Today on TAP: Appeasing dictators only invites more of the same. More university presidents should know that.
Civil Rights in America
Intelligence Bureau Watchdog Warns of FBI Overreach in NYC
The lone civilian representative overseeing a sprawling partnership between the federal government and the NYPD says that officers are avoiding guidelines in place for 40 years.
Incarcerated Firefighters Battle L.A. Blazes While California Upholds Prison Slavery
Firefighting is a rare voluntary role, but the state’s other prisoners still have no choices, making the dangerous work in wildland fire camps more attractive.
DOJ Closes Tulsa Massacre Probe as Trump Takes Office
Investigators made solid progress in just three months, but the case is now mothballed.
Cryptocracy
Funny money moguls will have great influence in the next Trump administration.
Crisis of Legitimacy
The American system is being hollowed out by elite criminal impunity.

