stLouISTFour-Dimensional Chess in NYC
Today on TAP: Will Mayor Eric Adams be forced to resign? Will Andrew Cuomo succeed him? Does a progressive mayoral candidate have a shot?
Prospect
The BS Epidemic
American politics now revolves around complete nonsense.
How Congress Gets Its Groove Back
The Supreme Court’s recent rulings will change how Congress writes laws. It may even force the legislative branch to take a hard look at its own dysfunctions.
Eric Adams’s Turkish Bath
In which New York’s mayor used massive fraud to win his election, and Turkey’s president proved to be an idiot about American politics
Private Equity Is Taking Your Calls
Two firms control the market for telecommunications assistance for deaf people. They have extracted higher rates for this government-funded service, while denying workers a union.
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Less Than 40 Days Till the Election
This week on our live show, David and Emma talk about the most interesting Senate races in play this November.
Bibi’s Wider War
Today on TAP: Not good for the Jews, not good for Kamala Harris
Not Enjoying the Mark Cuban for President Campaign
The billionaire seems to be driving some Harris campaign messaging.
Water Is Not the Problem With Artificial Intelligence
Data centers are nothing compared to cattle farming.
‘Men’s Rights and Nothing More, Women’s Rights and Nothing Less’
Saving America from the Comstock Act and other repressive remnants of the 19th-century past
The Mayor’s Strategy
Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World
Shared Zones of Interest
Harris and Trump’s foreign-policy aims in the Middle East proceed from the same incentive structures and presuppositions about U.S. supremacy.
The Politics of Kamala-nomics
Today on TAP: To win the blue-wall states, Harris needs to drive home the progressive populist planks she unveiled yesterday.
NOAA’s Crossfire Hurricane
Project 2025 shows that Republicans can’t take heat—so they’d try to blow up the kitchen if they get the chance.
Harris Has a Manufacturing Agenda—in a Fact Sheet
Her speech on the economy was guarded. The details laid out by the campaign paint a brighter picture.
How Walz Can Help Harris Woo Vet Voters
And just maybe save the VA
Preserving Public Lands
Deb Haaland has been a remarkable secretary of the interior. But the future is about funding in Congress.
The Justice Department Challenges Visa’s Predatory Power
Today on TAP: The giant credit card company offers a textbook case in abuse of market power to buy off or crush potential competitors and reap excess profits at consumer expense.
Hot War to Go
Israel is starting a wider conflict.
The Polling Imperilment
Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives?