Americans are getting wise to the threats posed by the lightly regulated facilities competing with humans for resources.
Politics
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Happy 2025 By-Product: Revulsion at the Rich
With Trump, Musk, Bezos et al. running amok, progressive economic populism is on the rise. Polling shows a broad public turn toward policy that seeks to reverse the upward redistribution of income and wealth to our billionaires and make life’s necessities affordable.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Year-End Extravaganza
David speaks with several Prospect staff members about the year in review and what they’re looking forward to in 2026.
Posted inTAP
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Transphobic Mask Is Off
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Republicans Can’t Escape Their Self-Created Health Care Problem
Another series of failures ensures that a debate they can’t win will extend into the election year of 2026.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Imaginary 2025
Not surprisingly, his look back at his first year as our re-elected president bore no resemblance to anyone else’s 2025.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Why Californians Will Pay $340 More for Electricity Next Year
The state public utility commission is poised to approve a rate of return that critics say overcharges customers by $4.4 billion per year.
Posted inTAP
Constitutional Softball: Congress Gives Up Its Power of the Purse
After the shutdown deal, Trump has gone right back to withholding funds and dismantling appropriated entities.
Posted inPolitics
Australia Proves Gun Control Works
The Bondi mass shooting would have been a lot worse if not for Aussie gun regulations—which if anything aren’t strict enough.
