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State lawmakers are using temporary budget surpluses to pass permanent tax cuts that will force cutbacks in public services and widen inequality.

Today on TAP: Different stresses for different folks

How policy blunders under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush helped bring about a post-communist Russia hostile to democracy, free markets, and the West

By boycotting committee markups, Republicans could prevent nominees from getting a Senate floor vote. Democrats could change the rules to end this tactic.

The billionaire former mayor was tapped to chair the Defense Innovation Board, a go-between for the military and Silicon Valley.

Today on TAP: One lesson to progressives is, get the naming rights!

Watch the writers discuss the special issue, which investigates how outsourcing, monopolies, and just-in-time manufacturing broke our supply chains.

By projecting an image of expertise and empathy, McKinsey’s ‘thought leadership’ helps the firm preserve and perpetuate its power.

How the Treasury has become the graveyard of progressive financial regulation

Biden appointed Native Americans to top jobs at the Cabinet agency, but so far the Interior Department’s policies have been business as usual.

Today on TAP: And would that make a difference?

It’s the one way to mobilize Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, not just white workers.

The controversy over locating a manufacturing plant could impact upcoming postal legislation, White House climate goals, and a high-profile Senate race.

The new head of the Development Finance Corporation spent two decades at a Boston hedge fund that controlled nearly $1 billion in Puerto Rican debt.

The saga of Longview Power shows the extent of private equity’s interest in coal power.

Today on TAP: One socialist gets it right. Some other socialists don’t.

It’s time for a coherent national logistics system, regulating and coordinating what has been privatized.

Building a domestic supply chain, Lordstown, Ohio, is becoming a hub for the electric-vehicle industry.

Budget airlines Frontier and Spirit, buoyed by a private equity investor, announced a merger earlier this week. But a revamped antitrust enforcement atmosphere awaits.

‘Apartheid’ is how an Amnesty International report last week characterized Israeli rule. Every group under the sun reacted, but there was no story in the Times.