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This time, Hollywood’s striking writers think they may just win. Will cross-union solidarity be enough?

On the heels of groundbreaking federal prison phone call legislation, public utility commissions across the country can also regulate exploitative prison telecoms.

The Democratic members are trying to stop implementation of a system that could cut worker pay by thousands of dollars.

Today on TAP: Better regulation would head off dubious rescues that only increase bank concentration.

On today’s X-Date, looking at what could actually be accomplished in bipartisan talks yields few answers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed rules forcing a program that offers loans for energy efficiency upgrades to confirm a borrower’s ability to repay.

The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised…

Today on TAP: The union’s new leaders seek some administration guarantees of just transition before backing Biden in ’24.

A group of unionized delivery drivers in Palmdale, California, could open new possibilities for a legal challenge to Amazon’s subcontracting model.

Venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan made one of the worst bets in the history of gambling.

A bondholder could simply allege that America failing to pay off its debts is unconstitutional. There’s a good argument for that.

Former appeals judge J. Michael Luttig gets it right; Congress has the power to impose rules of conduct on the high court.

Today on TAP: The comptroller of the currency rejected other alternatives in the rush to have government underwrite Morgan’s latest coup.

The Supreme Court is poised to unwind a fair number of legal principles to make sure student debtors don’t get a break.

Democrats could have tried to abolish this pointless and dangerous economic time bomb, but failed to do it.

Nonprofit developers are working to get first dibs on transforming multifamily housing developments into real options for rent-burdened New Yorkers.

Today on TAP: The nearly century-long war between the studios and the writers continues.

As she barnstorms the state, the Senate hopeful is making the pitch that Congress and the executive branch have the power to fix their own dysfunction.

The ruling enabling partisan gerrymandering in the state could deliver as many as four seats to Republicans in next year’s U.S. House elections.

Prospect Co-Editor Robert Kuttner hosted a podcast with the noted philosopher and author. This is a partial transcript, edited for clarity.