Medicare for All would take the profit motive out of insurance; public manufacturing of prescription drugs would take it out of providing care.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York’s politics.| The American Prospect
With unionization dropping under Trump, experts say “premajority” campaigns can help workers score wins.| TAP : The American Prospect
The president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.| TAP : The American Prospect
The government shutdown is now in its third week with no end in sight. Workers are struggling to cope.| TAP : The American Prospect
Today on TAP: They’re going after the civil rights laws of the 1960s just as white Southern racists went after the civil rights laws of the 1860s.| TAP : The American Prospect
A case heard Wednesday will go a long way to determining whether Republicans can gerrymander their way to a near-permanent House majority.| TAP : The American Prospect
Elon Musk and the Trump administration have gutted the Institute of Education Science.| TAP : The American Prospect
Collapsing soybean exports reveal an agricultural sector rife with longstanding problems.| TAP : The American Prospect
Will the Supreme Court restrain an unconstitutional power grab?| TAP : The American Prospect
Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.| TAP : The American Prospect
The challenges that these military members face merit more focused attention. Instead, vital services like mental health care face devastating cuts.| TAP : The American Prospect
It’s America’s worst foreign policy disaster since the invasion of Iraq.| TAP : The American Prospect
In the 1970s, corporate America struck back at the forces attempting to rein it in. One of their tactics was a public service announcement.| The American Prospect
China holds a virtual monopoly over a product needed to produce the only thing holding up our economy right now. And it’s preparing to use that leverage.| TAP : The American Prospect
It took the State Department four days to assess the well-being of American citizens apprehended by Israel for participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla.| TAP : The American Prospect
Compared to Gaza, Ukraine is much tougher. And that's saying a lot.| TAP : The American Prospect
Could the cure be more economic populists running as independents?| TAP : The American Prospect
Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.| TAP : The American Prospect
A federal judge calls out the Trump administration’s “simply unreliable” portrait of the city, while a group of former governors deconstructs the constitutional threats.| TAP : The American Prospect
A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.| TAP : The American Prospect
On our live show, David and The Majority Report's Sam Seder talk about the ongoing government shutdown and the backlash to Democratic gerontocracy.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.| TAP : The American Prospect
Here’s what to expect in the midterm elections.| The American Prospect
Public pressure and partisan attacks have yielded some new cases, and citizens are waking up to corporate power’s harms.| TAP : The American Prospect
Crypto executives are selling investors fractions of buildings in yet another scheme to reinvent an existing activity and say rules don’t apply because it’s on the blockchain.| TAP : The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.| The American Prospect
Why are moderate liberals so unable to meet the moment?| The American Prospect
Pivoting to the right didn't work in 2024. It won't work now.| The American Prospect
But if Democrats don’t demand that he honor any budget deal, they will lose the war even if they win the battle.| TAP : The American Prospect
The president told MAGA voters exactly what he was going to do in 2024. Now he is doing it.| TAP : The American Prospect
The mostly redacted documents pertain to a New Mexico attorney general investigation that was launched in 2019 but never led to criminal charges.| The American Prospect
Informed analysis of public policy and the politics of power, from a progressive perspective| The American Prospect
In Wyoming, the Delaware of cryptocurrency, industry players celebrated their fortunes and said everyone will benefit. But workers haven’t seen it.| The American Prospect
The more authoritarian Trump becomes, the more he provokes effective opposition.| The American Prospect
Senate Democrats don’t have to separate the crackdown in Los Angeles and the Republican bill in Washington. The latter will allow for more of the former.| The American Prospect
Once described as the ‘AR-15s of the financial services industry,’ crypto ATMs remain a hotbed for scams targeting vulnerable communities. But third-party fraudsters aren’t the only ones laughing all the way to the bank.| The American Prospect
It’s all about pretending a boatload of federal cash helps the free market.| The American Prospect
Fifteen years ago, I wrote that Democrats couldn’t build things anymore, and that Dems needed to better balance regulation with production.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: And so is Trump’s maneuver to take over the central bank. Even if he were to succeed, there is no good monetary cure for Trump’s economic carnage.| The American Prospect
Christopher Jencks, one of the Prospect’s founding group, has died.| The American Prospect
A new study documents that in major cities, a welfare check barely pays rent and utilities.| The American Prospect
Equity stakes, loophole closures, and protecting domestic industries might make sense in someone else’s hands. Not from a president with no strategy or plan.| The American Prospect
ICE carries out largest immigration raid of Trump’s second term, and most of the workers were not supposed to be conducting manual labor, according to their visa status.| The American Prospect
At centrism’s largest gathering, what was offered as the best path forward for Democrats is what sank their 2024 chances.| The American Prospect
Justice may be blind, but in appointing justices Clinton needs to be far-sighted.| The American Prospect
Though the Federal Trade Commission is proposing to ban noncompete agreements, other kinds of restrictive covenants perform a very similar function.| The American Prospect
It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.| The American Prospect
A wind project off Rhode Island is more than 80 percent completed. Trump just stopped it in its tracks.| The American Prospect
In a letter to the Commerce Department, Warren blasts the actual deal between the Trump administration and Intel, even as she supports the concept of equity stakes.| The American Prospect
And just like that, it frees Elon Musk—and any fellow employers—to violate whatever rights their workers thought they enjoyed.| The American Prospect
Without a quorum at the NLRB, state legislation that codifies collective bargaining for private-sector employees may be key to preserving workers’ rights.| The American Prospect
Companies like Shein are using influencers to get Zoomers hooked on truckloads of shoddy clothing.| The American Prospect
Despite his past criticisms of the data privacy risks associated with ‘smart’ technology, Kennedy’s HHS is now pushing wearables on Americans. Experts say the privacy concerns are jarring.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Trump didn’t give a reason for firing other members of independent agencies. Roberts can say he gave one here.| The American Prospect
It’s Trump, not Mamdani, who’s having government take over businesses.| The American Prospect
‘If people could see this with their bare eyes, none of this would be happening.’| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Trump’s version is a joke. But even our version would have limited benefits.| The American Prospect
Desperate for ‘free money,’ most of the communities that approve these facilities are outmatched by developers. But these water-guzzling, power-hungry projects have major downsides.| The American Prospect
Trump’s transactional ethics are making the U.S. a refuge for criminals. This mirrors something Israel has done for years.| The American Prospect
The new chair of the Progressive Caucus wants to do for Democrats what he did for construction workers in Texas.| The American Prospect
Very little of what you’ve heard about presidential ‘deals’ is true. It’s really a shakedown on behalf of Trump’s desires and corporate whims.| The American Prospect
The Office of the Attending Physician gives politicians nearly unlimited medical care for about $54 a month.| The American Prospect
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?| The American Prospect
Compass Pathways has been aggressively using patent claims to corner the market on psychedelic-assisted treatments.| The American Prospect
It’s more than his moves from government to corporate America. It’s what he did while in government.| The American Prospect