Prospect

Today on TAP: As Republicans run against corporate ‘wokeness,’ he should run against corporate (CEOs’, big-time investors’) greed.

A passel of program authorizations and funding expire in September. There isn’t really a path yet to deal with them all.

Biden may be a drag on the Democratic ticket, but there are plenty of other sources of energy and mobilization.

Today on TAP: The other great contribution of the labor movement

With public support for unions at near-record highs and new federal rules that actually enable organizing, unions need to mount massive campaigns.

The growing solidarity between labor and the LGBTQ+ community

The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.

Department of Energy programs condition funding for retooling factories on good-paying union jobs in manufacturing communities.

Today on TAP: The Fed needs to understand that this economy defies its models. It should begin to cut rates, and get ready for a whole other kind of inflation driven by climate change.

Money from the Climate-Smart Commodities program, designed to reduce agriculture emissions, is going disproportionately to multinationals.

Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers.

A new Pantone series for 2023

Today on TAP: The Health and Human Services Department recommends loosening federal restrictions on cannabis.

If you earn less than $55,000 a year and work more than 40 hours a week, you could be eligible for time and a half.

Despite promises that new repayment plans would make monthly payments lower, many borrowers report they are higher.

A climate backlash over the expansion of emission fees on older vehicles simmers in Britain.

To make sense of Ron DeSantis, who trolls a liberal elite that has not faced its own failures, a former teammate reflects on their time playing baseball at Yale in the 1990s.

Today on TAP: There are too many realms with public consequences where the private sector is inefficient and rapacious. Some might call the remedy socialism.

Advocates were thrilled that Medicare will negotiate the price of several insulins. But other high-profit drugs are protected by the new program’s rules.

Investor-owned utilities have been at the forefront of numerous political scandals and ecological disasters. There is an alternative.