Prospect

A ballot initiative funded by a millionaire transplant threatens the success of the state’s signature cap-and-invest program.

A closing act that battles for the middle class again can change the race.

Today on TAP: Some congressional races you might want to know about

Democrats performed badly north of New York City in critical House races. Can they do better this year?

It’s part of a Vietnamese-language red-baiting campaign by Rep. Michelle Steel, who faces a stiff challenge in California’s 45th Congressional District against veteran and pharmacy owner Derek Tran.

Norms are made to be broken in a time of emergency; so too for the idea that science must float above politics.

Today on TAP: The CFPB initiates a new ‘open banking’ rule that will make it less of a hassle to switch financial institutions.

The second-largest reservoir in the United States is drying up. What to do?

Sue Altman, former head of the state Working Families Party, is neck and neck in a suburban swing seat. Democratic campaign organizations had resisted giving ad support—until today.

Dirt farmer Jon Tester is the last statewide Democrat. Practically all the Republican officeholders are out-of-state millionaires. What gives?

Why are so many Silicon Valley billionaires supporting Donald Trump?

Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World

Today on TAP: Can she restore anything like the excitement of the campaign’s early days when Harris replaced Biden as the Democratic candidate? Can she win without it?

In the swing state of Nevada, the Harris campaign needs the Vegas hotel union’s ‘army’ to overcome Donald Trump.

With 15 days to go, Democratic voters in the Badger State feel the pressure of the election and are organizing accordingly.

Young men complicate the reproductive rights debate this election season.

On today’s episode, David and Hassan talk about what’s wrong with the courts.

Today on TAP: This year’s prize went to three institutionalist critics of neoliberalism. The award is overdue.

Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.

Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former Biden antitrust official, is bringing a message of fighting corporate power to New Hampshire’s notoriously prickly voters.