Prospect

The right-wing educational resource is available for classrooms in ten states and wants to go ‘toe-to-toe’ with PBS Kids. Will teachers go for what the company has described as indoctrination?

Trump has surpassed Reagan in his war on workers’ rights.

They need an excuse to violently subjugate liberal cities.

The maps could net up to five seats and make swing seats easier to hold. Gavin Newsom pitched it as a defining moment for the party.

Today on TAP: ICE agents and federalized cops are now deliberately stationed where they can incite the most backlash.

Energized by Zohran Mamdani’s primary triumph, 1,200 DSA members came to Chicago to chart the group’s future.

Tech and crypto firms have spent $1.2 billion during and since the 2024 election, and they are reaping the benefits.

Back in theaters, this clever sequel pits the radioactive reptile against a flawed (but functioning!) bureaucracy.

Today on TAP: There are some genuine problems with BLS methods. A hack Trump appointee is not the answer.

The number one and number two choices of the big-money forces in next year’s governor’s race dropped out. What’s next?

Team Trump is fighting another losing battle in the courts, this time over sanctuary jurisdictions. Its argument neglects that cooperation with immigration authorities is optional.

Today on TAP: In federalizing the D.C. police, Trump seeks some state-sponsored violence.

A better way to stop politicians’ insider trading is by allowing them to invest only in plain-vanilla mutual funds, Wall Street insiders told the Prospect.

Someday, we will honor those who resisted Donald Trump. But first, we need far more courageous resistance.

A new book makes the case for a multigenerational commitment to rebuilding democracy.

The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates, and it’s credited with broadening civic involvement. Voters on Tuesday extended it by ten years.

Today on TAP: An unprecedented new revenue share on chips sold to China reveals Donald Trump’s economics of control.

With a new executive order and model state legislation criminalizing homelessness, the richest people in the U.S. are making it easier to lock up the poorest.

Under Donald Trump, all policies have to be coercive. Hence, this week, his tariffs on the Swiss.

Arts educators worry that education officials will backpedal on the state’s historic commitment to students.