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Price increases, a broader economic frustration built over decades, and an inability to articulate what’s being done about any of it

Unions are winning unprecedented victories in the most anti-labor region in the country. But much remains to be done.

Granular study of the ever-more-authoritarian right didn’t demoralize the author as much as reaction from the left.

Today on TAP: The Netanyahu regime is making a mockery of American policy.

The high-profile dispute is another example of risks posed by unregulated AI development, and how little AI companies care.

And how President Biden can make that goal a better campaign theme

House Republicans dial up nonexistent voting threats to undermine the National Voter Registration Act.

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This week on our live show, Ryan Cooper and Jamelle Bouie discuss what’s wrong with the Supreme Court.

An independent monitor is tasked with helping over 200,000 fintech customers get access to their money. But huge funding discrepancies remain.

Today on TAP: The influence of corporate free-traders is at last ebbing, and they are not going quietly.

The DOJ says Live Nation has been colluding with its former chairman Irving Azoff to fix artist fees and ‘pimp’ Ticketmaster.

A Justice Department lawsuit alleges a repeated strategy of intimidation tactics, retribution, and all-around thuggish behavior.

The debt ceiling reprieve reached last year is quickly running its course. We need to start the work to keep it from derailing Democratic priorities again.

Today on TAP: If we’re that deep into a vibe-cession come the fall, it will be very difficult for Biden to win.

The chaotic bankruptcy of a middleware platform called Synapse has impacted numerous fintech companies, whose users are locked out of their savings.

Any other politician in American history would be ruined by this story. Trump should be.

A campaign touting the oil and gas industry’s environmental progress says its energy-producing hydrocarbons are very clean, but not all of its claims can be verified.

Today on TAP: Chair Martin Gruenberg, weakened by the sexual harassment mess at his agency, will step aside once a successor is named. Will Biden appoint someone as progressive as Gruenberg?

Millions of tenants are trapped in a rotten cycle of overflowing trash, daily water outages, and a healthy rat population.