stLouISTCongressional Crypto Defenders Accidentally Sparked an SEC Crackdown
Emboldened by claims that he needed to do more to stop crypto meltdowns before they started, Gary Gensler has rapidly enforced the law.
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Romanticizing Secession
Breaking up is very hard to do.
Who Wants to Teach in Florida?
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s culture warmongering has helped produce the highest teacher vacancy rates in the country.
Some Good News for Democrats
Today on TAP: Just when you are despairing about the Dems, they have a surprisingly good day.
Adam Schiff’s Domestic Policy Record Veers From Progressive Priorities
The Senate hopeful in California wants to join the Progressive Caucus. He never voted for a Progressive Caucus budget.
Federal Court Tells Starbucks to Stop Illegal Union-Busting
A judge issues an all-too-rare injunction that might just revive the baristas’ organizing.
One Liberal Senator Fights Back Against Judicial Tyranny
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has had it with a feral Trump judge.
Critical Tests for the Biden Administration’s New Team
If the new chief of staff and National Economic Council Director want to prove that they aren’t diverting the administration back to a neoliberal footing, here are a few options.
The Supreme Court Lets Domestic Abusers Have Their Guns
Last June’s Court ruling is being used to strike down state laws keeping guns out of the hands of “credible threats” to women and children.
Joe Biden Versus the Undertow
Some top economic officials reinforce the corporate globalist paradigm that Biden is struggling to overthrow. Consider the new director of the National Economic Council.
Countering Dobbs
A sex equality approach by states could protect abortion rights, and then some
How Monopoly Destroys Democracy
Today on TAP: The new movement to connect the restoration of democracy with the revival of antitrust and competition
Haymarket Books Fights Back Against Republican Attacks on Educational Freedom
This lefty publisher is giving out censored books for free in Florida.
The Trans Panic
Why are elite liberal reporters feeding a reactionary frenzy of hatred?
Beware Debt Hysteria
Today on TAP: Spending cuts for the sake of debt reduction would weaken both Biden and the economy.
How Los Angeles Tenants Beat the Landlords—For Now
The rise of a renters’ movement and their electoral victories last November have reshaped some fundamental city policies.
Elon Musk Shows How Oligarchy Poisons the Speech Commons
Free speech is not when one rich guy gets to shout 1,000 times louder than anyone else.
Mourning on the Red Cedar River
Three college students are left dead. Five injured. The rest of the state is wracked in grief.
FTC Forum Shows the Oppression of Noncompete Agreements
From the top to the bottom of the wage scale, these contract clauses are abusive and predatory.
Feinstein in Retrospect
Today on TAP: Her centrist politics made her an outlier among California Democrats.