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Posted inTransportation
Los Angeles Turns Toward Free Fares
How far a fareless public-transit program goes will depend on a pilot program debuting in August.
Posted inTAP
The Vaccine Waiver Invites Reform of Intellectual-Property Abuses
Today on TAP: The patent system no longer works to promote and reward invention
Posted inCoronavirus
This Small-Business Disaster Relief Program Is a Disaster
Targeted EIDL Advance, a $35 billion initiative for hard-hit businesses, nonprofits, and freelancers, has caused headaches across the country with delays and mismanagement.
Posted inVideos
⏩ Watch the 2021 Hillman Prize Ceremony
See Prospect Executive Editor David Dayen accept his award for magazine journalism, in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Editor-at-Large Harold Meyerson chat with book journalism winners Rick Perlstein and Zach Carter.
Posted inWorking in America
Is Unemployment Insurance Behind the Fast-Food Labor Shortage?
In reality, it’s the low pay and abysmal working conditions.
Posted inCoronavirus
Will Biden Favor Drug Companies—or Billions of People Needing COVID Vaccines?
As the global humanitarian crisis deepens, so far the U.S. government is siding with Big Pharma.
Posted inWorking in America
Is the Abandonment of Guest Worker COVID Protections a Taste of Things to Come?
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act would likely lead to enormous increases in the number of workers brought to the U.S. by growers.
Posted inFirst 100
First 100: …And Don’t Forget Health Care
Biden moves health care improvements out of the infrastructure package.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Place Human Lives Over Pharma’s Property Rights
The Biden administration is divided over whether to waive trade protections for Big Pharma—with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo as a key industry ally.