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
Hot Centrist Summer Was a Bust
Billionaire donors went hard in July to sell mainstream Dems on their diet MAGA vision for the party. Now they…
Abdul El-Sayed Lost in 2018. It Set Him Up for 2026.
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN – On a balmy Sunday afternoon outside of the Pontiac Public Library, I was set to join Abdul…
The CBC Challenge in Detroit
The Congressional Black Caucus has to decide between incumbency and additional representation in a House race between Rep. Shri Thanedar…
Ida B. Wells: Brave Woman
By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.
Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup
If we are vigilant, he won’t pull it off.
Frederick Douglass: Indefatigable American
If Frederick Douglass, a former slave who saw the dream of emancipation drown in Jim Crow, didn’t give up on…
Zohran Mamdani’s New Kids on the Block
The politics of urban racial, class, and regime succession.
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…
Thomas Paine: The Consistent Revolutionary
Thomas Paine’s lifelong battle for freedom