltdown
Presidential candidate and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has become the Democrats’ leading drum-beater for nuclear power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How One Democratic Representative Transforms Young Progressives into Electoral Activists
Maryland’s Jamie Raskin offers an all-too-unique political skills-and-smarts education every summer.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Women Bolster the Democrats’ Midwestern Prospects
Michigan Democrats are making a comeback. Women candidates, activists and voters are the reason why.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
It Will Take More Than Single-Payer to Make Baltimore Healthy
More than lack of access to health care, the ongoing legacies of Jim Crow diminish African Americans’ health.
Posted inBooks
Faith in Action
A review of Mark Shriver’s new book about the life of his father, progressive hero Sargent Shriver.
Posted inFeatures
A New Union Contract
While public-sector unions fight for survival, Bob King proposes to rebuild the United Auto Workers for a new, and more vexing, century.
Posted inFeatures
Leo the Linchpin
Steelworker President Leo Gerard looks like an old-time union leader, but he’s put together a labor-environmentalist alliance that bridges some growing Democratic fissures.