On Christmas of all days, Donald Trump chose to call Democrats “scum.” Not criminals. Not misguided. Not wrong. Scum. A word ...

D aniel Patrick Moynihan, who died in 2003, might be remembered most for his erudition. During his 25 years in the Senate, ...

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After growing up poor with just his single mom, Kent Bausman took deliberate steps to change his circumstances.

The tax-and-spending bill includes several provisions that could have significant effects on your tax refunds come April – ...

Persistent anti-Left rhetoric by Right-wing leaders reflects the enduring appeal of socialist ideas, which continue to ...

Also, T.S.A. is giving passenger data to immigration agents. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. By Matthew Cullen An unusually potent atmospheric river system has dumped waves of intense rain ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. It's up to social media companies − including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, YouTube and others ...

The U.S. government doesn’t officially publish a line called “upper class income.” Instead, most serious conversations about class use income tiers: lower income, middle income, and upper income. One ...

What’s it like being middle class in America these days? Here are twenty truths that show just how hard it can be and some of them aren’t fun to hear. For many, the path to a middle-class lifestyle ...

Dec 1 (Reuters) - BofA Global Research on Monday said it now expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at its December meeting, citing weak labor market conditions and ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. We are living in a new Gilded Age. The first, from roughly 1870 to 1890, was marked by dramatic ...