Morning Must-Read: The American Prospect: "Join us for a Gala 25th Anniversary Luncheon featuring Senator Elizabeth Warren...
...Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 11:00am-2:30pm | Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Columbia Ballroom | 400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001. The program will feature keynote Elizabeth Warren—plus a discussion on the role of journalism like ours in progressive politics... celebrating The Prospect’s own work... celebrating and featuring our more than forty past Writing Fellows.... The panel will include some of the brightest stars among the alums of our Writing Fellows program:
- Nick Confessore, New York Times, Fellow ’98-‘99 Follow @nickconfessore
- Matt Yglesias, Vox Media, Fellow, ’03-‘04 Follow @mattyglesias
- Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post, Fellow, ’07-08 Follow @kate_sheppard
- Adam Serwer, BuzzFeed, Fellow ’08-’10 Follow @AdamSerwer
- Nathalie Baptiste, American Prospect current Fellow Follow @nhbaptiste
From its founding in 1990, The American Prospect has been a voice of a practical progressive politics. We are still the same Little Magazine with Big Ideas that the founders intended. The Prospect's mission for 25 years has been to strengthen the capacity of activists, engaged citizens, and public officials to pursue new policies and strategies for social justice. Through our Writing Fellows program, the Prospect opens a pathway for new, younger, and more diverse voices to join the public debate.