With another government funding deadline looming, congressional Democrats can at least partly curtail Trump’s thugs.
Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Reining In Trump’s Goons
With the apparent murder of Renee Good, our thugocracy has outed itself for all to see. We cannot let them escape the consequences.
Posted inPolitics
The Democratic Base Is Social Democratic
Polling the Democrats on virtually any topic in 2025 revealed a consistent belief in social democracy—and deregulated capitalism is responsible.
Posted inTAP
The Fossil Fuel Empire Strikes Back
Not all our foreign adventures have been crudely about material gain. But this one sure is.
Posted inPolitics
Enter, Stage Left, Mayor Mamdani
Rather than tell his fellow New Yorkers to lower their expectations of what government could do, the city’s new mayor vowed that “the only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.”
Posted inTAP
You, Too, Can Name Valuable Public Institutions After President Trump!
Herewith, a to-do list for 2026
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Happy 2025 By-Product: Revulsion at the Rich
With Trump, Musk, Bezos et al. running amok, progressive economic populism is on the rise. Polling shows a broad public turn toward policy that seeks to reverse the upward redistribution of income and wealth to our billionaires and make life’s necessities affordable.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Imaginary 2025
Not surprisingly, his look back at his first year as our re-elected president bore no resemblance to anyone else’s 2025.
Posted inTAP
A Talent for Comedy and Liberal Politics
Rob Reiner was a mainstream liberal, devoted to expanding social rights and benefits to people arbitrarily denied them.