The American Prospect

We're All Values Voters

Nathaniel Frank

Oct 5, 2012

What voters care about most is that their candidate share the same values—economic and social—as them, something Obama forgot in the first presidential debate.
The Sound of Crickets: Conservative Sites Silent about GOP Voter-Registration Fraud

Abby Rapoport

Oct 5, 2012

ACORN's minor offenses became the right-wing scandal of the century. Nathan Sproul's voter-registration fraud on behalf of the GOP elicits absolute silence from the Breitbarts and Drudges.
Nationals Pride

Ryan Bloom

Oct 5, 2012

After 79 years, Washington, D.C., finally has a major league baseball team in the playoffs.

Television

Redneckognize
Monica Potts Oct 5, 2012

The lives of TLC's newest reality stars are more complicated than you want them to be.
Memes We Can Believe In

The Debate in 17 GIFs
Ann Friedman Oct 4, 2012

The Prospect recaps the face-off between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
The Voter ID Chronicles

Crying Fraud, Then Creating It
Robert Kuttner Oct 3, 2012

Republicans found themselves the villains of their own conspiracy theories in Florida.
Election 2012

Pennsyvlania Voter ID: Now Requested But Not Required
Abby Rapoport Oct 2, 2012
Books

CSI: David Byrne
Josh Kun Oct 1, 2012

An investigation of music’s power by one of its great polymaths
Theater

Occupy 19th-Century Norway
Meredith Ramirez Talusan Oct 2, 2012
Music

Laura Is a Punk Rocker
Patrick Caldwell Sep 27, 2012

The lead singer of Against Me! changes gender and challenges the male punk scene.

Romney Calls 47 Percent Comments "Completely Wrong"

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Romney tried to distance himself from his now-infamous remarks.

Must-Reads

Romney Wins ... and It Won't Matter

Jamelle Bouie

Oct 4, 2012

The former Massachusetts governor won the first presidential debate. Too bad it won't change the campaign.
Another Big Year for the Supreme Court

Scott Lemieux

Oct 3, 2012

A roundup of the biggest cases likely to be heard by the most powerful judicial body in the land in the upcoming year
Be Like Bill

David Kusnet

Oct 3, 2012

The former president understood that debates are not about zingers or memorizing numbers—they're all about stagecraft.
The First Call Is Free; the Rest Are a Fortune.

Nancy Scola

Oct 1, 2012

Pressure mounts for prisons to improve their outdated and costly phone systems.
Massachusetts Senate Debate, the Unscripted Version

Monica Potts

Oct 1, 2012

Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are no longer playing nice.
You're Not in the Debate Minor Leagues Now, Mitt

Paul Waldman

Oct 3, 2012

What we can learn from his primary debates

Talkback

Neil Bates: In my opinion, the "verdict" on this debate shows how debased our commentariat has become. Instead of focusing and grading the way genuine debate referees do, they fixated on superficialities: which candidate showed energy, or agression, or "enthusiasm." (At Long Last, Romney Shifts to the Center)

@RudyEngland: Corps aren't going to put more $$ into schools; they're going to make $$(Diane Ravitch on the "Effort to Destroy Public Ed")

Comment Stream

The Latest

Romney Wins ... and It Won't Matter

Jamelle Bouie

Oct 4, 2012

The former Massachusetts governor won the first presidential debate. Too bad it won't change the campaign.

Obama: Game Off

Bob Moser

Oct 4, 2012

The president didn't just play it safe during Wednesday's presidential debate; he didn't play at all.

First Round to Romney

Robert Kuttner

Oct 3, 2012

In Wednesday's debate, Obama made the same error he made at the beginning of the health-care fight: He failed to stand his ground for fear of appearing too partisan.

Debate Prep, the Domestic Policy Round

The Editors

Oct 3, 2012

The Prospect's best pieces on the domestic policies of the incumbent president and his challenger

How Debates Matter

Paul Waldman

Oct 3, 2012

Let's not forget to define our terms.

You're Not in the Debate Minor Leagues Now, Mitt

Paul Waldman

Oct 3, 2012

What we can learn from his primary debates

Another Big Year for the Supreme Court

Scott Lemieux

Oct 3, 2012

A roundup of the biggest cases likely to be heard by the most powerful judicial body in the land in the upcoming year

Be Like Bill

David Kusnet

Oct 3, 2012

The former president understood that debates are not about zingers or memorizing numbers—they're all about stagecraft.

Are Women Better Off than We Were Four Years Ago?

E.J. Graff

Oct 3, 2012

And what does that age-old question even mean?

Life of the Party

Amanda Marcotte

Oct 2, 2012

Missouri Senate Candidate Todd Akin is not an outlier in the G.O.P.

Nowhere to Go

Paul Waldman

Oct 2, 2012

There is no brilliant strategy waiting for Romney to use.

Why Don't the Debates Matter?

Jamelle Bouie

Oct 2, 2012

Most viewers have already decided how they'll vote.

Barry Commoner's Legacy

Mijin Cha

Oct 2, 2012

The visionary environmentalist's four rules of ecology remain urgent and true.

Romney's 47 Percent Ceiling

Jamelle Bouie

Oct 2, 2012

Romney has bounced back to where he's been for most of the year.

Diane Ravitch on the "Effort to Destroy Public Ed"

Abby Rapoport

Oct 2, 2012

Part 2 of the Prospect's interview with the former assistant secretary of education

Zing!

Paul Waldman

Oct 2, 2012

Learning the lessons of prior debates too well.

The Magazine

Vol. 7 No. 23

September 2012

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If Labor Dies, What's Next?

Harold Meyerson

The only way unions can regain their strength and provide a counterweight to corporate power is if liberals join the fight.

The Border Effect

Frank Clifford

The fence along the U.S.–Mexico boundary has helped reduce the flow of illegal immigrants, but the human and environmental toll has been enormous.

As Common As Dirt

Tracie McMillan

In the fields of California, wage theft is how agribusiness is done.

Angela Merkel's Bad Medicine

Robert Kuttner

The German chancellor’s remedy of austerity is killing Europe, and the failure to contain financial speculation is spreading the epidemic.

Battle of the Romney Plans

Richard Rothstein, Mark Santow

Does Mitt’s or George’s approach to raising black student achievement make more sense?