stLouISTBowman Proposes Bill to Recommend Price Controls
New legislation would study corporate profits and give President Biden the authority to impose targeted price controls in sectors like housing and health care.
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How the U.S. Never Left Afghanistan
While Washington celebrates its attack against Ayman al-Zawahiri, it also proved that Afghans remain under the thumb of American power one year after its chaotic withdrawal.
Proposed Stablecoin Legislation Is Worse Than Nothing
The House Financial Services Committee would let unstable crypto firms into the normal banking system.
The Kansas Vote Is a Lot Bigger Than Abortion
Today on TAP: It portends a winning strategy for Democrats in November and beyond.
Kansans to Alito: F*ck You.
Americans, it appears, don’t like their rights taken away.
Battling to a Win in 2022
Democrats have a path to victory, according to recent polling.
Republicans Just Exposed Their Greatest Weakness
Only a deranged political party votes against health care for wounded veterans out of pure spite.
Hollywood’s Role in Stigmatizing Abortion
And its responsibility now
The Kabul Execution: Action Without Actors
Today on TAP: Who needs SEAL Team Six when a drone can do it all? Eventually, who’ll need any manual labor? And what will become of those who work with their hands?
Democrats’ Self-Funder Problem
Big-money donors are bigfooting into vital races.
The Enablers of Predatory Capitalism
How free-market economists, central bankers, rapacious CEOs, and free-trade diplomats undermined the New Deal order
Inflation Reduction Bill Uses Public Finance to Stoke Energy Investment
Billions in public financing would keep investment flowing into energy sector despite interest rate hikes.
⏩ What Can Labor Do to Build on this Unusually Promising Moment?
Join leading figures behind the surge in union organizing as we discuss how best to increase worker power.
Is the Tax Reform in the Schumer-Manchin Deal for Real?
Today on TAP: Amazingly, the package includes provisions that have long eluded progressives.
The Modern-Day Company Towns of Arkansas
Fortune 100 giants Tyson Foods and Walmart have heavy influence over two cities within 20 miles of one another, tucked into the northwest corner of the state.
Post-‘Roe,’ Transgender People Fear for the Future
States that restrict abortion access have also put harsh anti-trans laws on the books that threaten people’s lives.
In Kansas, Abortion Is on the Ballot Tomorrow
Younger voters are mobilizing to protect abortion rights ahead of the Kansas primary.
Rep. Krishnamoorthi: ‘We Have No Choice but to Assume the Worst’
The Prospect talks to one of the chief investigators into how data brokers may be invading the privacy of abortion seekers.
Another Airline Merger That Would Worsen Inflation
Today on TAP: The JetBlue buyout of low-cost Spirit Airlines faces certain action from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust officials.
When Workers’ Rights and Antitrust Come Together
Which they did on Tuesday, when the NLRB and the Justice Department announced a joint effort to go after monopsonistic violators of workers’ rights