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
Judge Amit Mehta found Google guilty of illegally monopolizing search, and then allowed the company to keep doing it.| TAP : The American Prospect
Deteriorating services, moms forced back from maternity leave, and more as federal workers lose formal union protections.| TAP : The American Prospect
We’re now on the third attempt to deflect from releasing the files. This one doesn’t appear to be working either.| TAP : The American Prospect
GOP’s Trumped-up redrawing took a wrecking ball to congressional districts. Now comes the mad dash for seats.| TAP : The American Prospect
Today on TAP: In California, the ride-hailing companies agree to unions—for a price.| TAP : The American Prospect
Organizing in the Golden State is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.| TAP : The American Prospect
The country is rapidly devolving into rule by an unpopular despot. The Democrats who blind themselves to this are causing great harm.| TAP : The American Prospect
Fights over data centers and music venues show that resisting corporate power will have to go local in the age of Trump.| TAP : The American Prospect
On a private webinar, Littler Mendelson attorneys said ‘risk-tolerant’ employers could ignore a Rhode Island ban, because anti-union meetings provide ‘tremendous value.’| TAP : The American Prospect
His unbound union busting is one front of his war on democracy.| TAP : The American Prospect
Companies like Shein are using influencers to get Zoomers hooked on truckloads of shoddy clothing.| The American Prospect
On our live show, David and writing fellow James Baratta discuss the bid to allow crypto as part of the mortgage underwriting process, and more.| TAP : The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Will the destruction of the Centers for Disease Control finally push the Republican Congress to constrain Trump’s science deniers?| TAP : The American Prospect
This is by far the most corrupt administration in American history.| TAP : The American Prospect
Gerrymandering in red states is predicated on Republicans holding Trump’s support in 2024, particularly from Latinos. That could be a bad bet.| TAP : 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: At its meeting this week, the DNC opposed a ban on U.S. provision of offensive weapons to Israel.| TAP : 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.| TAP : The American Prospect
Trump’s top housing regulator wants to allow crypto to be used as collateral for mortgages.| TAP : 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
Pam Bondi’s underling in Nevada allowed an Israeli caught in an underage sex sting operation to return home. Her biggest campaign donors also once fled to Israel to avoid arrest.| TAP : The American Prospect
The largest immigration processing center in the region has a history of mistreating detainees.| TAP : 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
It won’t work, but it sure will rattle the economy.| TAP : The American Prospect
Graham Platner’s challenge to Susan Collins and the Democratic establishment could remake a bruised and aimless Democratic coalition.| TAP : The American Prospect
Donald Trump joins a long line of apologists for America’s peculiar institution.| TAP : The American Prospect
A wind project off Rhode Island is more than 80 percent completed. Trump just stopped it in its tracks.| TAP : The American Prospect
Today on TAP: In Trump’s march to dictatorship, the lesser outrages almost get lost. His presidency signals the cheapening of America.| TAP : The American Prospect
Informed analysis of public policy and the politics of power, from a progressive perspective| 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
A new film considers what to do when those in power fail to take the problem seriously.| The American Prospect
The map may produce a ‘dummymander’ that threatens more GOP incumbents than Democratic ones.| The American Prospect
Trump’s destruction and the needed rebuilding should be a theme in every election between now and 2028.| The American Prospect
Side agreements with the House Freedom Caucus will make most clean-energy projects unviable and leave the U.S. with not enough power to meet demand.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: His new nominees come from the management side or—worse—are suffused with management’s ethos.| The American Prospect
D.C. is filled with young, dizzying ambition. This Town wishes the old-timers knew better.| The American Prospect
Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.| The American Prospect
The bureaucracy needed to verify if recipients are working doesn’t just stop people from receiving health care—it’s difficult for states to set up.| The American Prospect
Now independent union leader Dan Osborn, who nearly won a U.S. Senate race in 2024, is vying for his seat.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Trump’s Pentagon just became the majority shareholder in America’s only rare-earths mine. Where’s the Republican outrage?| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: The budget bill’s assault on universities, students, parents—and gift for Wall Street| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Gallup documents how the ICE raids have backfired, while another new study shows the limits of unions’ power of persuasion.| The American Prospect
Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff. And the worst parts of the spending law haven’t even hit yet.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: Don’t look for a grand strategy in Trump’s tariff policy—it’s mainly about impulsivity and bravado.| The American Prospect
Elon Musk’s replacement is busy with mass deportation, while simultaneously running an investment firm managing public union pension funds.| The American Prospect
For the first time, required pre-authorizations are coming to traditional Medicare.| The American Prospect
Farmworkers struggle against deportation and even lower wages.| The American Prospect
The Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear overturned decades of employment-law precedent. Congress is considering legislation this week that would reverse the decision and help end discriminatory pay practices.| The American Prospect
The FTC will probably stop defending its proposed worker protection on July 10. But action in both red and blue states is heating up.| The American Prospect
The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.| The American Prospect
Oregon just made corporate medicine illegal, again. Here’s how it happened.| The American Prospect
Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.| The American Prospect
She worked on climate change for Obama. Now she’s greenwashing climate change on behalf of Big Oil.| The American Prospect
The industry thought it had its legislative wish list on track for passage. Then it all got mired in a fight over credit card swipe fees.| The American Prospect
Today on TAP: The improbable rise of Zohran Mamdani and the prospect of rare unity on the left| The American Prospect
Democrats did not withhold votes for pro-crypto legislation even when DHS goons were handcuffing their own colleague.| The American Prospect
Buoyed by Trump’s deregulatory agenda, rail companies press for cost-cutting measures that could undermine railroad safety.| The American Prospect
County bosses were stripped of the power to rig statewide elections. Now there’s no clear favorite in a state where Republicans are rising.| The American Prospect
As soon as Senators tried to do their jobs to propose amendments to legislation, their colleagues didn’t like it. So that’s the end of amendments.| The American Prospect
Three Democratic commissioners have been fired from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Trump’s team has its eye on dismantling the agency entirely.| 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
Today on TAP: Roberts’s ruling gives Trump license to pursue dictatorship.| The American Prospect
New technology and old tactics have made buying a car a death march of deception. Jase Patrick, who spent 15 years in the business, reveals the dealer secrets.| The American Prospect
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane| The American Prospect