stLouISTBest of 2023: Ramenda Cyrus
Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorites from this year.
Prospect
Will Claudine Gay Keep Her Job?
Today on TAP: The assault on the beleaguered president of Harvard continues.
The University of Phoenixification of Elite Education
What does the oligarch behind the ‘Ivy League antisemitism crisis’ actually want?
How Amazon’s Outsourcing Facilitates Union Busting
Employees at the company’s Queens warehouse actually work for a third-party subcontractor. This fissured workplace is an obstacle to collective-bargaining rights.
Omaha Bans Ghost Gun Kits—for Now
As the ghost gun threat accelerates, red states are going after blue cities trying to control the proliferation of the weapons.
Bracing for ‘Argentina’s Trump’
Both friends and foes of the newly elected populist president say their future under him is uncertain, but the certain misery of the present led to his win.
Year-End Musings, and How We Get Through ’24
Today on TAP: Israel and Palestine, Europe and America: What’s next?
Glenn and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Washington fought off the pandemic, but can the city get over the gall of a billionaire sports mogul and a governor moving D.C. teams across the Potomac?
Q&A: Arin Dube on the Benefits of Full Employment
The UMass professor details a reduction in wage inequality unseen in the U.S. in half a century.
Despite Historic Pay Discrimination Settlement, Little Has Changed for Women on Wall Street
The $215 million deal made headlines, but the industry pay gap persists, along with new cases of sexual harassment.
Fake Generational Warfare
Today on TAP: A guide to the latest efforts to undermine trust in Social Security
The Nordic Labor System
Matt Bruenig explains why it is unwise to mess with Swedish unions.
The American Judiciary Is Failing Its Trump Test
A would-be dictator does not deserve anxious consideration of his rights.
Building a Giant
Mapping UnitedHealth’s consumption of our health care system—from the ’70s to today
The Leasing Loophole for EVs
Consumers can get the $7,500 federal rebate on any EV, no matter where its parts are made, if they lease, which auto dealers quite like.
There Goes Another American Icon, but …
Today on TAP: What matters in Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel is what it portends for its workers.
New Merger Guidelines Quietly Reshape the Business Landscape
It just got much harder for companies to buy up their competitors.
Is AIPAC Good for the Jews?
The complex connections between the Israel lobby and the rise of antisemitism
Texas Is Challenging 150 Years of Immigration Law
Senate Bill 4 could be the vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to finally unleash Lone Star Republicans on the world’s huddled masses.
The Far Left and the Possible Left
Today on TAP: The odyssey of some confused lefties who migrate to the far right—and the cure