The administration’s highest-ranking COVID official built his wealth through billing practices that have been alleged as fraud, triggering hundreds of millions in fines.
corporate power
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: The Big Data Machine Driving Online Sports Betting
DraftKings and FanDuel have maximized internet surveillance to wring as much out of their customers as possible.
Posted inWorking in America
A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride
At Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, workers have broken through corporate America’s unified, furious opposition to giving employees a voice on the job.
Posted inTransportation
Uber Gives Up, Moves On
Taxis and the ride-hailing company end their feud; they had no other choice.
Posted inPolitics
Washington’s Best Hope
Rohit Chopra’s unconventional methods for making change happen in a sclerotic government
Posted inTAP
Inflation and Corporate Price-Gouging
Today on TAP: Biden has the power to do a lot more—which would be good economics and good politics.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democrats Need to Fix Rural Economies—and Get the Credit for It
Geographic inequality is one of the forces tearing our democracy apart, but it’s one that we can fix.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fertilizer Firms Spread Wealth to Shareholders as Farmers Weather Extreme Prices
U.S. officials have banned fertilizer imports from key overseas competitors while domestic firms fork over billions in stock buybacks.
Posted inTAP
Ban Forced Arbitration? Overturn the Filibuster? Not Us!
Today on TAP: The House bans it in all instances, along party lines, but it will go nowhere in the Senate.
Posted inTAP
Smoking Out Oligarchs, Russian and Other
Today on TAP: A Trump-era law, the Corporate Transparency Act, can help.
