A new bill from Sen. Pat Toomey seeks to protect a time-honored tradition.
Alexander Sammon
Alexander Sammon is a former staff writer at The American Prospect.
Posted inWorking in America
Throwing Money at People—Not Corporations—to Come to Town
Tulsa pays remote workers to move there, and it’s proved to be a better strategy than paying corporations to relocate there.
Posted inPolitics
Succession
Hakeem Jeffries is the heir apparent to Nancy Pelosi. Little has been made of his record.
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Stupid Technicality That Could Down the Biden Agenda
The Congressional Budget Office is restricted from scoring additional tax enforcement as yielding stronger tax collection.
Posted inPolitics
An Election Day Test for Post-Trump Democrats
Socialist cities and tenuous blue states in today’s elections
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The ‘Sensible’ Climate Compromise Is Not Sensible
Relying on nuclear and carbon capture to decarbonize the economy is liberal climate denial.
Posted inEducation in America
Will Biden Rescue Vulnerable Student Borrowers From Default?
The president can relieve 7.3 million student debtors from default, benefiting their credit scores and avoiding wage garnishment. He hasn’t committed to doing it.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Build Back Better’s Housing Investments at Risk
The housing part of the reconciliation bill is transformative. All factions of the party support it. Will it survive the cut-down?
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Undignified Demise of Centrism
Centrist Democrats may force changes to the Build Back Better Act, but their rationale as a political orientation has disintegrated.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Whole Judiciary Branch Has a Credibility Crisis
The Supreme Court is back in session but hasn’t brought legitimacy with it.