American Socialism

The Biden Age Question

Prospect executive editor David Dayen joins co-founder Robert Kuttner to discuss whether Biden is too old to run for reelection.

The State of Abortion Rights

In this episode of the Prospect’s Generations podcast, John Lewis writing fellow Ramenda Cyrus joins senior editor Gabrielle Gurley to discuss the state of abortion rights in this country. With Roe vs. Wade gone, conservative states enacting steadily more extreme bans, and no national protections on the political horizon, women are suffering—especially lower-income women of color. Is there any hope for the future? Listen to find out. Music credit: Oleksandr Stepanov from Pixabay.

American Socialism

In this episode of the Prospect's Generations podcast, editor at large Harold Meyerson, who joined the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee in 1975, and writing fellow Luke Goldstein, who was attracted to socialism by Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign in 2015-6, compare notes about their respective generations' views of socialism and experiences in and around socialist movements. They discuss the relationships, then and now, of socialist organizations with the larger American left, the ways in which socialism does and doesn't comport with liberalism and such other progressive creeds as anti-trustism; the strategic question of working in, with, or against the Democratic Party; the particulars of the current DSA; and their own adventures in and around American socialism. Music credit: Oleksandr Stepanov from Pixabay

The State of American Cities

In this episode of our Generations podcast—where our older and younger staff members discuss politics, history, and culture—Senior Editor Gabrielle Gurley talks with Writing Fellow Luke Goldstein about city politics. Why does city government matter, and what does it do? What happened to old-fashioned political machines in big cities? How can ordinary citizens navigate the tangled webs of municipal political power? Why have so many recent Democratic mayors been so strange? To find out, listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Music credit: Oleksandr Stepanov from Pixabay

Labor Journalism, Past and Present

Prospect editor at large Harold Meyerson and writing fellow Jarod Facundo both work the labor beat—in Harold's case, since the 1970s; in Jarod's, since he graduated from college in 2020—or even before, counting his internships at progressive publications. Consequently, what they've seen and reported both overlap and have considerable differences. In this Generations episode, Jarod talks about the on-the-job militancy he's covered in the past several years, while Harold notes that for most of his time on the beat, organizing came under the heading of the Big Sleep—and that consequently, he often focused on union electoral efforts and internal politics. The rare and very welcome exception to this rule, he noted, was the Justice for Janitors campaign.