Prospect

How the Inflation Reduction Act’s $50 billion for clean-energy manufacturing could launch the green industrial revolution

After historic youth voter turnout in 2018 and for the Kansas primary, young people are poised to return to the ballot box in November.

Today on TAP: Reverting to type, the Fed chair ignores supply factors.

On student debt cancellation, America’s foremost spending scold believes whatever he needs to believe to stop progress.

The relationship between anti-abortion states and concern for human life is certifiably inverse.

The Inflation Reduction Act mandates that millions of acres of public lands be made available to oil and gas companies before the government can offer land for renewables.

A right-wing billionaire is asserting his right-wing control.

Today on TAP: How the Six Supremes resurrected the Democrats’ electoral prospects

If they auto-enroll everyone in their newly generous income-driven repayment plan, it will significantly take the sting out of resuming payments.

Democrats and Republicans support cannabis legalization by huge majorities, but Congress and President Biden can’t get it done.

Last year’s elections saw gains in use of the public campaign financing system among people of color, younger, and lower-income Seattleites, according to a new report.

A Twitter Spaces conversation with climate analyst Nathan Iyer of RMI

But more reform is needed to attack cost bloat in American higher education.

Today on TAP: Better than we thought, still not enough for the long term

Nancy Pelosi’s office is blocking Social Security expansion, while Congress prepares to pass a windfall for rich retirees, insurance companies, and large asset managers like Vanguard and Fidelity.

The National Union of Healthcare Workers says that Kaiser Permanente is not giving timely patient care. They want Gov. Gavin Newsom to enforce the law.

Today on TAP: Ford signals a near-term downturn, and a long-term deeper problem.

It’s not clean, it’s not cheap, and it’s not a bridge fuel to anyplace good.

The transportation secretary could be doing far more with his existing authority. The new DOT rule could make matters worse for consumers.

Another round of fees on transactions reveals what increasingly looks like a predatory scheme.