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Dumping the subminimum-wage standard ($2.13 an hour?!) they labor under would certainly help—and now may be more politically possible.

Today on TAP: Lujan’s stroke temporarily deprives Democrats of a Senate working majority.

How the unsustainable growth of the container ship industry led to the supply chain crisis

Controlling market power is an integral tool to deal with rising costs.

The candidate for the Supreme Court vacancy has a history of tough-on-crime sentences and opinions that higher courts subsequently tossed out.

Today on TAP: The top Republican on the Judiciary Committee can’t complain about ‘affirmative action,’ but there’s a fallback strategy.

How concentrating dependence on China upended our economy and added risk

Supply chain disruptions reduce availability of critical medical devices.

Artists angered about misinformation might also look at their tiny paychecks from the streaming giant.

And what the company can do about it

Today on TAP: The idea of pardoning January 6 insurrectionists will split Republicans, scare off voters.

Rampant outsourcing, financialization, monopolization, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits.

Michelle Childs, a potential choice to replace Stephen Breyer, worked for years defending employers accused in racial, gender, and other discrimination cases.

Major League Wrestling filed an antitrust complaint against World Wrestling Entertainment. Its success rests on a similar ongoing antitrust lawsuit in the mixed martial arts industry.

The Department of Justice has failed to revise dubious decisions made to shield Trump from scrutiny.

Today on TAP: The president could be doing a lot more with his executive power.

Anti-war politicians have become willing to criticize failed adventurism in the Middle East. They’re more reluctant to pump the brakes on Ukraine.

The Quincy Institute’s Anatol Lieven explains Russian and Ukrainian intentions, and how the U.S. has ‘trapped ourselves by our own rhetoric.’

Mitch McConnell reminded us that Americans often have trouble with the reality of fully American Black people. Expect more such flare-ups in the new Supreme Court fight.

Biden’s response to a notably dumb question from Fox raises the question of which Foxites are idiots and which just play them on TV.