Prospect

Today on TAP consults an expert.

Freight rail companies are running their trains ragged to boost profits. Sometimes they crash.

In the absence of more attention to the supply chain, the U.S. is becoming even more reliant on Beijing—and ‘friendshoring’ often increases that dependence.

The balance of evidence strongly indicates that outside of rare cases, it does not.

Today on TAP: Or 21 months of nail-biting between now and November 2024

Expirations around Medicaid and food stamps reinforce how Democrats failed to live up to professed ambitions on the welfare state.

Medicare Advantage is a scam. That’s why conservatives love it.

Attacks on aggressive antitrust enforcement from ‘fellow Democrats’ who work for monopolists should be seen for what they are.

Today on TAP: She opens space for Biden to name someone better than Lael Brainard to head the NEC.

Democrats have stopped being the willing partner in a great conspiracy to slash social insurance.

Prior donations from Sam Bankman-Fried have damaged Chuy García’s campaign. But Mayor Lori Lightfoot has her own crypto ties.

The challenge of ethical consumption in a capitalist society

Today on TAP: As in 1948, so in 2024—blue-collar workers are the ball game.

For some reason the party decided to hand the Republican House majority a live economic grenade.

The Homes Guarantee Campaign got the attention of policymakers at the highest levels. Now these tenant organizers want to get the policy.

The economy is not about money; it’s about people.

Big Oil has its eye on the EV charging infrastructure sector.

Today on TAP: Why did Labor Secretary Marty Walsh give his president the bum’s rush?

The president repudiates the neoliberal ideologies of the past and puts the party on solid economic and political ground.

The new chair of the Senate HELP Committee plans to hold numerous field hearings to bring attention to issues in health care, labor, and education.