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Winter 2019
States of Change
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Winter 2019
The Return of the Strike
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Winter 2019
Was Beto the Texas Democrats’ Lone Star?
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Getting Angry at the Right Targets in the Right Way
Must-Reads
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How Sears Was Gutted By Its Own CEO
Oct 17, 2018
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Fighting the Republicans’ Voter Purges in Ohio
Oct 10, 2018
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The First Family of Fraud
Oct 22, 2018
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Liberal Voters Finally Notice the War Over the Courts — Decades After Conservatives Did
Oct 25, 2018
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Brexit Panic as Brits Run Out of Toilet Paper
Oct 26, 2018
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What Taxing the Rich Could Yield
Nov 1, 2018
The Magazine
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Vol. 30 No. 1Winter 2019
Columns
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As Trump Comes Apart, Can Democrats Come Together?
It’s understandable that the Democratic infighting has already begun. But given the stakes, can’t we have some kind of arms-control pact?
Notebook
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Europe’s Winter of Discontent
Domestic political turmoil in the European Union’s four largest economies spells trouble ahead. -
Can the House Stop Trump’s Gross Immigration Abuse?
An overdue reform agenda awaits investigations and hearings.
Culture
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Getting Angry at the Right Targets in the Right Way
Catharsis is good, but effectiveness matters more. -
Value Beyond Price
It isn't only the marketplace that determines worth. -
The New Economic Concentration
The competition that justifies capitalism is being destroyed—by capitalists. -
Whose Recovery Was It?
How the government rescued finance while retaining most of the abuses that caused the collapse -
The Digital Destruction of Democracy
Social media is the best friend disinformation ever had, and the cure is far from obvious.
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Beyond 2018
Imperatives for Democrats
For all their differences, House Democrats need to unite around a pro-worker agenda. The party also needs a smart way to winnow its immense field of presidential prospects. -
Beyond 2018
A New Playing Field for Democracy Reform
To win substantive reforms, our system is overdue for structural reforms. 2018 creates an opening. -
Beyond 2018
Winning the Gender Wars
Feminism and misogyny have assumed larger roles in Americans’ electoral identities. This worked to the Democrats’ advantage in the midterms, but may not in the presidential race two years hence. -
Beyond 2018
How Democrats Should Reform Elections in the States
Some reforms will be easy. The harder steps will be the real test. -
Beyond 2018
States of Change
The election win wasn’t just about Congress. Many of the openings for democratic reform will be in the states. -
Beyond 2018
Was Beto the Texas Democrats’ Lone Star?
O’Rourke’s near-victory has them seeing purple—but can they keep turning out more voters and moving Texas leftward when he’s not on the ballot? -
Beyond 2018
A New South Rising: This Time for Real
The midterms made clear that progressive candidates can retake the region with young and minority voters. -
Unlearning the Lessons of Hillbilly Elegy
America’s beleaguered poor and working class have a host of problems, but the culture of irresponsibility that J.D. Vance says they’re prey to isn’t one of them. -
EPA Rollbacks: Hurting Americans Where They Live
A look inside the agency’s Midwest office -
Reproductive Rights at Risk With or Without Roe
In much of the country, access to abortion has already been blocked by state governments, especially for women in poverty. And if Roe goes, access will be scarcer still. -
The Return of the Strike
This year, thousands of teachers, hotel workers, Google employees, and others walked off the job and won major gains. Which raises two questions: Why now? And will this continue? -
British Labour’s Self-Inflicted Marginalization
Why Her Majesty’s Opposition is failing to demolish the feeble Theresa May -
The First Priority: Making America a Democracy
How Americans can move their country closer to majority rule
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Trickle Downers
The Prospect's ongoing exposé of the folly, dysfunctions, and sheer idiocy of feed-the-rich economic policies.
Thanks to Trump, Payday Lenders Will Keep on Merrily Bilking the Poor
The government shutdown reminded us that millions of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck—which payday lenders will only continue to exploit if the CFPB has its way.
Border Wall or No, Immigrants Will Soon Have to Scale a Paywall
Proposed new Trump administration rules could keep low-income immigrants from applying for green cards or citizenship.
What Taxing the Rich Could Yield
America’s 15 wealthiest families are worth a combined $618 billion. That’s not good for our economy—or our democracy.
Trump’s New Opportunity Zones Look Great for Investors
Whether they’ll actually help their intended beneficiaries—poverty-stricken neighborhoods—is a lot less clear.
Work Requirements Seep into Policy, the Evidence Be Damned
And Trump counts on this failed set of policies to cut vital public assistance.
