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Trump's Dominance Display: Traumatizing Children

Adele M. Stan

Jun 20, 2018

Sure, the tearing of brown toddlers from their brown mothers gives the Trump base warm-and-fuzzies. But it’s also a message to the rest of us.
Want a Decent Immigration Policy? Deport Rupert Murdoch!

Harold Meyerson

Jun 20, 2018

No immigrant has done more to divide the country and damage American life.
Talking Taxes with the Voters

Guy Molyneux

Jun 20, 2018

The more people learn about the Tax Act, the less they like it.
The Broad Support for Taxing the Wealthy

Stanley Greenberg

Jun 20, 2018

Why Democrats should run on rolling back the tax cut and raising taxes on the rich
The Emblem of This Era

Robert Kuttner

Jun 20, 2018

The Tax Act sums it all up—grotesque favoritism for the rich and a corrupt legislative process. And it’s already backfiring.
Was Albert Einstein a Racist?

Peter Dreier

Jun 19, 2018

The great scientist was a radical egalitarian—but subject nonetheless to some of the biases of his time.
The Military-Industrial Drain

Robert Reich

Jun 19, 2018

President Trump's call for ramping up military spending leaves most Americans behind.
Trump Blunders Forward with Incoherent Trade Policy

Robert Kuttner

Jun 19, 2018

Trump’s policy mess needs to be located in a broader debate about what America’s trade policy should look like.

Spring 2018

Sharing the Tech Wealth

Jordan Ecker

Tech jobs tend to cluster geographically. Can we spread the benefits around?
Spring 2018

West Virginia Teachers Won Their Strike. Now, They’re Rebuilding the Local Economy.

Kalena Thomhave

How the American Federation of Teachers has taken the lead in reinvigorating the poorest county in the state
Spring 2018

Turning the Southwest Blue with 'Brown and Beautiful' Millennials

Cristina Tzintzún & Manuel Pastor

Want to flip Texas and Arizona? Nearly one million Latino citizens turn 18 every year.
Spring 2018

How to Keep Social Security Secure

Henry Aaron

Here’s a plan that eliminates the long-term shortfall in its finances and updates the system for the 21st century.

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The Federal Government's Secret War on Black Activists

Rashad Robinson

Apr 4, 2018

In a chilling echo of the 1960s, law enforcement agencies have stepped up surveillance of racial justice advocates and groups exercising their constitutional rights.
Digital Fixes Won’t Solve the Democrats’ Problems

Lara Putnam

Apr 5, 2018

Democratic strategists obsess over new apps to facilitate voter contacts, while grassroots groups are supercharging what really matters: making personal connections.
How the Globalists Ceded the Field to Donald Trump

Robert Kuttner

Mar 19, 2018

Unless the mainstream offers something better, he will be the voice of economic nationalism.
Welfare Work Requirements Won’t Help Puerto Rico’s Shattered Labor Market

Manuel Madrid

Mar 16, 2018

The Puerto Rican governor’s plan to implement work requirements for welfare recipients is a cruel political ploy, not a policy solution.
With Shulkin Out, Veterans Need to Mobilize to Stop VA Privatization

Suzanne Gordon

Mar 30, 2018

Trump's new appointee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs will likely do little to oppose the privatization of veterans' health care.

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Vol. 29 No. 3

Summer 2018
Notebook

The Emblem of This Era

Robert Kuttner

The Tax Act sums it all up—grotesque favoritism for the rich and a corrupt legislative process. And it’s already backfiring.
Features

Part I: What's in the Tax Act, and How It Got There

The Top Ten Fallacies About the New Trump-GOP Tax Act

William Rice

Part I: What's in the Tax Act, and How It Got There

The Two Biggest Lies in Donald Trump's Tax Plan

Matt Gardner

Part I: What's in the Tax Act, and How It Got There

How the Tax Act Embodies the Republican Culture of Corruption

Seth Hanlon

Part I: What's in the Tax Act, and How It Got There

The Tax Act That Lost Its Name

Paul Starr

Part I: What's in the Tax Act, and How It Got There

The Koch Brothers' Best Investment

Kayla Kitson

Talking Taxes with the Voters

Guy Molyneux

The more people learn about the Tax Act, the less they like it.

The Broad Support for Taxing the Wealthy

Stanley Greenberg

Why Democrats should run on rolling back the tax cut and raising taxes on the rich

Part II: Language and Message: Making It Toxic

The Democrats' Response

Harold Meyerson

Far from giving Republicans bragging rights, the Tax Act presents Democrats with a potent line of attack. But can they stay united when they put forth their own alternatives?

Part II: Language and Message: Making It Toxic

Party Animals

Steve Brodner

Part III: The Fake Claims, Debunking the Myths

Why the Tax Act Will Not Boost Investment

Dean Baker

Part III: The Fake Claims, Debunking the Myths

The Curse of Stock Buybacks

William Lazonick

Part III: The Fake Claims, Debunking the Myths

Raises and Bonuses: The PR Fraud

William Rice

Part III: The Fake Claims, Debunking the Myths

A Lost Opportunity to Help Small Business

Chuck Collins

Part III: The Fake Claims, Debunking the Myths

Gutting the AMT

David Dayen

Part IV: The Consequences

Demonizing the IRS to Protect Tax Evaders

David Cay Johnston

Part IV: The Consequences

Massive Spending Cuts: The Tax Act's Hidden Costs

Joshua Holland

Part IV: The Consequences

How the Tax Act Undercuts Health-Care Reform

Paul Starr

Part IV: The Consequences

Accelerating the Death of Real Jobs

Katherine V.W. Stone

Part IV: The Consequences

The Tax Act Actually Promotes Off-Shore Tax Tricks

Reuven Avi-Yonah

Part IV: The Consequences

Worsening Inequality

Heather Boushey & Greg Leiserson

Part IV: The Consequences

The Harm to Affordable Housing

Alyssa Katz

Part IV: The Consequences

Penalizing Marriage for the Poor

Jordan Ecker

Part IV: The Consequences

How the Tax Cut Sacks Puerto Rico

Manuel Madrid

Part IV: The Consequences

Denying the Child Tax Credit to Undocumented Children

Manuel Madrid

Part V: The Future

What Else Could We Do with $1.9 Trillion?

Jon Rynn

Part V: The Future

Want to Expand the Economy? Tax the Rich!

Nick Hanauer

Part V: The Future

The Long Game on Taxes

Paul Starr

Part V: The Future

How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances

Chuck Collins

Part V: The Future

Principles for Tax Reform

Robert Kuttner

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The Politics of Terrorism Lead Desperate Hollande to Embrace Sarkozy

Karen Nussbaum

In an effort to marginalize his nation's large far-right party in the wake of attacks by Islamist radicals, the president of France teams up with an old foe.

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Labor at a Crossroads: Can Broadened Civil Rights Law Offer Workers a True Right to Organize?

Karen Nussbaum

It's one way to allow victims of anti-union discrimination to sue in federal court for compensatory and punitive damages.

How Harvard's Sexual Assault Policy Imperils Feminist Quest for Justice

Karen Nussbaum

Can we reconcile the belated attention to rape on campus with due process?

Labor at a Crossroads: Can Broadened Civil Rights Law Offer Workers a True Right to Organize?

Karen Nussbaum

It's one way to allow victims of anti-union discrimination to sue in federal court for compensatory and punitive damages.

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The Prospect's ongoing exposé of the folly, dysfunctions, and sheer idiocy of feed-the-rich economic policies.

Missouri's Greitens Guts Public-Sector Unions on His Way out the Door

Manuel Madrid

The scandal-plagued governor scrambled to sign anti-union legislation and a stack of other bills before he resigned.

Trump Moves to Curb Federal Employee Labor Protections

Kalena Thomhave

Unions representing federal employees are on the chopping block.

Fast-Food Blues: Workers Protest Low Wages, Sexual Harassment as McDonald’s Profits Soar

Manuel Madrid

At annual shareholders’ meeting, the fast-food chain’s tone-deaf executives fail to confront critical issues facing the company’s workers.

Scott Walker and the Failure of Trickle Down

Kalena Thomhave

In Minnesota, progressive taxes and social spending have created more and better-paying jobs than next-door neighbor Wisconsin has created through tax and spending cuts.

OPM Director Wants Federal Workers to Join Retirement Race to the Bottom

Manuel Madrid

Few civil servants work for the federal government to get rich, but at least they can count on a decent pension. The Trump administration wants to change all that.

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The Gawker Case Has Become More Interesting

Steven Lubet

Charles Harder, the lawyer who brought down Gawker, may have played fast and loose with legal ethics in that case. He now represents Donald Trump against Stormy Daniels.

Supreme Court Decision in Janus Looms Over Critical Public-Sector Jobs and Public Services

Celine McNicholas & Heidi Shierholz

Wealthy donors and corporations backing the plaintiffs have little stake in the public education, social welfare, and other municipal systems that they largely do not use.

Has Trump Overestimated the Cruelty of His Own Supporters?

Paul Waldman

After his family separation policy ignited a conservative backlash, Trump tried to pin the new initiative on Democrats.

Trump Is Executing a Major Geopolitical Realignment. Does Anybody Care?

Adele M. Stan

Calling Trump’s pronouncements a mere distraction means allowing our country to align itself against the democracies of the world.

The Right's Campaign to Expand Voter Purges

Eliza Newlin Carney

Voter purges are on the rise, thanks to a right-wing campaign to “clean up” voter rolls in places where Democrats and voters of color would be hardest hit.

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The Top Ten Fallacies About the New Trump-GOP Tax Act

The Two Biggest Lies in Donald Trump's Tax Plan

How the Tax Act Embodies the Republican Culture of Corruption

The Tax Act That Lost Its Name

The Koch Brothers' Best Investment

The Democrats' Response

Party Animals

Why the Tax Act Will Not Boost Investment

The Curse of Stock Buybacks

Raises and Bonuses: The PR Fraud

A Lost Opportunity to Help Small Business

Gutting the AMT

Demonizing the IRS to Protect Tax Evaders

Massive Spending Cuts: The Tax Act's Hidden Costs

How the Tax Act Undercuts Health-Care Reform

Accelerating the Death of Real Jobs

The Tax Act Actually Promotes Off-Shore Tax Tricks

Worsening Inequality

The Harm to Affordable Housing

Penalizing Marriage for the Poor

How the Tax Cut Sacks Puerto Rico

Denying the Child Tax Credit to Undocumented Children

What Else Could We Do with $1.9 Trillion?

Want to Expand the Economy? Tax the Rich!

The Long Game on Taxes

How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances

Principles for Tax Reform

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