stLouISTSoccer-Loving Father of Four Caught Up in El Cajon Immigration Raid
The operation included dozens of officers, some with guns in hand, as they moved through a paint business.
Prospect
Trump’s Tariffs: Borne Back Ceaselessly Into a Past That Never Was
Today on TAP: Rebuilding manufacturing? It’s more about humiliating every other world leader, and keeping his own taxes low.
Bloodlust and Boozing During Trump’s Wall Street Beatdown
A day in Manhattan as markets whipsaw amid the Trump tariff debacle
We Never Had Free Trade
The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main culprits are the American capitalists who devised the system, not foreigners.
Can Congress Take Back Tariff Authority From Trump?
Absolutely. Whether they will is a matter of whether Republicans will continue to put loyalty to Donald Trump above the economy and the country.
I Hope MAGA Investors Enjoy the Crisis They Caused
Right-wing financiers thought Trump would unleash prosperity. Instead, his tariffs are nuking the markets.
How Trump Can Cause a Cargo Crunch
Today on TAP: Trump’s tariffs are messing with production arrangements in ways that are only beginning to reverberate.
The Abundance Option
Fifteen years ago, I wrote that Democrats couldn’t build things anymore, and that Dems needed to better balance regulation with production.
Mad King Trump’s War on the Troops
The administration is vindictively hacking away at veterans’ benefits.
South Dakota and Louisiana Voters Let Lawmakers Have It
Republicans in two states failed to twist the ballot initiative process to their ends. But the fight is far from over.
New Jersey Continues to Add Abortion Protections
State reproductive rights advocates view a stockpile as one of a number of ways to protect access.
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Tariffs Will Continue Until Morale Improves
On our live show, David and The Majority Report’s Sam Seder discuss Donald Trump’s deliberate tanking of the global economy.
Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.
No Personnel Is Policy
The Trump administration is accomplishing through layoffs what it couldn’t accomplish through Congress.
FAA Warns Boeing 787 Radio Can Cut Off Air Traffic Radio Without Notice
Engineering problems have plagued the airplane manufacturer in recent years.
Promiscuous Networks of Care
Two new books about the politics of love stress the importance of intimate relationships as part of organizing for a better world.
Tariffs, Schmariffs
Today on TAP: Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts.
Late Star Trek
Why have new Trek shows so often fallen flat?
They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
How Republicans Are Flouting the Rules of the Congressional Review Act
Republicans want to expand the CRA into much of what the executive branch does. They may live to regret that.