stLouISTRepublicans Have Created a Pro-Life Dystopia
And they’re not going to do anything to fix it.
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Democrats Need to Fight for a Government That Works
The party proposes to fund OSHA, EPA, the IRS, and the NLRB at much less than those agencies got in 2010, in real terms.
Manchin’s Big Lie
Today on TAP: He killed the Democrats’ bill because, he said, he was concerned about inflation. But the bill was anti-inflationary; what he really didn’t like was boosting green energy.
Federally Funded Clinics Versus Anti-Choice Zealots
The Biden administration needs to defend the reproductive rights of community clinics and their patients.
Agriculture’s Unflexed Muscle
In a world of elevated prices, the Tennessee Valley Authority has extensive authorities to research and produce fertilizer at its Muscle Shoals facilities.
In the Face of Federal Inaction, Local Governments Tackle Labor Issues
The L.A. City Council’s recent approval of a hotel worker protection measure is part of a growing trend.
How Rep. Haley Stevens Could Get Tossed off the Michigan Ballot
An investigation of Stevens’s residency raises significant legal and ethical questions about her candidacy.
Biden and the Trials of Job
Today on TAP: Can Joe Biden keep the faith? Can we?
The Impossible, Inevitable Survival of the Trump Tax Cuts
How Democrats went from unanimous opposition to an unpopular policy to doing nothing about it in the five years since it became law.
What to Do About the Court
A Prospect symposium on judicial review and the separation of powers
In Defense of Judicial Review
For all its imperfections, the Court is the one branch of government structured to protect minority rights.
The Problem Isn’t Judicial Review; It’s the Court’s Politics
Which we can alter only with politics
American Government-by-Lawsuit Is a Disaster
Judicial review is not just anti-democratic, it strangles ordinary governance.
The Ethics of Socialism
Professor William Clare Roberts considers Marx, socialism, and political theory.
May Build Back Better Never Be Spoken Of Again
Today on TAP: Negotiations with Joe Manchin are over. Let’s keep it that way.
Polling: Nation Feeling Crisis of Confidence
New surveys provided exclusively to the Prospect show that Americans agree with the words Jimmy Carter spoke on this day 43 years ago.
Biden Should Not Trade Executive Actions for Mythical Senate Promises
The president’s proposal to restart fossil fuel projects would abdicate his responsibility to ensure the laws are faithfully executed.
Altercation: Do We Really Need to Appreciate Coup Expertise?
CNN’s interview with self-proclaimed coup-meister John Bolton, assessing the January 6th insurrection, airily passed over some horrific U.S. misdeeds.
Where Markets Don’t Go, Here’s How the State Can Step In
Today on TAP: California Gov. Newsom announces that the state will make and distribute insulin at cost.
AIPAC Has Taken Over the Democratic Primary Process
What will it take for Democratic leadership to cry foul?