Staff writers and contributors have included Gabriel Arana, Steve Erickson, Adele Stan, Paul Waldman, and EJ Dionne.

[citation needed] Other notable contributors to The Prospect's print and online magazine include author David Garrow and Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy.

Alumni include Ezra Klein,[6] Matt Yglesias,[6] Jamelle Bouie, Adam Serwer, Chris Mooney, Joshua Micah Marshall, Dana Goldstein, Nicholas Confessore, and Kate Sheppard.

In March 2010, The American Prospect entered into an affiliation with Demos, a public policy research and advocacy center based in New York City.

Kit Rachlis announced he was leaving the editorship of the magazine, senior writer Monica Potts and editor Bob Moser were laid off, and several other editorial staffers left the publication.

In 2020, The Prospect introduced its flagship Day One Agenda[11] series, outlining the ways in which then President-elect Biden could use executive power to implement progressive policy.

[14] Also in 2021, Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley won the Gene Burd Award for Excellence in Urban Journalism for her article "Public Transportation in Crisis".

The Prospect releases periodic special issues, including the Green New Deal (November 2019), Caregiving in Crisis (October 2020), and the Supply Chain Debacle (February 2022).