Though the Congressional Budget Office is obscure to most Americans, politicians have enabled it to stand in the way of progressive ambitions. They don’t have to.
Law & Justice
Posted inBooks
(Un)forgivable
Why do some offenders get a fresh start while others receive harsh, one-size-fits-all sentencing?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Alan Dershowitz’s Bad History
The lawyer for Trump in the impeachment trial makes incorrect claims about Andrew Johnson’s defenders.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Asylum Cruelty on Trial
A case in Canadian federal court attacks the administration’s model for stopping the flow of migrants seeking assistance: a refugee law ‘loophole.’
Posted inEducation in America
A Case in the Supreme Court Could Upend Public Education
The justices consider whether barring subsidies to religious schools is a type of illegal discrimination.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Pro-Gun Protesters Swarm Richmond
Demonstrators used Virginia’s annual Lobby Day to rage against the Democratic legislature’s imminent, and popular, gun safety proposals.
Posted inImpeachment
The Prospect Impeachment Roundup
Highlights from our coverage as we move into the historic Senate impeachment trial
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Battle for the Constitution
Yale Law professor Justin Driver discusses the erosion of Brown v. Board of Education.
Posted inEducation in America
Supreme Court Case Could Mandate Funding for Religious Schools
Right-wing legal institutes see an opportunity to undermine public education.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Virginia Votes to Ratify the ERA
And advocates say that should be the end of the story.
