Rahm Emanuel is all over the op-ed pages, on podcasts and speaking engagements, warning of the dangerous influence of ...

A working-class voice, a policy wonk, and a champion of political revolution face off for Nancy Pelosi’s seat.

Next week, the Federal Open Market Committee will assemble to determine the future direction of interest rates. Analysts expect the Fed to lower the rate by another quarter-point, after a ...

Our backward-looking president has dismantled our scientific supremacy and forced allies to view China as the more reliable hegemon.

Congress wants to declassify a secret court opinion on the government’s warrantless spying program, but it may also need to clarify what constitutes a search for your communications data.

This article appears in the February 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Read more from the issue. Washington, D.C., has a higher median income than any state in the union, and yet I never ...

As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times parrot claims from a weaponized DOJ and self-interested players. In recent ...

How to regulate artificial intelligence is becoming a major public issue. One set of questions involves national security. Will AI companies be allowed to do business with, and in, China at their ...

The short-term political boost to the Argentine president’s fortunes is unlikely to continue, as the familiar cycle of crisis and default looms. Argentine President Javier Milei arrives for the ...

While we haven’t exactly been surprised by the outright corruption of the first year of the second Trump administration, the gutting of the federal executive and the cowardly acquiescence by political ...

Experts say its military spending isn’t grounded in strategy, would line the pockets of defense corporations, and would redirect the military to domestic deportations. President Trump’s spending bill ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends a rally organized by Israelis for Peace on the second anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel, in Union Square in Manhattan, ...