stLouISTTSMC Phoenix Cuts Electrician Pay and Sends In Taiwanese Workers
After 50 union electricians left, TSMC reinstated incentive pay and offered 25 non-union workers dispatched from Taiwan.
Prospect
The Mills of the Gods Catch Up With Trump
Today on TAP: New York taxes? Document possession? Finally, the mega-crime: attempting to seize power through fraud and force.
Donald Trump Is Plotting to Make Himself Dictator
His plan is to make the federal government his plaything, and many Republican elites are behind him.
Radical Problems and Liberal Solutions
Joe Biden is doing well given the divided Congress. Unfortunately, the economy’s deep structural problems require far more drastic remedies—and failure has political fallout.
One More Reason Why the Court Needs a Code
Justice Sotomayor’s use of Court staff to help sell books wouldn’t be permitted under lower courts’ codes of conduct.
Electric Vehicles vs. Hybrids
Today on TAP: A reader’s guide to a fake climate debate
The Actors Walk
The strike of SAG-AFTRA highlights a summer of workers’ pushback against a finance-driven economy.
President Biden’s Most Powerful Student Loan Tool
Income-driven repayment can be used to forgive as much student debt as he wants.
The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
The Pro-Corporate New York Times
Today on TAP: Its coverage is often biased and sloppy.
Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
Maine Unions Near Compromise With Governor on Offshore Wind
The governor rejected a bill requiring a project labor agreement in the state’s contract with offshore wind developers. Now, she is said to support a similar proposal that drops the term ‘PLA.’
The Midterms Weren’t as Abnormal as We’d Thought
Today on TAP: Republicans’ (and old folks’) turnout eclipsed the Democrats’ (and young’uns’)—one reason why McCarthy is Speaker.
Unionized Workers at Blue Bird Hit the Next Hurdle: a Contract
An assist from Biden administration electric bus subsidies helped pave the way to victory at a plant in right-to-work Georgia. But workers say tensions with management have grown.
Live to Ride Another Day
The end of COVID emergency funding forces public-transit systems, states, and cities to get creative about new funding.
As Recovery Dollars Recede, Public-School Summer Programs Disappear
Many low-income students will lose access to academic opportunities and recreational activities.
As Goes Maine?
Today on TAP: A hopeful story about the survival of independent local newspapers
The Man Question
How should men think about masculinity in the 21st century? Phil Christman ponders.
Supreme Court Dog Days
With one hand, the Court enables discrimination. With the other, it steals $10,000 from student debtors.