Prospect

Is the best way to understand the MAGA movement to binge-watch docuseries about charismatic leaders sending their acolytes to ruin? Tune in and find out.

Today on TAP: The decimation of the labor movement makes that a very uphill climb.

The state is a national incubator for bad ideas, which it then seeks to project across the nation.

The union’s organizing summit in North Carolina was part of its $200 million investment to mobilize working people to vote ahead of the 2024 election.

In Wisconsin, where many nursing homes are county-owned and locally prized, an emblematic privatization battle illustrates the latent progressivism of rural people.

Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World

Today on TAP: Despite a lot of BS from U.S. Steel execs’ campaign about lost US jobs, Kamala Harris will act to block the Nippon takeover of USS—which will actually preserve jobs.

States have always diverged on policies, but it’s grown more intense. And for red states, that’s not enough.

If Donald Trump were president, this would not be the case.

Stark differences color red- and blue-state lawmakers’ policy choices—which makes all the difference in residents’ well-being.

The presidential candidate has vowed to go after ‘bad actors’ in corporate America.

What would a second Trump term mean for rural communities?

Today on TAP: The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant shipper profits. What would Trump have done?

A notorious health care looter claims a Senate investigation into his private equity–enabled hospital collapse is a superficial show trial. Did Gavin Newsom just prove him right?

Malpractice insurance companies have piled on numerous restrictions and jacked up their rates. It’s become a new form of restricting access to abortion.

Arlie Russell Hochschild returns to study the motivations of the left-behind right.

I mean it, how?

Today on TAP: When he was running for the Teamster presidency in 2021, he clearly wasn’t a fan.

The 76ers, the city’s basketball team, has the studies and the mayor lined up for a new arena. Residents and allies believe their homes and culture are more valuable.

In a tight race in the Inland Empire of California, Democratic challenger Rollins ties his opponent Rep. Ken Calvert’s real estate escapades to the area’s high housing costs.