The Courts and American Democracy
If the Supreme Court is going to preserve free elections, it had better stop dithering.
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State lawmakers have forbidden local police from participating in mass deportation. Some sheriffs think they are above the law.
The EPA’s Dark Embrace of the AI Industry
Under Zeldin’s leadership and Musk’s influence, an unlikely federal agency has become a key enabler of AI data centers.
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
Data Center of Attention
Candidates of every political persuasion are knocking themselves out trying to appease angry citizens wanting their lives and livelihoods put before Big Tech.
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Left Anchor: The Odyssey, Reviewed
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Organized Money: A Conversation With Abdul El-Sayed
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Organized Money: How Trump Lost Cattle Ranchers
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These Are Our Prospect Patriots
In the nation’s 250th year, we turn an eye to Americans who challenged power, took risks, and made our country greater.
Ferdinand Pecora: The Greatest Senate Investigator Ever
How Sicilian immigrant Ferdinand Pecora upended the rule of the bankers and ushered in FDR’s radical reforms of capitalism
Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller
Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.
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The war in Iran alone could easily cost more than $2 trillion.
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The AI industry has a greater need for government influence than anyone else.
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The legal miasma promises to set the tone for the rest of the country’s midterm legal dramas.
Building Power, One Person at a Time
Progressive political candidates in 2026 are doing more than just trying to win an election.
The Post-Trump Republican to Watch (and Watch Out For)
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley suggests a future lane for the GOP that is drastically different from other Republican presidential contenders.
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