stLouISTThe Self-Serving Derangement of the Rich
Today on TAP: Why Elon Musk can’t handle the truth
Prospect
Unions Are Trying to Save Hollywood From Its Own Foolish Executives
Left to their own devices, the CEOs will ruin the American film and TV industry.
Investment Industry Donors Bankroll Sinema in Q2
Donors at Blackstone, the Carlyle Group, and other investment firms have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Sinema’s leadership PAC, which has been spending on upscale events and private flights.
Power and Progressivism
Today on TAP: Ezra Klein and David Dayen debate obstacles to progressive gains. (I think Dayen wins, but judge for yourself.)
Gig-ifying Hollywood
Film and television actors and writers are striking against low pay and bad working conditions.
Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms
Washington state fines a mushroom grower $3.4 million for firing women farmworkers and replacing them with male contract labor.
Campus Whitewash
What will the end of affirmative action mean for prospective students of color navigating the application process at elite universities?
TSMC Phoenix Cuts Electrician Pay and Sends In Taiwanese Workers
After 50 union electricians left, TSMC reinstated incentive pay and offered 25 non-union workers dispatched from Taiwan.
The Mills of the Gods Catch Up With Trump
Today on TAP: New York taxes? Document possession? Finally, the mega-crime: attempting to seize power through fraud and force.
Donald Trump Is Plotting to Make Himself Dictator
His plan is to make the federal government his plaything, and many Republican elites are behind him.
Radical Problems and Liberal Solutions
Joe Biden is doing well given the divided Congress. Unfortunately, the economy’s deep structural problems require far more drastic remedies—and failure has political fallout.
One More Reason Why the Court Needs a Code
Justice Sotomayor’s use of Court staff to help sell books wouldn’t be permitted under lower courts’ codes of conduct.
Electric Vehicles vs. Hybrids
Today on TAP: A reader’s guide to a fake climate debate
The Actors Walk
The strike of SAG-AFTRA highlights a summer of workers’ pushback against a finance-driven economy.
President Biden’s Most Powerful Student Loan Tool
Income-driven repayment can be used to forgive as much student debt as he wants.
The Climate Denialist Think Tank That Might Produce the Next FTC Commissioner
It turns out that radical ideology IS allowed at the FTC.
The Pro-Corporate New York Times
Today on TAP: Its coverage is often biased and sloppy.
Jim Jordan Misfires in Attacks on Lina Khan
House Judiciary Committee Republicans didn’t follow Jordan in his assaults on Khan’s ethics. Some Republicans even praised her.
Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
Maine Unions Near Compromise With Governor on Offshore Wind
The governor rejected a bill requiring a project labor agreement in the state’s contract with offshore wind developers. Now, she is said to support a similar proposal that drops the term ‘PLA.’