Prospect

Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance’s stark policy differences have taken a back seat to growing personal animosity.

The Democrat and the Libertarian debated; the Republican and his badge sat it out.

Enacting large-scale bipartisan legislation was a minor miracle. It will take an even bigger miracle to spend all that money effectively.

The problem is not failed leadership but a failed ideology.

Rich economies expect to be largely unaffected by debt distress and looming defaults in developing countries.

Today on TAP: They’d better learn how. They won’t win the midterms just on reproductive rights.

FTC chair Lina Khan will almost certainly sue to block this consolidation. Despite a monopoly-friendly judiciary, she has a strong chance of success.

Ahead of a key vote at a warehouse in Albany, union drives and walkouts show that workers are unafraid of challenging the e-commerce giant.

Too many federal officials are overseeing policies where they have a direct financial interest.

Today on TAP: In France, workers have shut down oil refineries, demanding wage hikes as a share of company windfall profits.

Ryan Cooper reports in from the Faroe Islands.

Democrat Yadira Caraveo is painting her opponent Barbara Kirkmeyer as an extremist. Kirkmeyer is focused on inflation.

Child protective services is far less effective than the welfare state.

After trouncing crypto’s golden boy, Andrea Salinas stares down scandal-plagued millionaire Mike Erickson.

TV bookers apparently can’t stop themselves from giving an uncritical platform to anti-democracy demagogues.

Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.

So the January 6th Committee subpoenas Donald Trump.

Today on TAP: America is getting clubbed in the head with the problems of fossil fuel dependence.

Where did the behind-closed-doors racist garbage from some leading Los Angeles elected officials come from?

Political and economic indicators point to more liberalization ahead.