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Ryan Cooper
Ryan Cooper is a senior editor at The American Prospect, and author of How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. He was previously a national correspondent for The Week. His work has also appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, and Current Affairs.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Out of the Chaos, a Green Future?
Today on Aftermath: How the war in Iran may lead to a boost in renewable energy
Posted inAmerica and the World
Donald Trump, Wrecker of American Empire
The president has done more damage to American power than anyone in history.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Retrospective on Bidenomics
Joe Biden listened to the left on full employment. But the lasting effects were wanting, and the politics were brutal.
Posted inPolitics
You Gotta Hand It to Chuck Schumer This Time
He went up against Republicans and … won?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What Real Heroism Looks Like
It isn’t shooting the bad guy. It’s sacrificing to save your alien rock pal.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump’s Billion-Dollar French Boondoggle Gets Even Dumber
He is paying TotalEnergies a billion dollars to do natural gas investments it is already doing.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump Pays a French Company a Billion Dollars to Increase Your Electric Bill
TotalEnergies was going to build wind farms. Now it’s being paid to not build them.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Ol’ Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time
In Iran, he finally created a jam for himself it will not be easy to wriggle out of.
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster
Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.