Prospect

Today on TAP: Rohit Chopra’s efforts to protect consumers and defend the financial rights of African Americans bring on the wrath of the business lobbies.

No state that has banned abortion mandates paid leave for workers. Taking the time to get an abortion could put jobs at risk.

The United States Postal Service can deliver abortion medications through the mail, and it’s not that easy for anti-abortion states to stop it, though they will try.

In both access to abortion and a pro-family welfare state, Europe beats the U.S. hands down.

Today’s ‘smoking gun’ testimony: Trump was fine with smoking guns as long as they weren’t aimed at him.

Today on TAP: The Supreme Court stripping away bodily autonomy has created a run on Plan B.

The author of ‘Dred Scott’ and the author of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization stripped fundamental rights from Blacks and women, respectively. And sundered their nation in the process.

It’s likely to be even worse than Memorial Day weekend, when fraudulent staffing levels caused 2,800 flights to be canceled.

Missouri Rep. Cori Bush fought to secure $100 million to carry out Biden’s new plan to speed domestic production of clean energy.

Today on TAP: It’s time for Democrats in Congress to protect past landmark decisions from the current lunatic Supreme Court—and to force Republicans in Congress to take awkward votes.

On ‘Dobbs,’ ‘Roe,’ ‘Casey,’ and life in a gender hierarchy state

With Congress stuck, the administration holds the key to whether Americans will see meaningful reductions in prescription drug costs. So far, though, they’ve punted.

Texas reactionaries use the temptation of school investments to force banks to keep financing school shootings.

Inflation is mostly not caused by spending, and the Fed will have no help if it causes a recession.

There was never any reason to be complacent about the end of legal abortion, nor should we think that the impact of the Supreme Court’s latest ruling will be muted.

This Supreme Court decision is a call to action. And the key message is—ALWAYS—if we organize, we can change this world, and we need to.

Today on TAP: The right is at odds with public opinion—on abortion rights, gun violence, and democracy itself. Do voters care more about the price of gas?

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will not stop gun violence in schools or anywhere else.

What was once a policy of disengagement has now become a policy of far more dangerous entanglement.

CNN’s move to the ‘center’ is more bad news for news the country can really use.