Editor’s Picks
The Treasury today: a devalued currency?
It has been the most powerful department on Whitehall for a century, coming back stronger from every crisis. But, argues the former editor of the Financial Times, in the age of populism and Covid-19, the writ of 1 Horse Guards…
Who killed soft Brexit?
The mysterious story of how a split-down-the-middle nation killed off the chance to be half-in and half-out of Europe
If Joe Biden is to be the next US president, he'll have to contend with more than just the popular vote
America's electoral machinery has always been quaintly anachronistic. But is it now reaching breaking point?
What if Trump refuses to lose?
Don't imagine that America's creaking electoral machinery will facilitate an orderly transfer of power
Big Brother vs China’s Uighurs
Constant surveillance, cultural suppression and ‘re-education’ are the day-to-day reality for China’s Muslim minorities. And the technology giants that enable it are closer than we might think
How democracies die: the case of Hungary
Viktor Orbán is extinguishing liberty one freedom at a time
Coronavirus will transform the way we travel—but will it be for the better?
When historians look back on Britain in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, they may see the era of mass travel abroad as an aberration caused by a combination of an aggressive business model and governments keen to increase…
The world’s top 50 thinkers 2020
Prospect salutes the scientists, philosophers and writers reshaping our times—and asks for your help choosing our 2020 winners
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White lies matter
The deep—and often surprising—roots of British and American racism
While my sitar gently weeps
How Indian maestro Ravi Shankar's music melded east and west
Venezuela may have two presidents, but only one of them has any power
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó was supposed to be the spearhead of a velvet revolution. Now 18 months on, and it looks like Nicolás Maduro's grip on power is as strong as ever