Lee Harris

May 17, 2024 | phenomenalworld.org | Kate Mackenzie |Tim Sahay |Lee Harris

Biden’s announcement this week to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese imports is an escalation in the yearslong tariff war on China. The new tariffs specifically target green goods, most notably electric vehicles, duties on which have now quadrupled to 100 percent. Tariffs on lithium-ion batteries, critical minerals, and solar cells will also be substantially increased.

Sep 22, 2023 | americanprospect.bluelena.io | Maureen Tkacik |Lee Harris |Luke Goldstein |Ramenda Cyrus

Budget Follies: The Endgame Expect the government to shut down, McCarthy to lose his Speakership, and some renegade Republicans to eventually support a discharge petition. There’s an old saying that when the other guy is destroying himself, the best tactic is to stand back and let it happen. That’s certainly the case with the House Republican refusal to fund the government.

Aug 9, 2023 | americanprospect.bluelena.io | Ramenda Cyrus |Jarod Facundo |Maureen Tkacik |Lee Harris

The Republican grand strategy, quite apart from Trump’s efforts to become dictator, has been to push issues that are at oddswith the views of most voters, and then prevail by destroying democracy. They have done this via voter suppression, extreme gerrymandering, rigging courts, having red-state governors countermand the preferences of citizens in blue cities, and by restricting reproductive rights. But that strategy may have just reached its limits.

Aug 7, 2023 | americanprospect.bluelena.io | Lee Harris |Harold Meyerson |David Dayen

Lindsey Ulin is a medical resident at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was on a plane when she noticed hives appearing and felt her throat closing. As a physician, she recognized the symptoms as potentially fatal anaphylactic shock. Dr. Ulin knew that the needed intervention was a fast and strong dose of epinephrine. She immediately called a flight attendant, knowing that planes carry EpiPens as part of their emergency kits.

Jun 30, 2023 | americanprospect.bluelena.io | Ryan Cooper |Lee Harris |Ramenda Cyrus

In many ways, the SupremeCourt’s ruling upholding the right of a Colorado web designer to refuse to do business with a same-sex couple is the most insidious of the Roberts Court’s recent string of far-right decisions overturning protections for minorities. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for a 6-3 Court, framed the case as being entirely about free speech—in this case the freedom of the web designer, Lorie Smith, not to tacitly support same-sex marriage.