A Sanders-Trump election would not be a face-off between left and right, but between democracy and incipient fascism.
Republican devotion to the Great Dictator held. Now Trump is gloating. Was impeachment always a fool’s errand?
How policy blunders under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush helped bring about a post-communist Russia hostile to democracy, free markets, and the West
It could be bad for Trump, and even worse for Biden.
Pocketbook Issues Are Still The Path to Victory
backing off the ‘identity’ issues will achieve nothing but mush.
How the impeachment trial might play out among Republicans and Democrats in the Senate
How About Some NAFTA Rights for U.S. Workers?
The Trump administration’s efforts on behalf of Mexican labor belie an aggressive anti-worker project at home.
The Prospect’s founding co-editor reflects on his favorite work in the magazine in 2019.
Corbyn, Sanders, and Warren: the Bogus Comparison
The lesson is not that Democrats need to be centrists—but that they’d better get serious about trade, or right-wing populists like Trump will keep eating their lunch.
The Paul Volcker who tanked the economy in 1979 did massive and needless damage. The penitent Volcker of the Obama era had far more progressive views—and no influence.
Green New Deal: The Urgent Realism of Radical Change
A socially just Green New Deal is far more feasible than skeptics think, as policy and technology. The challenge is the politics.