Today on TAP: Will this be sufficient for Biden to reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair?
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Posted inEconomic Policy
What’s Causing the Weird Inflation?
And is there anything Biden can do to make it subside before it adds to the Democrats’ woes in 2022?
Posted inEducation in America
Will Biden Rescue Vulnerable Student Borrowers From Default?
The president can relieve 7.3 million student debtors from default, benefiting their credit scores and avoiding wage garnishment. He hasn’t committed to doing it.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Biden Continues Trump’s Devastating Sanctions
Yellen’s Treasury Department misses a chance for reform.
Posted inTAP
The Supply Chain Story Everyone Is Missing
Today on TAP: The deeper cause is too much offshoring and too little domestic production.
Posted inTAP
Biden Unclogs a Port—Well, Partly
Today on TAP: L.A. longshore workers will now work 24/7—but companies’ exploitation of port truckers will still slow things down.
Posted inAmerica and the World
No Christmas Turkeys for Britain
How Boris Johnson’s U.K. is crippled by aftereffects of Brexit
Posted inWorking in America
The Restaurant-to-Cannabis Pipeline
For many service workers, COVID-19 provided the opportunity to leave food retail and take up employment in the cannabis industry.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Opposition Grows to Biden’s Deportation Practices
The Biden administration is using a public-health order to expel migrants and asylum seekers, in absence of an immigration policy.
Posted inTAP
The Little Union That’s Reviving the Strike
Today on TAP: The Bakery Union is punching above its weight
