Prospect

Today on TAP: Nancy Pelosi steps down.

Saving democracy does not resonate when the forces of reaction are gearing up for the next offensive.

Forget Washington’s urgency to design a regulatory regime for crypto. It’s better to treat it like any other illegal operation.

Contrary to Thomas Friedman, Wall Street still makes a killing from China at the expense of workers.

Today on TAP: He gets to cheat his customers, write off debts, and then keep control of his company? (Yup, that’s how bankruptcy often works for big dogs.)

The White House is considering a finance recruit whose career has been directly at odds with all of President Biden’s accomplishments.

By refusing to hold a hearing for the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Joe Manchin is damaging an existing effort to improve permitting for electric transmission lines.

Trump and the Freedom Caucus are going to unleash chaos in their own party.

Today on TAP: How Bidenomics actually worked

In the latest ruling, the Eighth Circuit turned a non-plaintiff into a plaintiff.

Democrats have only begun to do better in rural America—but the road map is there.

Why Democrats win the cities and lose the states, and what to do about it.

Today on TAP: With luck, his fall will take the whole crypto sector with him.

The restraint of congressional overrides is probably gone.

A long-overdue effort to contest Republican dominance of state legislatures is bearing fruit.

The IRS and Treasury should ensure that companies receiving tax credits stick to the labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act.

The path to climate stability lies only in inviting working people in partnership on solving this pressing challenge.

Ed Burmila comes on to discuss Democrats’ surprising performance.

The 2022 midterms were stunning as much for what didn’t happen as for what did.

Check out this week’s exit polls: The party’s defining positions don’t command popular support.