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Our Cults, Ourselves

9 months ago
Is the best way to understand the MAGA movement to binge-watch docuseries about charismatic leaders sending their acolytes to ruin? Tune in and find out.
Rick Perlstein

Texas Will Mess With You

9 months ago
The state is a national incubator for bad ideas, which it then seeks to project across the nation.
Christopher Hooks

SEIU Works the South

9 months ago
The union’s organizing summit in North Carolina was part of its $200 million investment to mobilize working people to vote ahead of the 2024 election.
Janie Ekere

Woman of Steel

9 months ago
Today on TAP: Despite a lot of BS from U.S. Steel execs’ campaign about lost US jobs, Kamala Harris will act to block the Nippon takeover of USS—which will actually preserve jobs.
Robert Kuttner

The Cold Civil War

9 months ago
States have always diverged on policies, but it’s grown more intense. And for red states, that’s not enough.
David Dayen

Biden’s Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike

9 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant shipper profits. What would Trump have done?
Robert Kuttner

Cascading Shame

9 months 1 week ago
Arlie Russell Hochschild returns to study the motivations of the left-behind right.
Rhoda Feng