That arc of the moral universe is looking especially long right now—but one can also tell a more hopeful story.
Building Back America
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Spinning Their Wheels in the U.S. Senate
A debate on voting rights seems destined to irrelevance, as the Biden agenda remains stalled out.
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2022: The Year in Governing
Here’s everything to look out for over the next 12 months.
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The Care Crisis Isn’t What You Think
Our problems are deeper than a lack of care infrastructure.
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Building Back America in 2021
A selection of the Prospect’s best work on the Biden domestic agenda this year
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Now Can We Try the Day One Agenda?
With Joe Manchin pulling the string on Biden’s signature legislation, it’s past time for him to use his own authority to make progress.
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The 1937 Project
Or maybe the 1979 Project. Either way, Democrats are blundering into premature austerity.
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The Incoherence of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
It reserves money for climate adaptation measures, but lets states use a much larger pot of money to build whatever they want.
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The Danger of Discussing ‘Maker and Taker’ States
When Democrats talk about ‘moocher’ red states receiving more federal benefits than they give in federal taxes, they reveal their elitism and reinforce ‘welfare queen’ rhetoric.