Today on TAP: Will the Democrats have the savvy and unity to outplay Trump?
federal government
Posted inWorking in America
Throwing Lifelines to Federal Workers
Some state and local leaders are trying to recruit suddenly jobless U.S. government employees.
Posted inTAP
Here’s Your Government-Slasher on Drugs
Today on TAP: Elon Musk’s drug use has been widely reported—but not since he’s become deputy president.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Social Security Administration Cuts Affect You
A timely research paper looking at SSA staff cuts in the 1980s found that it led to tens of thousands of Americans not getting their earned benefits.
Posted inPolitics
The Case for a Shadow Cabinet
High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare.
Posted inPolitics
How I Am Standing Up to DOGE
The California congressman explains why the upheaval of federal agencies is ineffective and a pretext for tax cuts for the rich.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Politics of Cruelty
Will it be one more source of division, or will Trump’s sadism unite Americans against him?
Posted inEconomic Policy
CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn’t Mean Stop Work!
The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust
The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Crisis at the VA
On our live show, David and Suzanne Gordon discuss developments damaging the Veterans Health Administration and its prodigious research functions.