Two different accounts from two of the Prospect’s co-founders
Paul Starr
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is the Emerging Democratic Majority Finally Coming to Pass?
The suburbs may be slipping from the Republicans’ grasp.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats Need a First-Things-First Campaign
Can we get beyond the clash between progressives and moderates?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the Democrats Define Their Own Cause?
Or will Trump define it for them?
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Anti-Entrenchment Agenda
Entrenched power is the problem. What can be done about it?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Joe Needs to Do
Biden is the Democratic Party’s frontrunner, but he isn’t its leader—at least not yet.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Reparations, Really?
Some of the 2020 Democratic candidates don’t have their priorities straight.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Three Reasons the Democrats Have a Leadership Problem
New norms, a weak bench, and the difficulty of leading a party with a split identity
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Robocall Deluge Is a Case of Government Failure
Why those calls on your phone are more than a nuisance
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
2020 and the Democrats’ Theory of Change
The Democrats can and must think big, but they have to frame their ideas around the realities of a coalition party that includes suburban moderates.