Today on TAP: The hills above my hometown regularly catch fire, and developers regularly build there nonetheless.
Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.
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Striking Down the Nippon Deal
Today on TAP: National security requires worker security—and some worker power—too.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists.
Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics.
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Twelve From Twenty-Four
Editor at Large Harold Meyerson on the year in politics and policy
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Think Biden’s Unpopular? Check Out His Fellow Leaders.
If floundering leaders and ineffectual democracies are the new norm, we’re in a very dangerous time.
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The Amazon Strike, the Bezos-Musk-Trump Dinner, and the O’Brien Bet
With their more than half a trillion dollars, Bezos and Musk join forces to make sure Trump doesn’t support even a scintilla of worker power.
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Bidenomics in the Rearview Mirror
Today on TAP: Despite its history-making tilt toward workers and consumers, the electorate didn’t reward it.
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Bank Speculation! Polio! And Other Hot Items on Trump’s Agenda!
The incoming president’s transition team is making the case for reviving some long-buried monsters.
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Sinema and Manchin Burnish Their Legacy
Today on TAP: Yesterday, S&M voted to hand the NLRB over to union-busting Republicans.
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Media Mogul Amok
Today on TAP: In an impressive display of fear and greed, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times declares war on journalism.
