 the american prospect is a bi-monthly american political magazine dedicated to american liberalism. based in washington, d.c., the american prospect is a journal 'of liberal ideas, committed to a just society, an enriched democracy, and effective liberal politics' which focuses on united states politics and public policy. politically, the magazine is in support of modern american liberalism, similar to the new republic and the nation. ==mission== according to the website of the american prospect, "at the dawn of a new progressive era and a time of economic transformation for the united states and the world, the magazine's founding purpose was to demonstrate that progressive ideas could animate a majority politics; to restore to intellectual and political respectability the case for social investment; to energize civic democracy and give voice to the disenfranchised; and to counteract the growing influence of conservative media."tap mission ==history== the magazine was founded in 1990 by robert kuttner, robert reich, and paul starr as a response to the perceived ascendancy of conservatism in the 1980s. it currently enjoys a monthly readership of 25,000 and an online readership of nearly 500,000. the american prospect has run a writing fellows program that offers young journalists the opp
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