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Prospect

The Speech FDR Would Give

10 months ago
As economic royalists ally with Trump, we have already seen an example of a rhetorical counter that tells it like it is.
David Dayen

Imagining the Good Life

10 months ago
A series of essays makes the case that breaking free from neoliberalism must present a clear vision to fulfill Americans’ psychic longing for community, stability, and control.
Shahrzad Shams

Looking Across

10 months ago
A political prescription for breaking free from neoliberalism and getting to the good life
Maurice Mitchell

Psychological Reparations

10 months ago
Investments to repair racial harms are critical. But so is paying attention to the inner lives of Black Americans.
Riana Elyse Anderson

A Mixed Day With the Supremes

10 months ago
Today on TAP: The Court lets mifepristone move through mails for now, and also throws one more roadblock before workers trying to go union.
Harold Meyerson

Fantasyland General

10 months ago
Hospital pricing is impenetrable to consumers and regulators alike. The result: increased costs and profits, and wasteful reliance on armies of middlemen.
Robert Kuttner

Eric Adams and Crime

10 months 1 week ago
The only thing New York’s mayor likes more than exaggerated fears of crime is sketchy campaign cash.
Prospect Staff

War in the Aisles

10 months 1 week ago
Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers and small-business owners alike. Big Data will only entrench those dynamics further.
Jarod Facundo

Remembrance of Ratf**ks Past

10 months 1 week ago
As Cornel West is receiving ballot access help from Republicans, 20 years ago Al Sharpton’s campaign for president was largely orchestrated by Roger Stone.
Rick Perlstein

What We Owe

10 months 1 week ago
The big banks behind the rising cost of credit
Kalena Thomhave