Prospect

How Trump’s second term will unleash dishonesty and abuse across the economy

Student debtors are under attack on all sides. Government contractors make their life miserable, and financial predators are poised to capitalize.

Here’s the miracle cure: Pay them better.

The Trump administration is removing every financial guardrail from crypto, in order to enrich the first family and its tech and finance allies while destabilizing the economy.

Tanks! Trump! Helicopters! Trump! Bombast! Trump!

To be safe: Live openly among Black folks, wander around by yourself, and take public transport everywhere.

On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Whitney Wimbish look at the GOP reconciliation bill.

Today on TAP: Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print.

Restaurant workers and advocates say the proposal won’t be enough to offset Medicaid cuts.

Despite the billionaire nominally stepping back, his loyalists remain in control of the group.

In congressional testimony, he refused to take responsibility for his drastic downsizing.

Today on TAP: Trump, Miller & Co. tell Harvard it can’t admit foreign students, for fear they may increase our store of knowledge.

Six House Republicans opposed Medicaid cuts, then voted for them. It turns out that will grant them a big tax break.

State lawmakers used classic anti-democratic tactics to override their constituents’ clear preference.

Multilevel marketing companies helped produce President Trump, and he is ruining everything.

The revolving door isn’t just corrupting the CFTC—it may end the pretense of a Commission altogether.

Today on TAP: He followed bad official advice when he failed to get PSA tests.

Allowing yourself to be bought by the crypto lobby is unforgivable.

The health care section of the GOP mega-bill has advanced to the House floor, bringing millions of Americans one step closer to losing their health insurance.

The president has put anti-union, anti-regulation fanatics in charge of worker safety and worker rights.