Prospect

Democrats have stopped being the willing partner in a great conspiracy to slash social insurance.

Prior donations from Sam Bankman-Fried have damaged Chuy García’s campaign. But Mayor Lori Lightfoot has her own crypto ties.

The challenge of ethical consumption in a capitalist society

Today on TAP: As in 1948, so in 2024—blue-collar workers are the ball game.

For some reason the party decided to hand the Republican House majority a live economic grenade.

The Homes Guarantee Campaign got the attention of policymakers at the highest levels. Now these tenant organizers want to get the policy.

The economy is not about money; it’s about people.

Big Oil has its eye on the EV charging infrastructure sector.

Today on TAP: Why did Labor Secretary Marty Walsh give his president the bum’s rush?

The president repudiates the neoliberal ideologies of the past and puts the party on solid economic and political ground.

The new chair of the Senate HELP Committee plans to hold numerous field hearings to bring attention to issues in health care, labor, and education.

Conservative screaming about wokeness is a substitute for the old priorities of school vouchers and weakening of public education. Polls show that parents don’t agree.

Today on TAP: Despite his historic achievements, the public doesn’t think he’s done much at all.

Increased swipe fees got shopkeepers mobilized, and could further an anti-monopoly revolution.

Financial scams thrive on weak regulation. Biden’s regulators are fighting back.

Insurance companies are the latest morsel for these financial predators to devour.

Today on TAP: As the China menace keeps ballooning, the House Select Committee on China appears to be a serious undertaking.

Organizing for paid leave, which is on the verge of passing in Minnesota, is part of a larger challenge to reverse an abusive workplace status quo.

Workers provide the bulk of the money invested by asset managers, but do not have control over those investments.

The Biden administration might not have learned enough from the bad old days of the early 2010s.