Ryan Cooper

Philadelphia

Managing Editor at The American Prospect

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Articles

Trumpflation Is Here

1 week ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

By far the loudest economic complaint against the Biden administration was about inflation. A May 2024 poll from Pew found 62 percent of adults rating it as a “very big problem,” the highest of any issue and 37 percentage points higher than unemployment. President Biden was blamed for this, and the discontent undoubtedly dragged down Kamala Harris’s campaign. In many ways, this was unfair.
DOGE Is Obliterating American Industry

1 week ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

One of the hidden gems of American government is a small division of the Department of Energy called the Loan Programs Office. This is a government bank that hands out loans to companies with business plans that go beyond the technological frontier, with ideas nobody has tried before.
Republicans Declare War on Asylum Seekers and the FTC

2 weeks ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

Congressional Republicans are in a panicked sprint trying to put together a reconciliation package for this year. That’s their one chance to make an end run around the Senate filibuster, and so the entire Trump agenda is being stuffed into it. (Here at the Prospect, we’ve got further coverage on education policy and the bill’s general chances of success.) On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee is marking up its part of the bill. The text is out, and it is a doozy.
Trump’s War on the Judiciary Escalates

2 weeks ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

The FBI arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan Friday morning. The supposed reason, as FBI Director Kash Patel boasted on Twitter/X, was “evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week.” (He later deleted the tweet.) The immigrant in question is named Eduardo Flores Ruiz. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, Dugan allegedly “directed the ICE agents to Chief Judge Carl Ashley’s office.
The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer

3 weeks ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

Amid the chaos of Donald Trump’s misrule—what with his on-again, off-again trade war causing a sharp slide in the dollar, a rise in American borrowing costs, accelerating inflation, and possibly a severe recession—his attack on basic medical research is getting less attention. Elon Musk’s DOGE goons have slashed federal grants across the country, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is putting through further sweeping layoffs and budget cuts.
Pete Hegseth May Be Too Incompetent Even for Trump

3 weeks ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

NPR reported on Monday that the Trump administration is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Defense Department. The reason is that, as The New York Times reports, Hegseth was caught sharing highly sensitive details of military operations against the Houthis in Yemen in a group chat on the Signal app—again. He created the chat himself, whose members included his wife, his brother, and his lawyer.
The Anti-Immigration Majority Is a Mirage

4 weeks ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

The Gallup poll on whether Americans think immigration should be increased or decreased shows a curious pattern. From about 2001 at a high of 65 percent, there was a steady decline in the fraction of respondents who favored less immigration, with a corresponding upward trend in the fraction favoring more. The lines briefly crossed in mid-2020, with a plurality in favor of increased immigration—but starting in 2021, there was a sudden jump back toward restriction.
How the Euro Can Replace the Dollar

1 month ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

As we have covered previously at the Prospect, something odd is happening amid the great market instability touched off by Donald Trump’s lunatic tariff announcements. Normally during a chaotic trading situation, anxious financiers run to what has long been the safest of investments: dollars and dollar assets, like U.S. government debt. That drives the value of the dollar up and the interest rate on debt down.
Mad King Trump’s War on the Troops

1 month ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

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Germany Finally Gets Over Austerity

1 month ago | prospect.org | Ryan Cooper

READER SUPPORT POWERS OUR REPORTINGReporting like this isn’t possible without readers like you. The American Prospect is nonprofit, independent, and funded by our readers. With democracy under attack and authoritarianism on the rise, fearless reporting on power, politics, and ideas has never been more essential. Unlike many news outlets, we don’t answer to shareholders, billionaire owners, or corporate interests. We answer to you, our readers.