America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.
Education in America
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Oncoming Trump Slump
On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Samantha Hancox-Li discuss how Donald Trump’s madcap crusade is causing chaos in global markets, and why so many liberal institutions are capitulating to him.
USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
Harvard Between Courage and Disgrace
Today on TAP: Its law school faculty shames the university’s general strategy of appeasement.
Battling Gamification in Virginia
As access to gambling expands, concerns about addiction among young people have increased.
Merchant of Menace: Trump and the Jews
The unholy alliance between history’s antisemites, Netanyahu, and Trump
Columbia’s Capitulation, and Wesleyan’s Pushback
Today on TAP: Appeasing dictators only invites more of the same. More university presidents should know that.
Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Education Department Threatens Classroom Funding
Federal cuts would hurt students with disabilities, English learners and poor districts the most.
Trump’s Assault on Universities
The president and Elon Musk are obliterating one of America’s greatest engines of prosperity. Why?
Burning Down the House
What ties together all of Trump’s moves is personal vindictiveness and a fragile ego. At what point does reality or Republican pushback intrude?

