stLouISTIf Congress Can’t Boost Workers’ Rights, the Administration Will Go It Alone
A new report lays out ways that federal agencies can increase worker power.
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After Two Years Fighting COVID, Nurses Wonder: What Has Really Changed?
California health care workers feel worn out, denied the staffing and support that would let them do what they do best.
The Economics of Mutually Assured Energy Destruction
Today on TAP: Will the West go all the way and block Russian oil exports?
The Economics of Mutually Assured Energy Destruction
Today on TAP: Will the West go all the way and block Russian oil exports?
The Biden Identity
Joe Biden tells us who he is and who he isn’t—which will help him, God willing and the creek don’t rise.
Progressives Gain a Foothold in Texas
In the first primaries of the 2022 cycle, left-wing candidates for the House do well.
Republicans’ Monstrous Cruelty Toward President Zelensky
Before Trump celebrated Putin’s invasion, he tried to blackmail Ukraine into making up lies about Joe Biden.
Is Washington State About to Deprive Its Gig Drivers of Basic Rights?
A bill quietly sailing through the legislature could do just that.
What Biden Will Say Tonight, and What He Should Say
Today on TAP: His defense of democracy and his attack on inflation can lead to some distinctly progressive initiatives.
What Biden Will Say Tonight, and What He Should Say
Today on TAP: His defense of democracy and his attack on inflation can lead to some distinctly progressive initiatives.
The Inflation Conundrum
There is a lot that can be done to restrain prices that doesn’t sandbag the recovery with higher interest rates.
Predatory Hotel Investment Trusts Are Decimating Workers’ Rights and Democrats’ Most Loyal Unions
Ninety-eight percent of hotel workers were laid off when the pandemic hit. Real estate investors smelled an opportunity.
European Austerity Hobbled Its Response to Russia
Instead of hoarding budget surpluses after the financial crisis, the EU could have weaned itself off of Russian energy supplies.
Biden Wants to Take Down the Ocean Shipping Cartel
New initiatives would beef up investigations into anti-competitive conduct from the industry, which is enjoying astronomical profits.
Putin’s War and Biden’s Presidency
Today on TAP: Will Biden get the credit he deserves for his leadership?
Won’t Drill Baby Won’t Drill
Don’t expect domestic fracking companies and the Wall Street investors getting rich off them to fill any gap in Russian petrochemicals.
A Justice for a Progressive Future
What really matters is how Ketanji Brown Jackson can help turn American law in a more progressive direction decades from now.
Two-Faced Anti-Unionism
At Starbucks, REI, and The New York Times, management insists it’s not anti-union—while waging anti-union campaigns.
Punishing Putin Swiftly
Today on TAP: If not now, when?
Worse Than a Crime; It’s a Blunder
Anatol Lieven on the meaning and consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response