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Today on TAP: His defense of democracy and his attack on inflation can lead to some distinctly progressive initiatives.

There is a lot that can be done to restrain prices that doesn’t sandbag the recovery with higher interest rates.

Ninety-eight percent of hotel workers were laid off when the pandemic hit. Real estate investors smelled an opportunity.

Instead of hoarding budget surpluses after the financial crisis, the EU could have weaned itself off of Russian energy supplies.

New initiatives would beef up investigations into anti-competitive conduct from the industry, which is enjoying astronomical profits.

Today on TAP: Will Biden get the credit he deserves for his leadership?

Don’t expect domestic fracking companies and the Wall Street investors getting rich off them to fill any gap in Russian petrochemicals.

What really matters is how Ketanji Brown Jackson can help turn American law in a more progressive direction decades from now.

At Starbucks, REI, and The New York Times, management insists it’s not anti-union—while waging anti-union campaigns.

Today on TAP: If not now, when?

Anatol Lieven on the meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response

A movement that’s both nationalist and global, and largely uncoordinated

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin displays his Trumpist credentials.

In this episode of Left Anchor (#225), Prospect managing editor Ryan Cooper and Alexi the Greek discuss the context of the invasion with writer David Klion.

Today on TAP: For Trump, favoring Putin over Ukraine is personal, and nothing else matters. For Trump’s base, there are other reasons, too.

A South Carolinian scion was facing stiff penalties for killing federally protected hawks. Rep. Clyburn asked Judge Michelle Childs to consider his character.

There’s a world of difference between Biden’s possible picks. And then there are administration policies that afflict and even endanger Black women.

Until omicron came along, the shutdowns of a Zero COVID policy were the best way to stop the disease’s spread. Now, more than ever, it’s the vaccines and antivirals that make the difference.

American workers are on the march—something the government isn’t measuring.

Today on TAP: Appointing a centrist whom Republicans love is the wrong sort of bipartisanship.