GOP candidates in places like Kansas and Texas are having to really campaign for the first time.
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 inEconomic Policy
Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
Posted inTechnology
AI Safety Needs More Evidence and Less Speculation
Strange nerds distributing imaginary stories on the internet is no basis for a system of government.
Posted inAmerica and the World
War Has Never Been More Irrational
Yet right-wing leaders like Trump and Putin keep starting them.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix
All that’s needed is the political will to staff the government and nudge up taxes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Disastrous Reign Will Cost You More Than $5,000
The war in Iran alone could easily cost more than $2 trillion.
Posted inPodcasts
Left Anchor: The Odyssey, Reviewed
A speaker of Homeric Greek weighs in on Christopher Nolan’s film.
Posted inWorking in America
How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost?
Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Third Way Is Copying the Left’s Homework
No one else has any ideas worth pointlessly compromising.
Posted inPolitics
Are Centrist Democrats Too Racist to Compete in Michigan?
Vote blue no matter who? Not if you’re too brown!