stLouISTWhere Markets Don’t Go, Here’s How the State Can Step In
Today on TAP: California Gov. Newsom announces that the state will make and distribute insulin at cost.
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AIPAC Has Taken Over the Democratic Primary Process
What will it take for Democratic leadership to cry foul?
Opting Out of Mass Transit?
Systems are surviving hybrid work schedules, but personal and fleet safety issues also influence the transit options that riders use—or desert.
Railroad Profit-Making Strategy Comes at a Cost
A looming strike and struggles with a proposed merger could reflect a reckoning for the rail industry’s determined efforts to squeeze capacity.
The Fed Is a One-Trick Pony
Today on TAP: And hiking interest rates when real wages lag far behind inflation is a dirty trick.
Senate Democrats Must Shoot Down Biden’s Anti-Abortion Court Nominee
It’s bad policy and worse politics.
Dollar Store Workers Organizing for Justice
Poor working conditions, low pay, and risk to personal safety characterize life at the more than 35,000 dollar stores in the U.S.
Abortion Rights Supporters Are in Step With the Mainstream
Taking shots at the Democratic Party regulars who do the work is very unhelpful.
Texas Grid Heaves Under Extreme Heat
A high-octane power grid is hitting its limits.
Trump to His Gangs: Attack!
The January 6th Committee shows Trump knew who he was inviting to D.C. and knew what they were capable of.
The Speech Biden Needs to Give
Today on TAP: All the conjecture about 2024 is diverting urgent attention from 2022.
How Hospitals Undermine Reproductive Rights
Fears of controversy and squeamishness about the procedure lead many hospitals in blue states to ban abortions. Biden has the power to change this.
New York Gov. Hochul’s Husband Works for Corporate Giant Accused of Union-Busting
William Hochul is general counsel of Delaware North, which fired union organizers at Yellowstone National Park.
Google Tries to Bargain Its Way out of Antitrust Trouble
But its proposal to take its adtech business into a separate business line is a weak substitute for real reform.
Schumer’s Visit to Seattle
Today on TAP: The Democratic Senate leader was in Amazon and Microsoft country right as he’s deciding whether to advance a bill that would weaken their power.
The Case Against Judicial Review
If Democrats don’t bring the Supreme Court to heel, Americans will live under judicial despotism for the foreseeable future.
Hospital Systems Reverse Reproductive Health Restrictions
The experience of two large systems in Michigan and Missouri speaks to a larger confusion about the role of hospitals in a post-‘Roe’ world.
New York’s Democratic Primary Could Decide the Fate of Democrats’ Big Tech Push
If Jerry Nadler loses, the House Judiciary Committee leadership would likely go to Silicon Valley defender Zoe Lofgren.
A Bloody Fourth of July Follows ‘Bruen’
The mayor of Philadelphia got grief for his Independence Day remarks about gun violence. But on the Supreme Court’s gun ruling, he is not wrong.
Biden’s Striptease on China Tariffs
Today on TAP: Some aides keep hinting of coming cuts, while their leader dithers and sends mixed signals.