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Promiscuous Networks of Care

4 months 3 weeks ago
Two new books about the politics of love stress the importance of intimate relationships as part of organizing for a better world.
Sarah Jaffe

Tariffs, Schmariffs

4 months 3 weeks ago
Today on TAP: Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts.
Harold Meyerson

Rule by Contractor

4 months 4 weeks ago
DOGE is not about waste and efficiency—it’s about privatization.
Brett Heinz

Trump’s Tariff Fantasy

4 months 4 weeks ago
His projection of a U.S. manufacturing boom behind tariff walls leaves out retaliation by other countries and a trade war.
Robert Kuttner

Trump’s Tariff Charade

4 months 4 weeks ago
Today is billed as ‘Liberation Day,’ as Trump plans to unveil his master tariff program at 4 p.m. The details are still obscure, even to Trump.
Robert Kuttner

How Corporate Pardons Create Monopolies

4 months 4 weeks ago
Rocket wants to became the only mortgage company in America. The CFPB found its tactics to be illegal—until Donald Trump let the company off the hook.
David Dayen

The Last Abundance Agenda

5 months ago
In the 1980s, Wall Street vowed to make housing more affordable through deregulation of housing finance. The result was the 2008 crisis.
David Dayen

Charging Down

5 months ago
Trump’s energy policy is hurting red states. Do they care?
Emma Janssen