Prospect

The new book from Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson reviewed.

The real targets of the war on DEI include civil rights enforcement, federal outlays that serve Black communities, and Black workers in and out of government.

How shall we redeem the deferred promise of civil rights and racial justice?

The document from a state fusion center cites high health care costs as a key source of instability in the country.

The figure who tagged a journalist into a Signal chat about the attack on Yemen also failed to set his Venmo to private, revealing his willingness to engage with reporters of all political stripes.

Today on TAP: As Trump continues trying to rule by decree, wreck public institutions, and intimidate his opposition, we need to be strategic in restraining him.

The dumbest administration in history has the worst communications protocol in history.

His nominee to head the SSA backs technology over people, and DOGE over seniors’ needs.

Capitalizing on a surge of Democratic energy, the Sanders team is hiring full-time organizers and pushing supporters toward critical local issues.

They want abundance. But they ignore who profits most from scarcity.

Today on TAP: Appoint a nest of birdbrains to top government posts and see what you get.

Fascists respond to capitulation with more aggression. Elon Musk has already started targeting firms himself.

An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.

The unholy alliance between history’s antisemites, Netanyahu, and Trump

A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax.

Today on TAP: Appeasing dictators only invites more of the same. More university presidents should know that.

We reviewed 17 states with Democratic trifectas to see what they did with that power.

Blue states have many options for progress, if they commit to actually governing.

Trump’s ‘America First’ nightmare isn’t the only way to think about U.S. identity.

On our live show, David and Emma Janssen discuss the crucial Wisconsin state Supreme Court election, and the illegal firing of FTC commissioners.