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**APRIL 13, 2022**
Kuttner on TAP
Affirming the Prospect
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In which our work gets noticed and our impact credited
I've spent much of my career warning that the alliance of Democratic
presidents with Wall Street at the expense of working people would
sooner or later produce someone like Donald Trump. This is the kind of
vindication you don't want.
The better sort of vindication comes when people in power pay attention
to your insistence that progressive economics is also smart politics. We
were all pleasantly surprised when Joe Biden turned out to be that sort
of progressive. And in the Biden era, our little magazine has had
substantial influence.
This week, somebody noticed. That's the best kind of affirmation.
Politico ran a major piece
on the
**Prospect** aptly titled "The Lefty Magazine Flexing Some Biden-Era
Muscle." Even better, the Politico piece understood our balancing
act-praising Biden's administration when the praise is earned, being
critical when the neoliberal undertow threatens to pull Biden
under-and doing it all not as facile opinion but with deep reporting.
Politico wrote: "The Prospect has repeatedly broken big stories about
the Biden administration at times, becoming a bit of a liberal xxxxxx
as the White House drifts towards the center ahead of the midterms."
Politico added: "The magazine hasn't just broken negative stories
about the Biden operation. It has also published lengthy complimentary
pieces about ideologically-aligned figures working within the
administration."
When we founded the
**Prospect** 33 years ago, I was in my forties. Now I'm in my
seventies, but I still relish reporting and writing. I've managed to
hang on to a sense of possibility and optimism in a dark time. Despair
is all too easy.
When it's time to hand over the magazine to the next generation,
ordinarily the kindest thing a founder can do is to just leave. I am
grateful to Dave Dayen, not just for taking this magazine to a whole new
level in its quality, its energy, and its impact, but for keeping me
around as a writer and editor. This kind of transition seldom happens so
gracefully. It's another affirmation.
Now, please, I'd like some affirmation from you. It's great that
Politico noticed and appreciated the rendezvous of the magazine and the
moment. Here is a little fact they didn't mention:
About 80,000 people read the
**Prospect** regularly, but only a fraction of those are sustaining
members. So if you are reading this, and you value my stuff and Dave's
exceptional leadership, and all of the other work we do, please take a
moment, click on this link, and become a sustaining member for as little
as $5 a month.
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