The magazine was founded in 1990 by Robert Kuttner, Robert B. Reich, and Paul Starr as a response to the intellectual ascendancy of conservatism in the 1980s. Originally it published quarterly, then bimonthly. In 2000 thanks to a grant from the Schumann Foundation it became biweekly. Financial and logistical difficulties ensued, and the magazine moved to its present monthly format in spring 2003. Currently Kuttner and Starr share the title of Editor with Michael Tomasky, former columnist for New York magazine, and executive editor of The American Prospect.
Its editorial headquarters are in Washington DC and it is notable because it was one of the first mainstream publications to have a blog to which writers were required to contribute.
TAPPED, the Prospect's award-winning group blog, is a link-intensive collection of musings, ramblings, opinions and other assorted writing on the developments of the day -- from political gossip to policy debates to commentary on material from other publications.
He is also a staff writer at The AmericanProspect, a frequent guest on MSNBC's Hardball, an unashamed health policy wonk, and an individual deeply committed to repopularizing graphs and charts as a legitimate element of political punditry.
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The AmericanProspect is a monthly magazine which focuses on US politics and public policy.
Currently Kuttner and Starr share the title of Editor with Michael Tomasky, former columnist for New York magazine, and executive editor of The AmericanProspect.
It was one of the first mainstream publications to have a blog to which writers were required to contribute.
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