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More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism

https://prospect.org/economy/2025-10-20-state-or-just-trump-capitalism/

Published: October 20, 2025 09:15

Treasury’s Bessent says the feds will jump into pharmaceuticals and shipbuilding. California’s Newsom says the state has produced and will sell insulin at $11 a pop.

Sparks Flying in Maine’s Senate Race

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-20-sparks-flying-maine-senate-race/

Published: October 20, 2025 09:00

Gov. Janet Mills faces a bold Democratic primary challenger while Susan Collins displays her preternatural calm.

As Kaiser Workers Strike, ‘Not-for-Profit’ Is Sitting on $67 Billion

https://prospect.org/labor/2025-10-18-kaiser-workers-strike-not-for-profit-sitting-on-67-billion/

Published: October 18, 2025 09:30

Kaiser has doubled down on hedge funds, outside staffing firms, and high executive compensation as workers lag behind.

The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Mamdani Momentum

https://prospect.org/videos/2025-10-17-prospect-weekly-roundup/

Published: October 17, 2025 19:05

On our live show, senior editor Ryan Cooper and writing fellow James Baratta discuss the week in news.

Trump Keeps Overreaching: Will It Backfire?

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-10-17-trump-keeps-overreaching-will-it-backfire/

Published: October 17, 2025 19:00

Today on TAP: No university has agreed to his latest extortion plan. And his vindictive partisan shutdown of the NY-NJ Gateway tunnel project could be a life preserver for Democrat Mikie Sherrill in the close New Jersey governor’s race.

Mamdani Dogwalks Disgraced Ex-Governor Cuomo in First NYC Mayoral Debate

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-17-mamdani-dogwalks-disgraced-ex-governor-cuomo-nyc-mayoral-debate/

Published: October 17, 2025 15:00

The New York state assemblymember repeatedly returned to his platform of making the city affordable for working people, while Andrew Cuomo flailed around in pancake makeup.

Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union

https://prospect.org/labor/2025-10-17-dollar-store-workers-union-trump/

Published: October 17, 2025 09:30

With unionization dropping under Trump, experts say “premajority” campaigns can help workers score wins.

Mad King Trump Seizes Your Money

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-17-trump-congress-constitution-revenue/

Published: October 17, 2025 09:15

The president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.

After First Missed Paycheck, Federal Workers Call for Solidarity

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-17-government-shutdown-federal-workers-miss-paycheck/

Published: October 17, 2025 09:00

The government shutdown is now in its third week with no end in sight. Workers are struggling to cope.

The Racist Roots, and Racist Present, of Today’s Republican Party

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-10-16-republicans-racist-roots/

Published: October 16, 2025 19:48

Today on TAP: They’re going after the civil rights laws of the 1960s just as white Southern racists went after the civil rights laws of the 1860s.

The 2026 Election Is Being Decided at the Supreme Court

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-16-2026-election-supreme-court-gerrymandering-maps/

Published: October 16, 2025 09:30

A case heard Wednesday will go a long way to determining whether Republicans can gerrymander their way to a near-permanent House majority.

The Republican Plot to Destroy Education Research

https://prospect.org/education/2025-10-16-education-research-republican-cuts-department-education/

Published: October 16, 2025 09:15

Elon Musk and the Trump administration have gutted the Institute of Education Science.

America Bet the Farm on Soybeans. Then Came Trump.

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-16-amercia-farming-soybean-monoculture-bailouts/

Published: October 16, 2025 09:00

Collapsing soybean exports reveal an agricultural sector rife with longstanding problems.

Trump’s Tariff Tantrums

https://prospect.org/justice/2025-10-15-trump-tariff-supreme-court/

Published: October 15, 2025 19:00

Will the Supreme Court restrain an unconstitutional power grab?

The AI Ouroboros

https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-15-nvidia-openai-ai-oracle-chips/

Published: October 15, 2025 09:30

Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.

How VA Cuts Damage Women Veterans

https://prospect.org/health/2025-10-15-veterans-administration-women-va-military-sexual-trauma-funding/

Published: October 15, 2025 09:15

Kayla Williams is a 49-year-old Iraq combat veteran who’s received mental health therapy at a Veterans Affairs (VA) Vet Center. In 2023, when she discovered that her Vet Center therapist had resigned, she switched to a virtual therapy group for women…

Joe Biden’s Ignominious Gaza Failure

https://prospect.org/world/2025-10-15-gaza-israel-joe-biden-peace-failure/

Published: October 15, 2025 09:00

It’s America’s worst foreign policy disaster since the invasion of Iraq.

Mamdani: Son of La Guardia and FDR

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-14-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-socialist-laguardia-roosevelt-randolph/

Published: October 14, 2025 20:38

Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York’s politics.

Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree

https://prospect.org/world/2025-10-14-china-trump-tariffs-rare-earth-minerals/

Published: October 14, 2025 15:02

China holds a virtual monopoly over a product needed to produce the only thing holding up our economy right now. And it’s preparing to use that leverage.

Democratic Senators Probe ‘Apparent Neglect’ of Detained Flotilla Activists

https://prospect.org/world/gaza-israel-war-global-sumud-flotilla/

Published: October 14, 2025 09:30

It took the State Department four days to assess the well-being of American citizens apprehended by Israel for participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Why Can’t a Trump Deal End the War in Ukraine?

https://prospect.org/world/2025-10-14-trump-gaza-hamas-russia-ukraine/

Published: October 14, 2025 09:30

Compared to Gaza, Ukraine is much tougher. And that's saying a lot.

The Damaged Democratic Brand

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-14-democratic-brand-independent-populists/

Published: October 14, 2025 09:00

Could the cure be more economic populists running as independents?

What’s Behind the Viral Katie Porter Attack

https://prospect.org/politics/katie-porter-california-governor-race-democrats/

Published: October 13, 2025 19:00

Today on TAP: The political establishment in California saw their moment and pounced.

Chicago Strikes Back, With an Assist from Republican Governors

https://prospect.org/politics/chicago-jb-prizker-trump-federal-national-guard/

Published: October 13, 2025 09:30

A federal judge calls out the Trump administration’s “simply unreliable” portrait of the city, while a group of former governors deconstructs the constitutional threats.

Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-13-no-kings-protest-trump/

Published: October 13, 2025 09:15

A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.

The Ad Campaign for Capitalism

https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-13-lewis-powell-memo-nader-chamber-commerce-master-plan/

Published: October 13, 2025 09:00

In the 1970s, corporate America struck back at the forces attempting to rein it in. One of their tactics was a public service announcement.

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/social-security-trump-bisignano/

Published: October 10, 2025 19:00

Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.

The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Wherein Sam Seder Apologizes to Chuck Schumer

https://prospect.org/videos/2025-10-10-prospect-weekly-roundup/

Published: October 10, 2025 18:30

On our live show, David and The Majority Report's Sam Seder talk about the ongoing government shutdown and the backlash to Democratic gerontocracy.

How Antimonopoly is Enduring Despite Trumpian Corruption

https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-09-antitrust-pam-bondi-corruption-senate/

Published: October 10, 2025 09:30

Public pressure and partisan attacks have yielded some new cases, and citizens are waking up to corporate power’s harms.

Crypto Bros Want to Create Micro Landlords

https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-10-crypto-micro-landlords-blockchain-real-estate-SEC/

Published: October 10, 2025 09:15

Crypto executives are selling investors fractions of buildings in yet another scheme to reinvent an existing activity and say rules don’t apply because it’s on the blockchain.

AI Is Changing How Politics Is Practiced in America

https://prospect.org/power/2025-10-10-ai-artificial-intelligence-campaigns-midterms/

Published: October 10, 2025 09:00

Here’s what to expect in the midterm elections.

The Rift in American Socialism

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/socialism-mamdani-aoc-dsa-history/

Published: October 9, 2025 19:30

Today on TAP: Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.

Better Than Ezra

https://prospect.org/podcasts/2025-10-09-ezra-klein-charlie-kirk-trump-democracy/

Published: October 9, 2025 16:00

Why are moderate liberals so unable to meet the moment?