Prospect

Today on TAP: Why are progressives backing crypto’s crusade for weak regulation?

Republicans are attempting to turn America into a Hungary-style tyranny. But there are ways to fight back.

The Biden administration’s actions in a variety of markets are doing the heavy lifting on lowering costs.

Effective oversight could force President Biden’s hand to thin out the bad actors inside his own government.

Or, how our paper of record substitutes reporters’ opinions for historic breakthroughs

At the peak of the 2022 hurricane season, power outages plague the island five years after a historic storm.

Today on TAP: Why she’ll run in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, but not in the general election as an independent candidate

Congress sends billions for drought mitigation to Colorado River Basin states—just before Arizona and Nevada experience new cuts.

Since the war in Ukraine began, many European countries have welcomed Ukrainian refugees by the millions—but equally desperate Afghans, not so much.

Here’s how utilities will be decarbonized over the next decade.

There are ties between the families of Goldman and Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, who took an interest in the endorsement.

Today on TAP: How her crusade against Trump could backfire against Democrats and progressives

Denying raises to its unionized baristas appears to be an effective, if illegal, tactic—at least, until the NLRB clamps down on it.

Two more members of the Postal Service Board of Governors finish their terms in December. Biden could replace them with members willing to fire the postmaster general.

In some cases, these ‘chemical releases’ aren’t illegal. In others, state regulators give polluters the benefit of the doubt.

Today on TAP: There’s the Iranian brand and the Republican brand.

‘We sure as hell don’t owe Joe Manchin anything now,’ says one Democrat.

Stealing its central bank reserves is not going to do anything except starve innocent civilians.

Reeling from losses, the industry is pressing Congress to legislate a government seal of approval—with feeble regulatory substance.

Unless it bulks up its rules, the EPA’s historic undercounting of methane emissions will allow the minority of companies that fall under the new regulation to avoid the charge without much hassle.