Elon Musk enters his Caligula era.
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 inWorking in America
Tesla Faces Off Against Nordic Labor Solidarity
The company refuses to play ball with its Swedish mechanics union. So the labor movement is shutting it down.
Posted inWorking in America
Nefarious Corporate Overlord Accidentally Kick-Starts Media Company
Gamurs Group fired the editor in chief of The Escapist. Most of the publication joined him to start something new, a worker cooperative called Second Wind.
Posted inPolitics
House Republicans Circle Their Own Budget Ouroboros Once More
Meet the new Speaker of the House, same as the old one.
Posted inPolitics
‘Moms for Liberty’ Fanatics Lose Out Big-Time
It turns out that most parents are repelled by howling red-faced bigots threatening teachers and trying to ban books.
Posted inPolitics
Democracy and Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot in Pennsylvania
When the GOP takes control of state supreme courts, they tend to end democracy and ban abortion.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A One-State Solution Could Work in Israel
But the end of South African apartheid demonstrates it would take an Israeli commitment to peace that is nowhere in evidence.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Culture of Corporate Criminal Impunity Continues
Attorney General Merrick Garland continues to let big companies skate.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Republican Electric Vehicle Tantrum
Better technology that helps America fight climate change? No thanks, say conservatives.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Plan to Destroy NATO Would Spark Untold Chaos
If America reneges on its treaty commitments, the result will be mass rearmament and likely nuclear proliferation.
