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New initiatives would beef up investigations into anti-competitive conduct from the industry, which is enjoying astronomical profits.

Today on TAP: Will Biden get the credit he deserves for his leadership?

Don’t expect domestic fracking companies and the Wall Street investors getting rich off them to fill any gap in Russian petrochemicals.

What really matters is how Ketanji Brown Jackson can help turn American law in a more progressive direction decades from now.

At Starbucks, REI, and The New York Times, management insists it’s not anti-union—while waging anti-union campaigns.

Today on TAP: If not now, when?

Anatol Lieven on the meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response

A movement that’s both nationalist and global, and largely uncoordinated

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin displays his Trumpist credentials.

In this episode of Left Anchor (#225), Prospect managing editor Ryan Cooper and Alexi the Greek discuss the context of the invasion with writer David Klion.

Today on TAP: For Trump, favoring Putin over Ukraine is personal, and nothing else matters. For Trump’s base, there are other reasons, too.

A South Carolinian scion was facing stiff penalties for killing federally protected hawks. Rep. Clyburn asked Judge Michelle Childs to consider his character.

There’s a world of difference between Biden’s possible picks. And then there are administration policies that afflict and even endanger Black women.

Until omicron came along, the shutdowns of a Zero COVID policy were the best way to stop the disease’s spread. Now, more than ever, it’s the vaccines and antivirals that make the difference.

American workers are on the march—something the government isn’t measuring.

Today on TAP: Appointing a centrist whom Republicans love is the wrong sort of bipartisanship.

Another poor, majority-Black city in Michigan is facing a lead contamination crisis brought on by gross apathy and neglect, but without sustained national attention.

A decision limiting the federal agency’s power to combat the climate crisis could potentially have wider, catastrophic effects across a broader range of health and safety issues.

Are state education officials doing enough to support teachers and students?

Today on TAP: The union campaigning to organize an Alabama Amazon warehouse is hoping it will.