The American Prospect
What does this mean?How we determined this rating:
- Editorial Review: Nov 2024
- AllSides has low or initial confidence in this bias rating.
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The American Prospect is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Left.
What a "Left" Rating Means
Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Left display media bias in ways that strongly align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas. This is our most liberal rating on the political spectrum.
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We use multiple methods to analyze sources. Learn how we rate media bias.The American Prospect Rated Left in Nov. 2024 Small Group Editorial Review
A group of three AllSides revieweers - one left, one center, one right – rated The American Prospect as Left in a Nov. 2024 Small Group Editorial Review.
The reviewers noted that while the Prospect had a bias toward left-wing populism. For example, the Prospect was pro-union. It also
called Project 2025 "that blueprint for authoritarian governance" and was critical of Trump's cabinet picks for being lobbyists "helping corporations collect fat subsidies or avoid regulations." A piece headlined "The Rape Gang" said, "Trump’s team of rival predators is the cartoon-villain personification of Biden’s backing of dehumanization in Gaza." Another piece argued that "the populist economic left [and] woke cultural left" are distinct, and stated further that Kamala Harris lost because there was "failure of the top of the ticket to articulate a credible and muscular economic populism."
Confidence Level
Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.As of June 2026, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Left rating for The American Prospect. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.
Additional Information
About The American Prospect
The Prospect stated on its About page [retrieved Nov. 25, 2024 at 4:27pm ET], "The American Prospect is devoted to promoting informed discussion on public policy from a progressive perspective. In print and online, the Prospect brings a narrative, journalistic approach to complex issues, addressing the policy alternatives and the politics necessary to create good legislation. We help to dispel myths, challenge conventional wisdom, and expand the dialogue."
It listed the following Board of Directors: Ganesh Sitaraman (chairperson); David Dayen, Mitchell Grummon, Rebecca Dixon, Shanti Fry, Stanley B. Greenberg, Jacob S. Hacker, Jonathan Hart, Derrick Jackson, Randall Kennedy, Robert Kuttner, Javier Morillo, Miles Rapoport, Adele Simmons, Paul Starr, Michael Stern, Valerie WilsonIt listed its Co-Founder as Robert B. Reich.
The American Prospect operates online and in prints; its magazine was initially called The Liberal Prospect.
The American Prospect is a nonprofit organization. On its About page [retrieved Nov. 25, 2024 at 4:29pm ET], The American Prospect listed its Founding Sponsors as:
Kenneth J. Arrow, Marian Wright Edelman, Albert O. Hirschman, Charles Lindblom, Fritz Stern, Frank Weil. In Memoriam: Daniel Bell (1919-2011), Kenneth B. Clark (1914-2005), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006), Sidney Harman (1918-2011), Irving Harris (1910-2004), Harry Kahn (1917-1999), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917-2007), James Tobin (1918-2002)
The magazine was founded by:
- Robert Kuttner, a progressive univerity professor and journalist
- Robert Reich, a professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator who worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, served as Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton, and was a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board (according to Wikipedia).
- Paul Starr, a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and founder of Electronic Policy Network/Moving Ideas, an online public policy resource. In 1993, Starr was the senior advisor for President Bill Clinton's proposed health care reform plan, according to Wikipedia. He is also the president of the Sandra Starr Foundation.