Prospect

The Federal Trade Commission chair plays a key role in preventing exploitative pricing schemes from taking root.

As economic royalists ally with Trump, we have already seen an example of a rhetorical counter that tells it like it is.

America’s top legal authority is doing all it can to prevent Donald Trump from standing trial before the election.

A series of essays makes the case that breaking free from neoliberalism must present a clear vision to fulfill Americans’ psychic longing for community, stability, and control.

Investments in tangible spaces for leisure can increase connection and fun activities while reducing carbon emissions.

Positive depictions of unions are hard to find in the culture. Progressives should focus on elevating them.

Democracy Schools and other community listening sessions can bring together people of different experiences around common themes.

A political prescription for breaking free from neoliberalism and getting to the good life

Policies need to be adopted to give Americans a higher purpose and a better connection with other people.

Investments to repair racial harms are critical. But so is paying attention to the inner lives of Black Americans.

Today on TAP: The Court lets mifepristone move through mails for now, and also throws one more roadblock before workers trying to go union.

Gov. Kathy Hochul broke congestion pricing and now she owns it.

Hospital pricing is impenetrable to consumers and regulators alike. The result: increased costs and profits, and wasteful reliance on armies of middlemen.

While several states have capped interest rates recently, in Rhode Island, removing debt traps has been a 15-year odyssey with no end in sight.

Today on TAP: A bill in the House attacking junk fees gets broad bipartisan support.

The only thing New York’s mayor likes more than exaggerated fears of crime is sketchy campaign cash.

Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers and small-business owners alike. Big Data will only entrench those dynamics further.

There are seven different trade actions to limit Chinese dominance of solar components. But only now is trade policy being aligned with industrial policy.

As Cornel West is receiving ballot access help from Republicans, 20 years ago Al Sharpton’s campaign for president was largely orchestrated by Roger Stone.

Today on TAP: Following the EU elections, the neofascist right squares off against the neo–Popular Front left.