The American Prospect Magazine

Rightbloggers Catch Filibuster Fever, Promote Paul, Denounce (or Don't) Drones

Last week a Republican Senator filibustered on civil liberties in wartime -- and, get this, he was in favor of them! This remarkable event drew such attention that the filibusterer, Rand Paul, ended the week talking about running for President. How did our friends the rightbloggers -- who generally ... More >>

Obama's Drones Turn Rightbloggers Into Civil Libertarians, If Only Temporarily

NBC recently brought to light the Obama Administration's policy of conducting drone attacks on civilians "even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S." so long as "an informed, high-level" official thinks they're warranted. This is apparently ap ... More >>

Women Building Bridge Over Media Gender Gap; NY Times Quotes Anonymous Commenter

​At the beginning of 2011, the writer and reader Anne Hays published a much-discussed open letter to The New Yorker, decrying the lack of female voices in recent issues and demanding a refund should the gender imbalance not at least move toward righting itself. In the weeks since, the women's ... More >>

Regrets, Remainders, Deleted Scenes, and Bridge Burning: The Immolation of Press Clips

​Well, here we are. The final Press Clips. COME ON, POOKIE! Let's burn this mothafucka down!

Your LOC Twitter Archiving Questions Answered

Last week, we learned that the Library of Congress was archiving every single public Tweet since the dawn of Twitter in their National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. The Twitterverse, while largely pleased that its words were going to be immortalized by the U.S. Govern ... More >>

Obama Quotes Village Voice, Proving Treason, Fondness for Kinky Sex

​Just got a few calls telling us that President Obama, during a meeting with Senate Democrats, referred to the GOP's recent Massachusetts Senate victory and quoted our headline, "Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate." Per TPM, the President said, "There was app ... More >>

Caroline's Senate Cred: Wife, Mother, Fundraiser

The smart thing for Caroline Kennedy to do would be to give a big speech on a big theme, which is what we thought her gay marriage stand was leading to. But for the time being Kennedy is just working the media a little bit harder, giving an interview to the Associated Press, to whom she explains tha ... More >>

Getting Our Reputation Back

People around the world who aren’t our enemies now distrust us as allies

Cheers, Mate! The BBC Is the Future of Your Paper. Maybe.

The Obama Agenda

Crowds love the candidate, but can he run a presidency on hope?

Border War: Conservatives Not Buying Call for Troops

Flagging Bush seeks middle ground

Flashback: What Now, Karl?

Clues from the past about Rove's present date with the grand jury

The Voltaic Yoo-Hoo Acid Test

A half-forgotten mystery writer's cranium-busting novel tantalizes and antagonizes

Fright Plan

Toward a cultural history of the vanishing lady—with a nod to Jodie Foster

What Now, Karl?

Rove and Ashcroft face new allegations in the Valerie Plame affair

The Numbers Beyond the Bling

In the streets of America, people are worse off, and more of them are in jail

Four More Years?

Bile for Bush fuels a boom in readers, advertising for lefty magazines

Ralph Nader, Suicide Bomber

How the Great Crusader used the Green Party to get his revenge

Fables of the Reconstruction

A Coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq

Hey, You Huddled Masses? Get in Line!

It's Deregulation, Stupid

What the GOP Won’t Say About the Blackout

A Marriage Made Online

How 'Reason' Came to 'Suck'

Detainees Equal Dollars

The Rise in Immigrant Incarcerations drives a prison boom

Daschle-Gephardt-Clinton Waltz

What Does the Democratic Party Stand For?

War Riddles

Ten Questions the Media Can't Answer

Letters

Letters

Bob Kuttner’s ‘Prospect’

How Not to Run a Liberal Magazine

Take a Shill Pill

Andrew Sullivan Sings for His Drugs

Human Shields For Clinton

Interventionist Liberals Sanction a Jingoistic War