stLouISTCourts Use Increasingly Lawless Arguments to Block Student Debt Relief
In the latest ruling, the Eighth Circuit turned a non-plaintiff into a plaintiff.
Prospect
The Rural Turnaround
Democrats have only begun to do better in rural America—but the road map is there.
Beyond the 12-Mile Limit
Why Democrats win the cities and lose the states, and what to do about it.
Sam Bankman-Fried: A Common Crook
Today on TAP: With luck, his fall will take the whole crypto sector with him.
Winners From the Midterms? The Supreme Court’s Right Wing.
The restraint of congressional overrides is probably gone.
Democrats Are Getting Their Act Together at the State Level
A long-overdue effort to contest Republican dominance of state legislatures is bearing fruit.
Will the Green Transition Build Worker Power? The IRS Will Help Decide.
The IRS and Treasury should ensure that companies receiving tax credits stick to the labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Working People and Climate Change
The path to climate stability lies only in inviting working people in partnership on solving this pressing challenge.
The 2022 Midterms
Ed Burmila comes on to discuss Democrats’ surprising performance.
Did We Just Save Democracy?
The 2022 midterms were stunning as much for what didn’t happen as for what did.
The Real Republican Dilemma
Check out this week’s exit polls: The party’s defining positions don’t command popular support.
Altercation: Wenner Fake All (Well, Much)
The newly released memoir from Rolling Stone’s guiding genius isn’t where you’d go for facts, as such, but if there were a Pulitzer for name-dropping, it’d win going away.
Why Is Congress Still Writing Crypto Regulations?
Today on TAP: The FTX debacle shows that crypto is less an industry than it is a scam.
Maine Didn’t Get Fooled Again
Janet Mills thwacked Trumpist Paul LePage on a good night for Democratic women in New England.
Reconciliation Is Available to End Debt Limit Hostage-Taking
With the GOP likely to take over the House, Democrats can use the lame duck to effectively eliminate the debt limit and the leverage Republicans would wield.
Dems Snatch Up Colorado’s Toughest Race
A Latina pediatrician running on protecting abortion rights, creating renewable-energy jobs, and expanding health care access beats a former state secessionist.
Red Wave to Repro Wave—and What’s Next
In blue states and red, voters backed reproductive freedoms in the midterm elections.
Lina Hidalgo Prevails Against Republican Offensive in Harris County
In face of high-profile GOP push to claw back power in Texas’s largest county, Democrats expanded their power.
Republicans Have a Disease Called Donald Trump
Sane parties change their tune when they lose repeatedly. The GOP is not sane.
Corporate Power Had a Bad Election Night
Democrats didn’t always put corporate concentration issues into the foreground, but it was in the mix in key races.