Bad economics, not automation, lies at the heart of persistent joblessness.Â
Working in America
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Big Money Lost in Philly’s Mayoral Race
Support from unions and public-education advocates won Jim Kenney the primary election, despite $7 million in outside spending for his opponent.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Grand Theft Automated
Why the crackdown on wage theft could be a sign of labor’s growing strength.Â
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Little Magazine, Big Ideas: The American Prospect at 25
Reflecting on a quarter century of politics and change.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Mother’s Day, For Real
In the real America, the lives of women—especially black and brown women—are no bed of roses.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Politics of Offense and Defense
Once reliably blue strongholds, Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s political paths have diverged in recent years.
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Photo of the Day, Ordinary Bloke Edition
View image | gettyimages.com That’s British prime minister David Cameron, helping out with some bricklaying ahead of tomorrow’s election, like a regular chap would do. Man of the people and all that, wot wot.
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Some More Radical Ideas for Hillary Clinton
If the Democratic frontrunner wants to show that she’s a fighter, let her pick some good fights.
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Bernie Sanders’s Presidential Bid Represents a Long Tradition of American Socialism
Long deployed by the right as an epithet, this form of left-wing populism is as American as apple pie.
