The pandemic caused a lot of crime. But police reform can play a part in reducing it as well.
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 inLaw and Justice
Trump Judge Effectively Names Himself President
Terry A. Doughty says he gets to decide who the FBI, DHS, HHS, and the Justice Department can talk to.
Posted inPolitics
Can Democrats Sell ‘Bidenomics’?
The substance is there. But the sales apparatus isn’t yet.
Posted inTransportation
The Death Cult of the American Car
It’s obvious how to make the roads safer for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers alike. We just don’t do it.
Posted inWorking in America
For Workers, Unions and Public Pressure Get the Goods
Freight rail unions have gradually achieved their key demand from the labor dispute last year.
Posted inTAP
Medicaid Decentralization Is a Disaster
Today on TAP: The state-level administration of America’s insurance of last resort means millions are losing coverage.
Posted inPolitics
Corporate Support of LGBT Rights Is Teetering
The fascist right is finding it easy to bully Target and other companies with a campaign of homophobic terror.
Posted inTAP
The Climate Home Insurance Apocalypse Is Nigh
Today on TAP: Farmers Insurance Group and AIG are halting home policy sales in Florida. They weren’t the first and they won’t be the last.
Posted inTransportation
Tesla’s ‘Self-Driving’ System Never Should Have Been Allowed on the Road
Elon Musk’s automatic driving technology seems to be roughly an order of magnitude more deadly than human drivers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Donald ‘Lock Her Up’ Trump Indicted for Classified Document Crimes
The former president faces multiple felony charges for the kind of thing he repeatedly called for others to be imprisoned for doing.
