Prospect Magazine

04 March, 2026

America has entered a new Gilded Age, in which a few individuals have immense wealth and apparently unaccountable power. In our cover story, David Aaronovitch warns us about the potential consequences of their carelessness. In our other essays, Phil Tinline tells the story of an old idea that could break up the biggest tech companies—and perhaps save the Democrats, and Ellen Halliday explores whether climate change should be a security risk. Among our profiles, Alona Ferber interviews groundbreaking feminist thinker Juliet Mitchell and Franklin Nelson speaks with space scientist Maggie Aderin. In culture, Emily Bootle reviews Freya India’s Girls, and Imaan Irfan enters Modi’s Bollywood multiverse