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Informed analysis of public policy and the politics of power, from a progressive perspective
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Corporate Right to Rip You Off
https://prospect.org/videos/2025-04-18-prospect-weekly-roundup/
Published: April 18, 2025 20:00
On our live show, David and contributor Dan Boguslaw discuss the closure of the IRS Direct File system and the attempted closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Federal Judge Halts CFPB Purge Again
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-18-federal-judge-halts-cfpb-purge-again/
Published: April 18, 2025 19:30
DOGE was apparently part of the effort to hobble the agency, along with Clarence Thomas pal Mark Paoletta. For the moment, the firing of 1,483 workers is on hold.
Are We at an Inflection Point?
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-18-are-we-at-inflection-point-trump/
Published: April 18, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: Trump is governing more and more like an impulsive mad king who assumes he has absolute power. We will soon find out whether he does.
Google Is a Monopolist … Again
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-18-google-court-antitrust-monopoly/
Published: April 18, 2025 09:30
Previously cited for monopolizing search and app stores, now the ‘don’t be evil’ company has been found to have monopolized advertising technology markets.
The Anti-Immigration Majority Is a Mirage
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-18-anti-immigration-majority-is-mirage/
Published: April 18, 2025 09:15
Americans gradually bought the Republican sales pitch on immigration. Then they saw what it looks like in practice.
OSHA Office Closure in ‘Cancer Alley’ Raises Fears About Risks to Workers
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-04-18-osha-office-closure-cancer-alley-louisiana/
Published: April 18, 2025 09:00
Louisiana is one of the most dangerous states in the U.S. for workers. The Trump administration plans to close its lone protection unit.
CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets
Published: April 18, 2025 06:00
The agency fired 1,500 workers on Thursday, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more.
Come Saturday, We Should Reclaim the American Revolution
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-17-come-saturday-reclaim-american-revolution/
Published: April 17, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: The 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord is a good time to resist mad kings old and new.
Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/
Published: April 17, 2025 18:30
The successful IRS free tax filing program is being wound down, thanks in large part to Intuit’s copious spending in Washington.
A World Beyond Tariffs
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-04-17-uaw-automakers-world-beyond-tariffs/
Published: April 17, 2025 09:30
The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future.
Trump’s Order to Cut Drug Prices Would Raise Drug Prices
https://prospect.org/health/2025-04-17-trumps-order-cut-drug-prices-would-raise-prices/
Published: April 17, 2025 09:15
The so-called ‘pill penalty’ fix is a corporate favor designed to increase the period where prescriptions are immune from price negotiations.
The Government Has Already Won the Meta Case
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-16-government-already-won-meta-case-tiktok-ftc-zuckerberg/
Published: April 16, 2025 17:00
Mark Zuckerberg fairly obviously bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a perceived competitor. He isn’t doing that with TikTok, and the FTC’s monopolization trial is why.
The Best Tax System on Earth
https://prospect.org/videos/2025-04-16-best-tax-system-on-earth-faroe-islands/
Published: April 16, 2025 16:30
Tax day could be so much easier, if we simply cared to invest properly in the IRS.
John Roberts’s Dangerous Game
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-16-john-roberts-dangerous-game-supreme-court-abrego-garcia/
Published: April 16, 2025 14:00
In ruling after ruling, the Supreme Court pretends to uphold lower-court constraints on Trump but provides a road map for Trump to defy the judges’ orders.
Director of National Intelligence Quietly Releases Corruption Report
https://prospect.org/world/2025-04-16-director-of-national-intelligence-corruption-report-china/
Published: April 16, 2025 09:00
Intelligence chief forced to disclose widespread government corruption … in China.
How States and Cities Might Repel Trump’s Police State Crimes
Published: April 15, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: Which may be the only way to stop Trump’s suspension of the Bill of Rights
The Two Movements
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-15-two-movements-trump-democracy/
Published: April 15, 2025 18:30
While Trump wants to break apart everything decent about America, the people are rebelling—and giving powerful opponents to Trump the will to resist.
How the Trump Tariffs Assist Monopoly
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-15-how-trump-tariffs-assist-monopoly/
Published: April 15, 2025 09:30
Imposing market power on suppliers or seeking special exemptions from the president are not avenues available to small businesses.
Trump’s Orwellian Assault on Black History
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-15-trumps-orwellian-assault-on-black-history/
Published: April 15, 2025 09:15
How do you clean up the Black experience in America to gloss over the history of slavery and Jim Crow?
Tariffs, Pundits, and Democrats
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-14-tariffs-pundits-and-democrats/
Published: April 14, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: The Democrats are an easier target than Trump.
The ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ Tour Takes Los Angeles
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-14-fighting-oligarchy-los-angeles-bernie-sanders-aoc/
Published: April 14, 2025 15:00
At ‘Berniechella,’ the message from Sen. Sanders and AOC was clear: ‘Giving up and hiding under the covers is not acceptable. The stakes are just too high.’
Will Trump Obey the Supreme Court?
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-14-will-trump-obey-supreme-court/
Published: April 14, 2025 09:15
The case of the man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison now urgently poses that question.
How the Euro Can Replace the Dollar
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-14-how-euro-can-replace-dollar/
Published: April 14, 2025 09:00
Europe has a potential golden opportunity to claim the global reserve currency and get a free military rearmament to boot.
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Oncoming Trump Slump
https://prospect.org/videos/2025-04-11-prospect-weekly-roundup/
Published: April 11, 2025 20:30
On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Samantha Hancox-Li discuss how Donald Trump’s madcap crusade is causing chaos in global markets, and why so many liberal institutions are capitulating to him.
Could Jay Powell Restrain Trump?
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-11-could-jay-powell-restrain-trump/
Published: April 11, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: Trump’s destructive tariff policies could well require emergency Fed intervention that Powell doesn’t want. Will the Fed chair have the nerve to challenge Trump?
The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children
Published: April 11, 2025 09:30
SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’
The Manufacturing Boom We Already Had
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-11-manufacturing-boom-we-already-had-alex-jacquez-interview/
Published: April 11, 2025 09:15
A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors
Trump Opens the Door to More Medicare Advantage Fraud
https://prospect.org/health/2025-04-11-trump-opens-door-more-medicare-advantage-fraud/
Published: April 11, 2025 09:00
Private insurance companies just got a massive boost to their payments through the program, while DOGE fires the people responsible for oversight.
USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
Published: April 10, 2025 20:00
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
Sorry, but It’s Not Over
Published: April 10, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: Trump blinks for now, but he remains a bundle of contradictory impulses and grievances. So the wholly invented economic crisis will continue.
North Carolina’s Equal-Opportunity Voter Suppression
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-10-north-carolinas-equal-opportunity-voter-suppression/
Published: April 10, 2025 15:00
A Republican’s lawsuits in the last remaining race in Election 2024 open up new pathways for voting rights threats.
The Great Trump Crash?
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-10-great-trump-crash/
Published: April 10, 2025 09:00
Emergency warnings are lighting up all over financial markets, solely because of Donald Trump.
Congress Stops CFPB From Capping Overdraft Fees, Monitoring Big Tech
Published: April 9, 2025 21:00
The two Congressional Review Act resolutions now go to President Trump.
Trump Undone (Well, Partially Put on Hold)
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-09-trump-undone-well-partially-put-on-hold/
Published: April 9, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: The president is compelled to delay his tariffs. The Republican Congress failed to do it, so the markets did.
The Economic Consequences of the Tariff War
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-09-economic-consequences-tariff-war/
Published: April 9, 2025 09:30
The economy was already stalling out before Liberation Day. A trade war on the entire world will only make everything worse.
Construction Bosses Are Using Elaborate Schemes to Harm Workers
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-04-09-construction-bosses-schemes-harm-workers/
Published: April 9, 2025 09:15
Specialty contractors and labor brokers are among the participants reducing their own labor costs by burdening workers unfairly.
Soccer-Loving Father of Four Caught Up in El Cajon Immigration Raid
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-09-soccer-loving-father-of-four-el-cajon-immigration-raid/
Published: April 9, 2025 09:00
The operation included dozens of officers, some with guns in hand, as they moved through a paint business.
Trump’s Tariffs: Borne Back Ceaselessly Into a Past That Never Was
Published: April 8, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: Rebuilding manufacturing? It’s more about humiliating every other world leader, and keeping his own taxes low.
Bloodlust and Boozing During Trump’s Wall Street Beatdown
https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-08-bloodlust-boozing-trumps-wall-street-beatdown/
Published: April 8, 2025 15:00
A day in Manhattan as markets whipsaw amid the Trump tariff debacle
We Never Had Free Trade
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-08-we-never-had-free-trade/
Published: April 8, 2025 09:30
The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main culprits are the American capitalists who devised the system, not foreigners.
Can Congress Take Back Tariff Authority From Trump?
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-08-can-congress-take-back-tariff-authority-from-trump/
Published: April 8, 2025 09:15
Absolutely. Whether they will is a matter of whether Republicans will continue to put loyalty to Donald Trump above the economy and the country.
I Hope MAGA Investors Enjoy the Crisis They Caused
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-08-hope-maga-investors-enjoy-crisis-they-caused/
Published: April 8, 2025 09:00
Right-wing financiers thought Trump would unleash prosperity. Instead, his tariffs are nuking the markets.
How Trump Can Cause a Cargo Crunch
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-07-how-trump-can-cause-cargo-crunch/
Published: April 7, 2025 19:00
Today on TAP: Trump’s tariffs are messing with production arrangements in ways that are only beginning to reverberate.
The Abundance Option
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-07-abundance-option/
Published: April 7, 2025 09:30
Fifteen years ago, I wrote that Democrats couldn’t build things anymore, and that Dems needed to better balance regulation with production.
Mad King Trump’s War on the Troops
https://prospect.org/health/2025-04-07-mad-king-trumps-war-on-the-troops/
Published: April 7, 2025 09:15
The administration is vindictively hacking away at veterans’ benefits.
South Dakota and Louisiana Voters Let Lawmakers Have It
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-04-07-south-dakota-louisiana-voters-ballot-initiatives/
Published: April 7, 2025 09:00
Republicans in two states failed to twist the ballot initiative process to their ends. But the fight is far from over.