stLouISTDon’t Blame Wages for Inflation
Today on TAP: Workers are at last beginning to get what’s owed them. The sources of price hikes are elsewhere.
Prospect
Don’t Blame Wages for Inflation
Today on TAP: Workers are at last beginning to get what’s owed them. The sources of price hikes are elsewhere.
Oh No, Joe Manchin’s Talking About a Deal Again
The umpteenth iteration of what Manchin wants out of the Biden agenda is here: some energy investments, paid for by tax and prescription drug reform.
Tearing Down Highways to Revitalize Communities—and Create Jobs
New projects in Black and brown neighborhoods divided by the mid-century interstate highway push can be job creation engines.
Time to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal
Donald Trump betrayed Iran for no reason. Time to make amends.
Why Giorgio Agamben Turned Antivax
In this episode of Left Anchor (#226), Prospect managing editor Ryan Cooper and Alexi the Greek discuss Giorgio Agamben’s paranoid turn during the pandemic.
It’s an Ill War That Blows No Good
Today on TAP: Could this one have some positive outcomes (assuming we all don’t get incinerated)?
It’s an Ill War That Blows No Good
Today on TAP: Could this one have some positive outcomes (assuming we all don’t get incinerated)?
New York Begins Rulemaking to Stop Corporate Profiteering
The attorney general’s office will seek to apply the state’s price-gouging law to opportunistic price increases that use high inflation as an excuse.
War in Ukraine Shifts European, American Views on Energy Dependence
Relying on authoritarian states for fuel supplies turns out to be a dismal geopolitical strategy.
The Biden Education Department Drags a Bankrupt Cancer Patient Into Court
Despite vowing to change the way student loans are treated in bankruptcy, the administration is still using its discretion to limit payouts.
Altercation: My Adventures With RT
In 2015, Putin’s flacks mistakenly brought me to Moscow to celebrate Russia Today. It didn’t quite work out the way they’d intended.
To Unify the Country, Biden Must Name Corporate Villains
Stephen Schwarzman is a political villain out of a comic book. Biden should needle him mercilessly.
What Biden Should Do Now
Today on TAP: With his domestic agenda still bottled up, it’s time for some unconventional moves.
What Biden Should Do Now
Today on TAP: With his domestic agenda still bottled up, it’s time for some unconventional moves.
The Real Reason Republicans Are Blocking Biden’s Fed Nominees
It has to do with Sen. Cynthia Lummis and special Wyoming-chartered depository institutions that take cryptocurrencies.
If Congress Can’t Boost Workers’ Rights, the Administration Will Go It Alone
A new report lays out ways that federal agencies can increase worker power.
After Two Years Fighting COVID, Nurses Wonder: What Has Really Changed?
California health care workers feel worn out, denied the staffing and support that would let them do what they do best.
The Economics of Mutually Assured Energy Destruction
Today on TAP: Will the West go all the way and block Russian oil exports?
The Economics of Mutually Assured Energy Destruction
Today on TAP: Will the West go all the way and block Russian oil exports?