December 2024 issue
Francis Fukuyama sets out what is at stake if Donald Trump wins, an investigation reveals how much councils spend on temporary accommodation and Sarah Manavis examines why some women are drawn to misogyny
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Three election badges or pins. One shows Kamala Harris, pointing and laughing. One shows Donald Trump's face, chin raised. One shows Trump's fist, also raised. Photo: Emily Edwards, Post by Retouching Shed
US election 2024
Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a demagogue
The Republican candidate has already damaged American democracy and the wider liberal order. Worse is to come
Francis Fukuyama
Editor’s Picks
Illustration: Paul Ryding
‘You wouldn’t let a dog suffer like this’: should assisted dying be legal?
Brenda Hale & Rowan Williams
Illustration by Ben Jones
Temporary accommodation nation
Jack Shaw
Illustration by David McAllister / Prospect, Science Photo Library / Alamy & Bridgeman Images
The women who hate feminism
Sarah Manavis
Thrust into a culture war: Imane Khelif, left, fights Angela Carini at the Paris Olympics earlier this year. Image: Australian Associated Press / Alamy
The punch-up
Alona Ferber
Image: Abdullah Bailey / Alamy Stock Photo
The Glasgow doctor on the front line in Beirut
Imaan Irfan
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
My friendship with a robin works magic on my health
Sheila Hancock
People
Image: Abdullah Bailey / Alamy Stock Photo
The Glasgow doctor on the front line in Beirut
Imaan Irfan
Image: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Tanni Grey-Thompson: Disabled people aren’t ‘inspiration porn’
Sally Dixon
Illustration: John Watson
Barcelona has had enough of tourists
Eva Herbert Wood & Miles Ellingham
Arnault at a rally in September. Image: Abaca Press / Alamy Stock Photo
The anti-fascist MP on France’s security watchlist
Olly Haynes
© Illustration by John Watson
Just Stop Oil’s Anna Holland: Getting arrested makes us more sympathetic
Will Coldwell
Columns
Keir Starmer, wearing a blue shirt and black jacket, taps on his wristwatch. Photo: PA Images—Alamy Stock
What is leftist government now? Starmer doesn’t seem to know
Philip Collins
After the killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, protesters in Tel Aviv call for a release of the hostages and an end to the war in Gaza. Image: AP / Alamy.
Defeating Hamas won’t end the Middle East's wars
Louis Fishman
Illustration: Bill McConkey.
Fiscal rules? What fiscal rules?
Sam Freedman
Illustration: Vincent Kilbride
The Amish approach to AI
Ethan Zuckerman
Carys Afoko's diary: why politicians are turning to podcasts
Carys Afoko
Illustration by Andy Smith
Regardless of who wins, Joe Biden is a lame duck president
Sarah Ogilvie
Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
The dark power of political lies
Sasha Mudd
Regulars
The Prospect Grid: December 2024
Letters: December 2024 edition
Stephen Collins’s cartoon: The Undecideds
Stephen Collins
The Generalist: December 2024
Sue Prideaux: ‘None of the big problems can be solved without regard for truth’
Features
Three election badges or pins. One shows Kamala Harris, pointing and laughing. One shows Donald Trump's face, chin raised. One shows Trump's fist, also raised. Photo: Emily Edwards, Post by Retouching Shed
Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a demagogue
Francis Fukuyama
A black and white illustration showing the United States as a mass of rocks, splitting down the centre, with an elephant on the left and a donkey on the right.© Illustration by Gregori Saavedra
An unhappy union
Alison L LaCroix
Illustration by David McAllister / Prospect, Science Photo Library / Alamy & Bridgeman Images
The women who hate feminism
Sarah Manavis
Illustration by Ben Jones
Temporary accommodation nation
Jack Shaw
Illustration: Paul Ryding
‘You wouldn’t let a dog suffer like this’: should assisted dying be legal?
Brenda Hale & Rowan Williams
Culture
Thrust into a culture war: Imane Khelif, left, fights Angela Carini at the Paris Olympics earlier this year. Image: Australian Associated Press / Alamy
The punch-up
Alona Ferber
TS Eliot as painted by Gerald Kelly. Image: Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London / Bridgeman Images
A poet of prose
Jeremy Noel-Tod
Illustration by David McAllister / Prospect
The future is black and white
Daniel Rey
The Village Voice building in Manhattan’s East Village. Image: Jon Bilous / Alamy
Speaking for NYC
Philip Clark
Books in brief: what to read this November
“It’ll be a laugh!”: Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente, who publish collectively under the White Pube. Image: Maria Gorodeckaya
Pubic flair
David McAllister
Image: Allstar Picture Library Limited./ Alamy
There is no hope
Imogen West-Knights
Image: FlixPix / Alamy
Disaster movies
Sukhdev Sandhu
Image: Sarah Lee
Sophocles’s daughters
Kate Maltby
Lives
Rural life: I didn’t appreciate autumn until I moved to rural Wales
Kiran Sidhu
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
My friendship with a robin works magic on my health
Sheila Hancock
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Clerical Life: lifting spirits and weights
Alice Goodman
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Young life: Is the office romance dead?
Alice Garnett
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
A visit from the Ofsted of farming
Tom Martin
Illustration by Clara Nicoll
Mindful life: We need to find the words to talk about suicide
Sarah Collins
Illustration of Tilly Lawless by Clara Nicoll
Sex life: I’m going to stop pigeonholing my sexual identity
Tilly Lawless
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