On Tuesday, former Washington Post pundit (and Prospect alum) Ezra Klein sent a shockwave through the gay community by announcing he had hired gay anti-gay apologist Brandon Ambrosino to join him at Vox Media, the much-hyped digital venture aiming to remake journalism for the Internet age. Liberal watchdog group Media Matters was the first to […]
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Why Paul Ryan Is Wrong to Blame Black Culture for Poverty
Was it inferior black culture that had blacks at 55 percent poverty in 1959?
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SXSWedu: How to Keep Friends and Influence No New People
The education conference brings in interesting thinkers but doesn’t let them debate the big ideas. So what’s the point?
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Thinking Small
The presidential race may be where the glamour is, but it’s not where liberals can build power.
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Meaningless Special Elections and the Press’s Consequential Imperative
No special election is a bellwether or a harbinger of anything. But the press always says they are.
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The Inequality Puzzle
A new study shows there’s been no decline in intergenerational poverty in the last 30 years, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.
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News Flash: An Abortion Provider Wins in Kansas
A former colleague of George Tiller’s had her medical license revoked by Governor Sam Brownback’s health board. Now a court says she can get it back.
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Daily Meme: The Flood Will Not Be Televised
You might think, given the country’s general secular drift, that Bible epics would not be Hollywood’s latest cash cow. And you would, of course, be wrong. This year, no less than four movies (loosely) based on Biblical stories will appear in theaters near you. The deluge began last month with Son of God, a feature-length […]
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Daily Meme: Of Ferns and Bellwethers
Pity the poor political pundit. We’re eight months away from a mid-term election that will likely change nothing in the partisan political balance, the Conservative Political Action Conference and its clown car of presidential contenders has closed up shop, the do-nothing Congress persists in doing nothing-but even so, clickable content must be concocted. And so, […]
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How Should We Think About—and Report On—the Tea Party Now?
Even if it’s in decline, it’s still worth paying attention to.