The Supreme Court Has Murdered the Constitutionprospect.org America’s founding document is now an all-but-meaningless scrap of paper. Happy Fourth!
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Why Is the DNC Holding an Early Nomination?prospect.org Today on TAP: The reason was supposed to be a deadline in Ohio. But Ohio changed their law.
Campaign Finance Laws Give Harris Big Boost in Biden Dropout Scenarioprospect.org If Biden were to withdraw his candidacy, only Kamala Harris could seamlessly use funds raised by the Biden-Harris campaign committee.
Who’s Gonna Check the Supreme Court?prospect.org This term illustrates that the Court often exercises unjustified power.
On Debate Night, Highlight How These Presidents Ran the Executive Branchprospect.org Trump’s presidency was unprecedented in its corruption at virtually all levels of executive branch agencies.
The Government Created the Most Profitable Company in Americaprospect.org Now, the Biden administration has the opportunity to slash the astronomical profit margins of VeriSign, the obscure company making a mint on annual .com website registrations.
The Supreme Court Blesses a Form of Briberyprospect.org The ruling can be understood only as a policy preference.
Student Loan Rulings Highlight Unaccountable Judicial Power—Againprospect.org Two judges this week invalidated part of a program that’s been in place for 30 years. The rulings contradict each other and seem unworkable in practice.
The Fed Covers for Big Banks Amid Growing Stressprospect.org The central bank weakening the penalties for failing a living will plan is bad in theory. In practice, with commercial real estate defaults rising, it’s even worse.
Boeing Will Either Face or Not Face Accountabilityprospect.org Today on TAP: Differing news accounts of a major decision to prosecute Boeing for violating a 2021 settlement highlight the policy and political implications.
We Can and Should Address Racial Disparitiesprospect.org Most of the programs that would be most beneficial to racial equality are actually universal policies.
You Don’t Need a Shrink to Tell You Why You Feel This Wayprospect.org Really anxious about this week’s Biden-Trump debate? So is everybody else.
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: 6/21/2024youtube.com This week on our live show, David Dayen and Moe Tkacik discuss RealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, Synapse and the ...
SCOTUS’s History and Tradition of Error Correctionprospect.org Today on TAP: The Supreme Court takes a step back from its partisan ‘history and tradition’ test.
Big Business Has Come for Your Baseball Cardsprospect.org Fanatics, the self-described Amazon of sports, has used long-term exclusive deals to monopolize apparel and memorabilia markets, and make its products unavoidable.
SCOTUS Rules on Homelessness as DOJ Reveals a War on the Poorprospect.org The Supreme Court’s coming decision on homelessness will exacerbate a new, growing problem.
Teachers in the South Go Unionprospect.org Today on TAP: It’s not just autoworkers who are unionizing in the non-union South. In Virginia, schoolteachers are successfully organizing, too.
Former DCCC Leaders Working to Defeat Incumbent House Democratsprospect.org Four former executive directors of the organization that elects House Democrats work for firms that are being paid to defeat House Democrats in primary races.
Elon Musk and the Decline of Teslaprospect.org The megalomaniac CEO extracted $48 billion from his shareholders. But the company’s future does not look good.
‘Mississippi Justice,’ American Shameprospect.org We still need federal intervention to drag some jurisdictions out of Jim Crow–era policing.
The Urge to Surgeprospect.org Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.
Why Is NIH Perpetuating Long COVID Denial?prospect.org Documents obtained by The Sick Times reveal the bastion of the medical establishment squandered a billion dollars on a long COVID study that seems suspiciously designed to fail.
The Republican Party Is Coming for Birth Controlprospect.org The insistence from GOP elites that they mean to do no such thing is a lie.
Loaded Up With Junkprospect.org Extra profits are the only explanation for many fees businesses charge.
Three Algorithms in a Roomprospect.org A growing number of industries are using software to fix prices. Law enforcers are beginning to fight back.
The Age of Recoupmentprospect.org How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers
One Person One Priceprospect.org Digital surveillance and customer isolation are individualizing the prices we pay.