As the Super Committee deadline looms, Democrats have the upper hand.
Economic Policy
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Generation Y Bother
Young adults entering the workforce today think they’ll be worse off than their parents—they’re not wrong.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Do Regulations Cost Jobs?
Only in the Republicans’ alternative reality
Posted inAmerica and the World
A State of Chaos
How political failures and stagnant institutions brought Greece to the brink of collapse
Posted inEconomic Policy
Occupy Oakland
Each week, the Prospect will be profiling a different “Occupy Wall Street” protest across the country. This week: Oakland.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Rosie the Riveter and the Ironies of Bentonville
When the doors swung open this morning on Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas-funded to the tune of $1.4 billion by the Walton Family Foundation-one of its prize possessions was Norman Rockwell’s iconic World War II-era painting of Rosie the Riveter. The painting features a confident, insouciant Rosie on her […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
We’re Not in Athens Anymore
The selection of Loukas Papademos as prime minister heralds a new era in Greek politics.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Obama’s Secret Weapon
Will the electorate blame Congress—not the president—for the sour economy?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Banker’s Choice
Imagine letting Goldman Sachs and Bank of America select our president—that’s just what’s happened in Italy and Greece.
Posted inWorking in America
Relief for Chicken Farmers
The USDA updates rules protecting small-livestock farmers from big business.
