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Today on TAP: After an FDA finding that a popular decongestant is worthless, Biden could direct that agency to fast-track approval of a miracle drug for colds used all over the world.
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UAW Strikes at Select Plants
The ‘Stand Up Strike’ is intended to keep the Big Three automakers off-balance.
The Saudi Sports Grab Is a Humanitarian Disaster
Saudi Arabia’s soccer revolution risks perpetrating a similar labor crisis as seen in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Demanding Equity in Higher Education
A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
How to Reform Labor Law Without Exactly Reforming Labor Law
Today on TAP: Federal agencies and Democratic states are enhancing worker rights despite congressional inaction.
Finland’s Cooperative Culture
Ryan Cooper discusses impressions from a reporting trip to Finland.
Catch Us if You Can
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
The Nordic Way of Freedom
Liberty isn’t when every jerk gets to inconvenience everyone else.
NLRB Complaint Calls a Noncompete Agreement an Unfair Labor Practice
The complaint against an Ohio spa follows General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s memo seeking these kinds of cases.
Justice Department Says Google ‘Flexed Its Muscle’ as a Monopolist
On day one of the historic monopolization trial, the government put Google’s chief economist on the stand to show that the company valued default status on browsers and devices.
Beware the Wrong Auto Deal
Today on TAP: An agreement with generous raises that allowed for a low-wage, non-union EV sector would be far worse than a strike.
The Poverty Yo-Yo
New Census Bureau statistics show that abandoning the successful anti-poverty interventions of the pandemic has put the nation right back where it started.
Half a Million California Workers Get a Raise—and a Seat at the Table
Fast-food workers compel McDonald’s and Starbucks to abandon a ballot measure that would have squelched both.
An American Leader’s Job Tenure Is Now in Question
Today on TAP: Joe Biden’s? No, Kevin McCarthy’s.
The First of Several Trials of the Century
U.S. v. Google, which begins today, is part of a litany of cases against dominant firms from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust enforcers. Here’s what it’s all about.
The Stealth Attack on the Power to Tax
The Supreme Court could overturn a well-established form of federal taxation.
After a Week on Defense, Ken Paxton’s Team Gets the Floor
The second week of the impeachment hearings may be the last. But there’s still a lot of ground to cover.
The Legacies of 9/11
Today on TAP: The long-term consequences of the U.S. response were far worse than the attacks themselves.
We May Not Negotiate Prices for Ten Drugs After All
Rules that exempt drugs from Medicare negotiation if there’s ‘meaningful’ generic competition could whittle down the effect of the program.
Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.