As cities grow more progressive, a new breed of prosecutors are winning office and upending the era of lock-’em-up justice. They may hold the key to resisting Trump’s mania for mass incarceration.
Justin Miller
Justin Miller covers politics and state government for the Texas Observer. He is a former Prospect writing fellow, and has also written for The Intercept, The New Republic, and In These Times. Follow @by_jmiller
Posted inLaw and Justice
What Happens If Trump Fires Mueller?
The president can try to oust the special prosecutor, but it won’t be easy—and it won’t be the end of Trump’s legal problems.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s NLRB Showers Big Business with Gifts, Workers with Coal
While all eyes were on the tax bill, Trump’s new labor board quickly and quietly undid a number of Obama’s pro-worker reforms.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Dynamically Scorned
Steve Mnuchin’s “fake math” analysis admits that the tax cuts will not pay for themselves. Will it matter?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Lamented Loss of Oreo Jobs to Mexico. His Tax Bill Could Make More Jobs Go South.
Nabisco’s outsourcing wreaked havoc on its American workforce. The Republican tax plan could prompt even more manufacturers to move operations out of the United States.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Beware the Paid Family Leave Fig Leaf in GOP’s Tax Plan
Tucked amid the Senate GOP’s pile of toxic waste is a paid family leave plan that might just give away more than it gives.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Tax Cuts Won’t Go to Job Creation—Just Listen to the CEOs
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Republican tax scheme is going to pass. And already, corporate executives are undermining the GOP’s claim that their gigantic corporate tax cuts will be funneled directly into job-creating investments in the United States. Some of the country’s largest and most profitable companies are saying that they’ll be sending tax […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Testing Progressives, Centrist Dems Team Up with GOP to Deregulate Banks
This just might be the biggest test of Democratic unity yet in the Trump era.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Workers, and New Militancy, of the Seventies
A new book highlights how women and people of color were organizing their workplaces at impressive rates during the 1970s—they just weren’t winning.
Posted inWorking in America
In Iowa, a Glimmer of Hope in the Face of Anti-Union Attacks
Republicans launched a Wisconsin-style crackdown on public-sector unions. But in overwhelming numbers, the members said they’re sticking with the union.