stLouISTAmazon’s $185 Billion Pay-to-Play System
A new report shows that Amazon now takes 45 percent of all third-party sales on its website, part of the company’s goal to become a monopoly gatekeeper for economic transactions.
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Jackson Out of Sight as Mississippi Goes to the Polls
The state’s water crisis hasn’t fully abated, but nobody’s talking about it on the campaign trail.
Winning the Ideas, Losing the Politics
Today on TAP: To win politically, everything will have to break right for Democrats, and then some.
What Census Poverty Estimates May Miss
Pandemic unemployment programs are significantly underreported, giving a misimpression about their effectiveness.
The Big Three’s Labor Shortages
The only way the UAW’s strategy of rejecting voluntary overtime can work is if Ford, GM, and Stellantis lack enough workers to make cars.
California’s Climate Disclosure Bill Could Have a Huge Impact Across the Nation
If signed by Gov. Newsom, the legislation would set a precedent by requiring large companies to disclose total greenhouse gas emissions.
Can the UAW Strike Help It Expand to Non-Union Plants?
Today on TAP: Probably not directly, but a good contract is a good selling point to workers at those factories.
The Absurdity of Washington Brain
Where what matters in House Republican strategy doesn’t actually matter
The Failure of Dodd-Frank
‘Too big to fail’ is more pervasive and regulation more captured than ever. What went wrong?
The GOP Is the Party of Corrupt Oligarchy
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton escaped conviction after being impeached.
Labor’s Militant Creativity
Today on TAP: The UAW builds on a tactic—selective strikes—pioneered 30 years ago by the Flight Attendants.
UAW Strikes Built the American Middle Class
Today’s strikers are seeking to renew the broadly shared prosperity that earlier UAW work stoppages created.
Q&A: Tim Wu on the U.S. v. Google Trial
Google claims its product is just superior. Says the former White House competition czar: ‘We now can see that a lot of those arguments are horseshit.’
The Federal Reserve Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change
Activists are pushing Fed vice chair Michael Barr and his deputy Kevin Stiroh to force the financial sector to take climate change seriously.
How Do You Spell Relief?
Today on TAP: After an FDA finding that a popular decongestant is worthless, Biden could direct that agency to fast-track approval of a miracle drug for colds used all over the world.
UAW Strikes at Select Plants
The ‘Stand Up Strike’ is intended to keep the Big Three automakers off-balance.
The Saudi Sports Grab Is a Humanitarian Disaster
Saudi Arabia’s soccer revolution risks perpetrating a similar labor crisis as seen in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Demanding Equity in Higher Education
A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
How to Reform Labor Law Without Exactly Reforming Labor Law
Today on TAP: Federal agencies and Democratic states are enhancing worker rights despite congressional inaction.
Finland’s Cooperative Culture
Ryan Cooper discusses impressions from a reporting trip to Finland.