US politics
Prospect Team / December 6, 2019
These are the pillars of the candidate's policy platform
Emily Tamkin / December 6, 2019
The former law professor and senator has a plan for everything, including taking on billionaires and reforming the US electoral college. But can she win it?
Prospect Team / November 14, 2019
Will the impeachment inquiry succeed?
Dahlia Lithwick / July 18, 2019
The writ of the courts still runs—for now. But Trump is remaking the American bench, and destroying the norms on which democracy depends
Their agenda is driven not by strength but weakness and the result is playing out before our eyes
Diplomat Richard Holbrooke was at the heart of America's greatest foreign policy challenges in the latter 20th century—and represented the end of a national era
Diane Roberts / April 17, 2019
Younger readers might find this hard to believe, but there was a time, not so long ago, when both Britain and America were admired for the governing principles they espoused
Prospect Team / February 27, 2019
Sameer Rahim is joined by Jill Lepore to discuss how US presidents use—and abuse—the story of America's past
Diane Roberts / February 8, 2019
America’s racist history is repeating itself as farce in the southern state
Diane Roberts / January 23, 2019
The government shutdown is now the longest in US history. But the president isn’t done sulking yet