Biden appointed Native Americans to top jobs at the Cabinet agency, but so far the Interior Department’s policies have been business as usual.
Alexander Sammon
Alexander Sammon is a former staff writer at The American Prospect.
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Were Warned About the Ports
A 2015 federal report predicted the entire slowdown that’s come to pass.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Michelle Childs’s Punitive Criminal Justice Rulings Were Repeatedly Overturned
The candidate for the Supreme Court vacancy has a history of tough-on-crime sentences and opinions that higher courts subsequently tossed out.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Clyburn Pushes Management-Side Labor Attorney for Supreme Court
Michelle Childs, a potential choice to replace Stephen Breyer, worked for years defending employers accused in racial, gender, and other discrimination cases.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Establishment Try to Save Henry Cuellar in Texas?
How far will Democrats go to protect their agenda’s own saboteurs?
Posted inPolitics
State Dems Need to Think Big. Bigger.
Joe Biden’s legacy could come down to blue-state governors.
Posted inHousing
Missed Measurement: We Have No Idea How Many Evictions There Are
There is no federal data on evictions, keeping policymakers blind during a moment of uncertainty.
Posted inPolitics
How Democrats Blew It in 2021
A year in review from Prospect Staff Writer Alexander Sammon
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Does Punchbowl News Play by the Rules?
Where hosting a confab for lobbyists meets journalistic ethics
Posted inEducation in America
The Ivy League’s Legitimacy Crisis
Columbia University’s incredible profit bonanza after the pandemic is indicative of a wider problem.
