As the UAW seeks to unionize an Alabama Mercedes factory, a new German law requires the company not to go union-busting.
Europe
Posted inAmerica and the World
Eurocrats on the Brink
In a world on fire, with corporate and anti-democratic forces rising, why are European policymakers so slow to react?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Are Jews Safe in America?
Not entirely, but name me a place where Jews are safer.
Posted inTAP
The Return of Tony Blair
Today on TAP: The former prime minister has all but taken over the Labour Party and pushed it to the right. Didn’t Tony Blair, nicknamed Tory Blur, do enough damage last time?
Posted inWorking in America
Southern Autoworkers Organize, Business Class Tries to Wallop Them
Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, face a coordinated attack on their organizing, but have learned from two prior losses.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A Make-or-Break Year for a Ukraine in Limbo
Between its stalled counteroffensive and divisions in the U.S. and Europe, Ukraine is stuck in a doom loop.
Posted inTAP
The Momentum From the UAW’s Victorious Strike Continues
Today on TAP: In Alabama and Tennessee, workers are signing up with the union at VW, Hyundai, and Mercedes.
Posted inPolitics
American Fascism
Author and scholar John Ganz on how Europe’s interwar period informs the present
Posted inTAP
The Airbus Advantage
Today on TAP: Why Europe’s mixed economy produces safer planes than America’s financialized capitalism
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Ambassador for Crypto
Sean Patrick Maloney, an adviser to Coinbase, is nominated as the U.S. representative to the OECD, which is building regulatory frameworks for crypto.