The Latest from the Prospect

The Hidden Driver of High Gas Prices: What's causing gas prices to reach record highs? Reduced refinery capacity, Executive Editor David Dayen writes, in large part driven by industry consolidation, has been a huge factor.

Reparations Get Real: A governmental task force in California has issued a first-of-its-kind report on the need for reparations to address the toll of white supremacy, setting a standard for the rest of the country. Read Ramenda Cyrus on what California can do to make reparations a reality statewide.

The Premature Narrative on Democrats and Crime: Editor-at-Large Harold Meyerson takes a look at the incoming Los Angeles primary results, suggesting that as votes continue to be counted, early media narratives of a backlash against progressive criminal justice reform may have been premature.

Pete Buttigieg's Day Job: Pete Buttigieg has clear ambitions beyond his current position as Secretary of Transportation. But as Co-founder and Co-editor Robert Kuttner writes, Buttigieg has the power to go after multiple abuses by the airlines and signal administration support for suffering consumers. He’s barely touched it.

Senate Feminist Spends Last Days of 'Roe' Shilling for Crypto Bros: Kirsten Gillibrand, who enjoys a reputation as one of the most prominent feminists in the Senate, has teamed up with GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis on a cryptocurrency bill that is lightly disguised deregulation of the industry. Staff Writer Alexander Sammon has the story.