Democratic socialism has become one of the most discussed movements in American politics, blending ideas of social welfare with democratic governance. This story explores what democratic socialism ...

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Nancy Churchill opens her four-part “Incentives” series by examining how fear shapes behavior, politics, and culture — and ...

Trump weighs in on Election Day results as the panelists point to the government shutdown as a reason why Republicans lost at the polls.

Representation and allyship are vital to encourage women from ethnic minorities into politics, an equality expert has said. Ellisha Soanes, a co-director of Aspire Black Suffolk and chief executive of ...

In politics today, negativity is a much easier sell than enthusiasm. For the first time in nearly a decade of polling, more than half of Americans say the country’s best days are already behind it.

This article appears in the October 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Take it from me: I understand losses. I am a longtime Democratic consultant who has been pivotal in ...

Early this September, the Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan was greeted at Heathrow Airport by five armed police officers, who placed him under arrest for a series of social media posts attacking ...