This article appears in the October 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. When Bob Kuttner, Bob Reich, and I founded The American Prospect in 1990, we were aiming to promote ...

Elzon Lemus is always on the road for work, traveling from one place to another. But ever since federal immigration officers pulled the electrician over as he was driving to his first job of the day ...

Forty-one years ago, when Sara Irvani’s grandfather launched a footwear company in Buford, Georgia, half the nation’s shoes were made in America. Today, the figure is down to 1%. “From the late 1890s ...

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In early America, local governments, the courts and the clergy collected vital data like births, marriages and deaths. But these records weren’t the only tools people used to track their family ...

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Sumrall will coach Tulane at least through its American championship game and possibly through the College Football Playoff if the Green Wave secure the automatic Group of Five bid. During the news ...