Prospect

Eric Boehlert was the model media critic—and much, much more.

Today on TAP: The NLRB’s general counsel asks the Board to ban ‘captive audience’ meetings, in which workers are compelled to hear employers’ anti-union rants.

It turns out voters hate it when you snatch away hundreds of dollars a month. Who knew?

The rot at the core of the Senate turns Supreme Court confirmation hearings into gratuitous distractions—or frequently, worse.

The NLRB can—as originally intended—quickly facilitate worker organization. But workers need to act fast before the Supreme Court cancels their efforts.

Adrian Vermeule has a new constitutional theory that hides its religious foundations.

Today on TAP: If President Biden wants to avoid mass student loan defaults, he can cancel the debt.

Effectively all standard containers used in global shipping are made by Chinese state-owned enterprises. The dangers of that circumstance revealed themselves during the pandemic.

From Canada to Panama, tugboat workers are being squeezed as shipping companies earn record profits.

A new bill would prevent traders, farmers, and industrial users of water from betting on price swings.

The ‘laranja’ business, as seen in Iraqi Kurdistan

Today on TAP: Rupert Murdoch’s editorialists disparage Biden’s stance against Saudi murderers.

Amazon’s heavy-handed tactics triggered an explosion of organizing from inside its Staten Island warehouse, leading to a union victory.

Appreciating the wisdom of Todd Gitlin—and what his insights about the 1960s tell us about the present moment

‘Buy now, pay later,’ the latest fashion in consumer debt, is even worse than credit cards.

A proposed cap on co-payments won’t do anything for those without insurance.

Today on TAP: How come Schumer moved the confirmation forward to floor action if the votes weren’t there?

Texas, the only state without universal workers’ comp, leads the nation in workplace injuries and deaths. It’s Latino workers on unregulated construction sites who fare the worst.

The Republican caucus tries to protect a bank’s right to rip off its customers.

The administration’s highest-ranking COVID official built his wealth through billing practices that have been alleged as fraud, triggering hundreds of millions in fines.