Today on TAP: The severe damage from back-to-back hurricanes will affect the election—but how?
Robert Kuttner
Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. His latest book is Notes for Next Time: Surviving Tyranny, Redeeming America. Follow Bob at his site, robertkuttner.com, and on Twitter.
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Notes for Harris
Today on TAP: It’s good that Kamala Harris is doing more one-on-one interviews, because she’s getting a lot better at it. Still, she occasionally misses an opportunity.
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Saving Wisconsin’s Publicly Owned Nursing Homes
In Wisconsin, where many nursing homes are county-owned and locally prized, an emblematic privatization battle illustrates the latent progressivism of rural people.
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Woman of Steel
Today on TAP: Despite a lot of BS from U.S. Steel execs’ campaign about lost U.S. jobs, Kamala Harris will act to block the Nippon takeover of USS—which will actually preserve jobs.
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Biden’s Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike
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?
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Moving the Needle
Today on TAP: We keep winning the arguments. Can we win the politics?
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An Epic Dystopia
How a near-monopoly gained control of most of the nation’s electronic medical records, to the detriment of medical practice and doctor morale
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Four-Dimensional Chess in NYC
Today on TAP: Will Mayor Eric Adams be forced to resign? Will Andrew Cuomo succeed him? Does a progressive mayoral candidate have a shot?
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The Justice Department Challenges Visa’s Predatory Power
Today on TAP: The giant credit card company offers a textbook case in abuse of market power to buy off or crush potential competitors and reap excess profits at consumer expense.
