Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Should Biden Reappoint Jerome Powell?
A Prospect debate about the future of the Federal Reserve
Posted inLaw and Justice
Still Stuck—and Endangered—on the Border
Reversing one Trump policy, Biden has allowed many asylum seekers to enter the United States. By not reversing another, however, many thousands are still being expelled.
Posted inPolitics
Investigating Oversight
Why congressional hearings are bad, and how they can be made great again
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cash Is King
UBI is politically popular, easy to enact, and looks effective as policy. Is it really that simple?
Posted inBuilding Back America
Congress’s Most Family-Friendly Member
Rosa DeLauro has spent 30 years in the House fighting for an adequate Child Tax Credit and paid family leave. She’s finally getting someplace.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Undoing Welfare Reform
If Congress makes the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent, simple, and universal, it could have reverberations across the entire welfare state.
Posted inEducation in America
On Summer Vacation and Hungry
The school lunch program has gone a long way to reduce childhood hunger across the country. What happens during the summer?
Posted inThe Alt-Labor Chronicles: America’s Worker Centers
Voices to Votes: Worker Centers Meet the Political Moment
How—and why—worker centers expanded from providing services to engaging in electoral politics
Posted inThe Alt-Labor Chronicles: America’s Worker Centers
Embracing and Resisting: The Variable Relationships Between Worker Centers and Unions
In some cities, the two kinds of worker organizations frequently collaborate. In other cities, not so much.
