The American Prospect

The American Prospect is a quarterly magazine focused on American politics, specifically promoting liberal ideas. Located in Washington, D.C., its mission is to support liberal and progressive objectives through insightful reporting, analysis, and discussions about current issues and future opportunities. The magazine was established in 1990 by Robert Kuttner, Paul Starr, and Robert Reich.

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Elimination of CFPB and Other Financial Agencies Tossed Out of Budget Bill

1 week ago | prospect.org | David Dayen

Welcome to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” a pop-up newsletter about the Republican tax and spending bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a generation. Sign up for the newsletter to get it in your in-box. The Senate parliamentarian has been hearing arguments over whether certain provisions can stay in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the first set of decisions preserves several federal banking agencies.
Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse

1 week ago | prospect.org | David Dayen

Welcome to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” a pop-up newsletter about the Republican tax and spending bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a generation. Sign up for the newsletter to get it in your in-box. As we at the Prospect have reported, while the Senate’s version of the Republican budget reconciliation bill was widely expected to be more moderate than the House one, when it comes to health care it is more extreme.
Trump Has Found a Way to Exacerbate the Housing Shortage

1 week ago | prospect.org | Harold Meyerson

Housing starts hit a five-year low last month. What better time to deport thousands of construction workers! Data released by the Census Bureau yesterday shows that there were fewer housing starts in May than in any month since the 2020 pandemic. Despite a housing shortage that has led to record levels of housing unaffordability, a host of factors are reducing supply even more.
On Iran, It’s Trump vs. MAGA

1 week ago | prospect.org | Robert Kuttner

Donald Trump is besieged on several fronts. His Ukraine policy has failed, as has his alliance with Putin and his foray against China. His tariff bluffs are backfiring, making it hard for U.S. manufacturers, importers, and consumers to plan. His executive excesses are mostly being overturned by the courts.
AIPAC Demands Democrats ‘Stand With Israel’

1 week ago | prospect.org | David Dayen |Ryan Grim |Nicolae Butler |Pablo Manriquez

This is a collaboration with Drop Site News, an independent news site about politics and war. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been furiously urging House Democrats to release messages of steadfast support for Israel in its war with Iran, the Prospect and Drop Site News have learned, even as bipartisan lawmakers come together on a War Powers Act resolution to prevent U.S. troops or funds being used in yet another Middle East conflagration.
Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil

1 week ago | prospect.org | David Dayen

Welcome to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” a pop-up newsletter about the Republican tax and spending bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a generation. Sign up for the newsletter to get it in your in-box.
Looking Latino Is Grounds for Deportation … in Blue States

1 week ago | prospect.org | Harold Meyerson

Donald Trump projects two diametrically opposed identities. The one he intentionally projects is that of the strong leader—the glowering defender of an older, sterner America, the advocate of violence against enemies (both real and imagined), the leader of armed forces and the MMA fanboy.
Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients

1 week ago | prospect.org | David Dayen

Welcome to “Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,” a pop-up newsletter about the Republican tax and spending bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a generation. Sign up for the newsletter to get it in your in-box. The Senate Finance Committee released the text of its critical portion of the Big Beautiful Bill late Monday afternoon.
Harvard v. Trump

1 week ago | prospect.org | Robert Kuttner

Winston Churchill is said to have observed that you can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they’ve tried everything else. That could be said of Harvard’s president Alan Garber, who kept trying to appease President Trump until he finally appreciated that appeasement only invited more extreme demands. So Garber became something of a hero, in spite of himself. At Harvard’s commencement on May 29, the university managed a rare moment of unity.
Progressive Unity in New York

1 week ago | prospect.org | Robert Kuttner

New York’s mayoralty race is increasingly becoming a proxy for the national debate over what Democrats should stand for. Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist who now stands a better than even chance of beating Andrew Cuomo, has come up with just the right one-line slogan for Democrats: The cost of living is killing working-class New Yorkers. That’s true not just of New Yorkers.