Reading Between the Rights - The American Prospect
WEBJun 9, 2011 · T his week marks the 46th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court reproductive-rights case Griswold v. Connecticut, in which the Court struck down Connecticut's ban on the distribution and use of contraceptives (at least for married couples).The decision was important not only in itself but because it laid the framework for other important decisions like Roe v.
Who Is Eric Adams? - The American Prospect
WEBJul 9, 2021 · New York Democratic mayoral primary winner Eric Adams attends a parade honoring essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, July 7, 2021, in New York.
The Progressive Caucus Wields Power - The American Prospect
WEBOct 1, 2021 · This is the 30th year of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), but in another sense, today is the first day. It’s the first day Washington has seen a coherent, organized coalition in Congress wielding power from the left.
A Conversation With Rosa Brooks - The American Prospect
WEBFeb 25, 2021 · Your book is also very powerful in pointing out all the ways that the police are entangled with the manifestations of poverty. As you say, they often get into a situation where there are no good choices, either for the person who finds him- or herself tangled up with the law, or sometimes for the police.
Comment: Schlemiel, Schlimazel - The American Prospect
WEBDec 19, 2001 · One of my favorite hoary bits of Jewish humor explains the difference between a schlemiel (a fool) and a schlimazel (one prone to misfortune): A schlemiel is the traveler who spills his coffee on a fellow passenger.
Dr. King, Forgotten Radical - The American Prospect
WEBApr 4, 2008 · America began perverting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message in the spring of 1963. Truthfully, you could put the date just about anywhere along the earlier timeline of his brief public life, too.
Republicans’ Monstrous Cruelty Toward President Zelensky
WEBMar 2, 2022 · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has become an international celebrity overnight on the strength of his wartime leadership. An actor who literally played the president in a goofy comedy and once played the piano on TV with an, uh, unusual body part has turned out to be equal parts master diplomat and staggeringly courageous war leader. Unlike many wartime politicians who flee at the ...
Deficit Lessons for the Pandemic From the 2008 Crisis
WEBApr 6, 2020 · This is part of our economists roundtable on the corona crisis. Economics is sometimes defined as the science of scarcity. If resources are scarce, it would seem, a country can’t print money, give it to someone, without consequences: There will be inflation, and those receiving the money will get resources at the expense of others.
Elizabeth Warren at Her Everyday Best - The American Prospect
WEBMay 19, 2023 · Elizabeth Warren continues to demonstrate why she is the indispensable progressive leader in America. She exposes and explains daunting insider issues in ways that ordinary people can grasp.
The Crash of Austerity Economics - The American Prospect
WEBOct 8, 2019 · A decade ago, Alberto Alesina was one of the most influential economists in the world. His theory of “expansionary austerity”—the paradoxical notion that reducing public expenditure would lead to an increase in economic activity—was one of the hottest ideas in macroeconomics.