Prospect

Contra Jon Chait, Biden’s economic progressivism has been both historic and (had he only been able to explain it) good politics.

Democrats are trying to pick up a seat in western Wisconsin. Two major candidates stress small-town values, but Rebecca Cooke was also a political fundraiser.

Kamala Harris borrows from Donald Trump with a perk to the Culinary Union at a raucous rally in Las Vegas: eliminating taxes on tips.

Will voters be able to sort out the truth from disinformation?

Today on TAP: The right’s pathetic effort to find some smear that will damage Gov. Walz

The party is seemingly suffering an outbreak of competence.

The path includes appeals challenges, a judicially ordered remedy phase, and a change in the presidency.

It’s more than his moves from government to corporate America. It’s what he did while in government.

A system that used to be ridiculed has become a model for schools in other cities.

The Future that no one asked for

Today on TAP: On a glaring omission in American journalism

With Congress slow-rolling AI regulations, voters need to verify before sharing.

America’s right-wing judicial tyrants face their most preposterous lawsuit yet.

Maurice Isserman’s history of American communism documents both its achievements and its fatal obeisance to Soviet doctrines.

Today on TAP: In which Democrats experience all-but-forgotten emotions—joy, hope, unity

Blueprints for conservative rule can’t get enough of the smear that fighting racism against Black people amounts to racism against white people.

The Sunshine State is putting public pension money into risky bonds that transfer risk away from insurance companies.

A bipartisan measure to accelerate clean energy and fossil fuel projects has no constituency in Congress right now.

Today on TAP: Tim Walz, in the best Minnesota traditions

Every longstanding presidential democracy has collapsed sooner or later. Our turn might be next.