Today on TAP: Republicans oppose necessary and very popular programs. Make them vote on them.
Harold Meyerson
Harold Meyerson is editor at large of The American Prospect.
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Making China’s Case: Manchin, Sinema, and the Six Supremes
By demonstrating America can’t ensure the right to vote or to survive a pandemic, they’re bolstering the argument that authoritarian regimes work better than ours.
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The Republicans’ Death Panel Finally Emerges!
Today on TAP: The Supreme Court’s Republican Six rule that the government lacks the power to fight a pandemic.
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How Ukraine Became a Flashpoint
Today on TAP: Why the hell did we expand NATO eastward in the 1990s?
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The NLRB Looks at the ‘Independent Contractor’ Scam
It’s inviting arguments and looking at cases that could enable it to turn such misclassified ‘contractors’ into what they actually are: employees.
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How California Got So Blue
Today on TAP: Liberals owe thanks to two notable progressives who are stepping down from their posts.
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A Year of Labor Militancy and Diminished Political Hopes
Prospect Editor at Large Harold Meyerson’s Best of 2021
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Why Democrats Need Unions More Than Ever
A new study makes clear how union members voted substantially more Democratic in 2020 than their non-union counterparts.
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Those ‘Wage Increases’ Stories Miss the Big Picture
Today on TAP: As a share of the economy, profits hit an all-time high, and wages for the bottom 90 percent an all-time low.