Amid stalled voting rights legislation in Congress, mass mobilization may be needed to provoke action.
American South
Posted inBooks
Minority Rule
Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Some of the Worst Bridges in the Country Are in Kentucky
Yet Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is dragging out negotiations on federal investments to fix bridges and other infrastructure.
Posted inBooks
Wrestling With the New Deal
The programs Roosevelt put together may not have met a Platonic ideal of modern progress, but they saved American democracy itself.
Posted inLaw and Justice
In Small Black Southern Towns, the Cops Remain Undaunted
Even those governed by Black elected officials have been reluctant to cut the force and increase social services.
Posted inPolitics
Which Direction Now, White Folks?
Anti-racism activist Tim Wise surveys America’s shredded racial canvas. A Prospect interview.
Posted inPolitics
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.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats in Georgia Senate Races Neglect Rural Voters
Their opponents’ records in particular could provide an opening to hold down margins in rural Georgia.
Posted inVideos
⏩ Robert Kuttner in Conversation with Susan Neiman
Prospect co-founder Robert Kuttner interviews Susan Neiman, author of ‘Learning From the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil.’
Posted inPolitics
Why the Republicans Are Like the 1860 South
Don’t like the election’s outcome? Then split the nation.
