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Does Franken Solve the Filibuster Problem?
Terence Samuel
Don't break out the champagne quite yet: The Democrats' supermajority is just as much a curse as it is a blessing.
Al Franken talks to supporters during a victory rally at the mall of the Minnesota State Capitol. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)
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Two States, Still One Exit
Gershom Gorenberg
Is the two-state solution an obsolete strategy?
A Palestinian woman is stopped by an Israeli border police officer at the Kalandia checkpoint. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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TAP Talks to P.J. O'Rourke
Asawin Suebsaeng
July 1, 2009 | web only
In his new collection of essays, the libertarian political satirist skewers all things government. TAP Online sat down with him to talk about being an avowed ring-winger in the Age of Obama.
The Cost of Hashtag Revolution
Tom Lee
June 29, 2009 | web only
With the Iranian election, we've seen a privately owned technology becoming a vital part of the infrastructure supporting political activity. That's a problem.
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How Do You Measure Success?
Tim Fernholz
July 1, 2009 | web only
As the administration juggles ambitious domestic policy programs with ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the question is which numbers define success -- or failure.
Recession Depression
Dana Goldstein
June 30, 2009 | web only
The authors of Womenomics are telling employees to demand work-life balance -- or else! But in a bleak economic climate, most women workers lack real bargaining power.
Debating the Public Option
Paul Starr, Robert B. Reich and Robert Kuttner
June 29, 2009
The three founders of the Prospect discuss the perils and promise of a public-insurance option.
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Testing Testing
Dana Goldstein
July 2, 2009
Beneath the feel-good press releases about national education standards lie unresolved policy differences.
Related: Forty-nine states and territories have signed on to create national education standards. But will state-by-state implementation really work? TAP talks to the movement's leaders.
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Perils of the Public Plan
June 29, 2009
Paul Starr
A badly designed public plan could turn out to be the opposite of what progressives intend.
The Last Drug Czar
June 29, 2009
Eli Sanders
Both Obama and his appointed leader of the war on drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, say they've had it with the military metaphors and are taking a new approach to America's substance abuse problem.
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A Governor Undone by Love
Terence Samuel
June 26, 2009 | web only
Forget the broader implications for the GOP -- Mark Sanford's public breakdown was a human drama all its own.
The Peak Shrink
Leigh Ferrara
June 25, 2009
Freaked out about the end of oil? There's a therapist for that.
A Violent Regeneration
David Nasaw
June 25, 2009
A search for American identity after the Civil War led to a surge of machismo and bloodlust.
Concern Trolling Iran
Matthew Yglesias
June 25, 2009 | web only
The conservative take on Iran has never been genuinely interested in what Iranians think or in the well-being of the Iranian people.
Burqa Politics in France
Michelle Goldberg
June 24, 2009 | web only
What happens when feminism and sexual liberation become tools for nationalism?
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The FundamentaList (No. 86)
Sarah Posner
June 24, 2009 | web only
This week in religion and politics: In her last regular column, Sarah Posner says so long to The FundamentaList.
The Prospect's Coverage of Iran's Unrest
The Editors
June 23, 2009 | web only
Prospect writers on the Iranian election's impact on the region, America's reaction to allegations of voter fraud, and the Neda video.
Health Care Reform Villains
Paul Waldman
June 23, 2009 | web only
It's time for Obama to start naming the bad guys in the battle over health care reform.
An Uncertain Fate for Voting Rights
Heather K. Gerken
June 23, 2009 | web only
The Supreme Court might not have struck down the act yesterday, but it didn't preserve the act, either.
Four Ways States Could Squander the Stimulus
Greg Anrig
June 23, 2009 | web only
Implementation of Obama's stimulus bill is largely in the hands of the state governments. Here are four ways they might derail it.
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Recession Depression
Dana Goldstein | web only
The authors of Womenomics are telling employees to demand work-life balance -- or else! But in a bleak economic climate, most women workers lack real bargaining power.
Do the Netroots Matter?
Henry Farrell 
The progressive blogs and online networks have changed politics. But did they replace the media or win the 2008 election?
Our Cherished Paradoxes
Orlando Patterson
American history is a series of clashes between personal freedom and societal order. Politics may be what holds us together.
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Tara McKelvey, a senior editor at the Prospect, is a research fellow at NYU School of Law's Center on Law and Security and the author of 
