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Baker at the Barricades

2 years 6 months ago
Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker takes the helm at the NCAA just in time for the college athletes’ revolution.
Gabrielle Gurley

The Tax Evader in Chief

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: Trump is only a more flagrant case of what is all too normal in the real estate biz.
Robert Kuttner

No Time to Waste a Good War

2 years 6 months ago
When the fighting stops in Ukraine, the West must ensure a generous settlement—and keep building a revitalized coalition of democracies.
Leon Fink

The Labor Board Gets a Raise

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: With organizing campaigns and strikes on the rise, Congress finally proposes to increase funding for the NLRB—for the first time since 2014.
Harold Meyerson

The Committee Wraps It Up

2 years 6 months ago
Charged with investigating the January 6th insurrection, the committee made a devastating case against Trump, regardless of what the attorney general elects to do.
Harold Meyerson

What Now for China?

2 years 6 months ago
A conversation with Joshua Kurlantzick of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Prospect alum
Robert Kuttner

The Coming Social Security Clash

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: The worsening income distribution has reduced payroll tax receipts. Progressives need compelling reforms to defend and strengthen our most popular program.
Robert Kuttner

Boeing’s Lobbying Blitz

2 years 6 months ago
The airplane maker is scrambling to get a deadline for improving cockpit safety systems on all planes pushed back.
Jarod Facundo

Splitting the Strikers at UC

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: University of California managers divide (and—not clear yet if they’ll—conquer), while General Motors and Microsoft indulge a modicum of worker power.
Harold Meyerson