Emma Janssen

AI and crypto PACs are spending millions in Chicago-area midterm races. The post First AIPAC, Now AI PACs appeared first on The American Prospect.

In 2023, minor league baseball players won a union contract and put an end to decades of exploitation. The post Striking Out—and Winning appeared first on The American Prospect.

Read the CFPB report the Trump administration cut and scrubbed, which includes information on a higher-education surveillance pricing scheme. The post The Student Loan Report the Trump Administrat...

It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela. The post Monetizing Regime Change appeared...

Writing fellow Emma Janssen looks back on her reporting this year. The post Bringing Stories From the Midwest appeared first on The American Prospect.

Jesse Jackson Jr.—convicted, unpardoned, and unrepentant—is running for Congress again. The post Chicago Story: Corruption and a Family Legacy Are on the Ballot appeared first on The American Pros...

How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class The post Selling the Poor on Spending Like They’re Rich appeared first on The American Prospect.