stLouISTFree-Trade Deals Lite
To appease industrialized allies, the White House could undermine the delicate coalition backing domestic green manufacturing.
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Is Humility the Best Defense Against Ron DeSantis?
Why the humanities cannot and should not abandon their critical role
Buy Now, Pay Later Customers Face Financial Precarity
A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau details the financial profiles of BNPL borrowers.
The Useful Idiots Fueling the Right-Wing Transphobia Panic
Today on TAP: Prominent center-left journalists were swindled by obvious nonsense about a St. Louis gender clinic.
Progressives vs. Corporatists in the Battle for Chicago
With the incumbent and the early front-runner out in Chicago’s mayoral race, the remaining combatants represent a contrast of styles.
The Climate Time Bomb in the Atmosphere
Cleaning up air pollution might increase global temperature by as much as an entire degree Celsius.
Chemical Reaction Spreads Out From East Palestine
Pennsylvania residents are increasingly anxious about health impacts and water contamination after the East Palestine derailment.
A Small Victory Over Big Pharma
Today on TAP: Eli Lilly announces insulin price caps, but keep an eye on the footnotes.
Will the Supreme Court Block Student Debt Relief?
The justices may have trouble confirming that the plaintiffs have the right to sue.
Julie Su Will Soon Be Running the Labor Department
As deputy secretary, she’ll take the role of acting head of the Cabinet agency. That will help her win confirmation to lead it.
Calling Deficit Squawks’ Bluff on Environmental Enforcement
Deregulatory zeal and government spending cuts are surefire ways to preserve corporate impunity, at the public’s peril.
Unions for On-Time Construction
Today on TAP: Commerce Department urges chip-makers facing a construction labor crunch to offer child care, use union workers.
Labor’s Struggle With Anti-Monopoly
The split between two unions on the JetBlue-Spirit merger reveals the dilemma.
Combining Decarbonization, Good Jobs, and Climate Justice
Illinois shows what’s possible. Will Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo be an ally?
University of California Under Fire for Blackstone Investment
The university has invested $4.5 billion with the real estate arm of the private equity giant.
How Far Will the Supreme Court Go?
Today on TAP: Consider two pending cases, on Biden’s student debt relief plan and the CFPB.
The Junk Fees Biden Hasn’t Talked About
Hidden and deceptive fees are seen across consumer transactions, from rental housing to prisons.
West Virginia Wanders Away From Coal
Some coal defenders amp up culture war as others welcome nuclear and batteries.
Private Health Care Companies Are Eating the American Economy
A new report from Wendell Potter at the Center for Health and Democracy examines just how the private insurance market makes its money—and how American health care is worse off for it.
Tales From the Black Power Movement
One family tells stories about fighting for freedom from Mississippi to Syria.