America and Iran should get the deal done despite obstacles, but the influence of Israel and Saudi Arabia continues to undermine American national interest.
Robert Hitt
Robert Hitt is an editorial intern at the Prospect and a master’s in public policy student at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Anti-Monopoly Fight Will Be in the States
A new task force aims to take on corporate power at the state and local levels.
Posted inWorking in America
Pro-Labor State Legislatures Aren’t Pro-Labor for Their Staff
Staffers in both the Massachusetts and California legislatures seek to unionize, but their ostensibly pro-labor bosses have refused to let them.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can Ocean Shipping Go Green?
Everyone agrees that ocean shipping must decarbonize. The question is how, and how fast.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
A Methane Fee Won’t Work If It Doesn’t Count All the Methane
Unless it bulks up its rules, the EPA’s historic undercounting of methane emissions will allow the minority of companies that fall under the new regulation to avoid the charge without much hassle.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Bipartisan Highway to Hell—or Heaven?
State and local governments will decide if the infrastructure package makes climate change better or worse.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Robocallers Still Have Your Number
The FCC has implemented new rules, but the decades-old problem requires stronger tactics.