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Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Clean-Car Rule May Transform Unions in America
The Environmental Protection Agency rule makes it impossible for Volkswagen to shut down its EV-producing plant in Tennessee, which is being targeted by the UAW.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Landmark Settlement Breaks Up the Real Estate Cartel
The collusive arrangement among real estate agents that led to Americans paying extortionate commissions is likely over.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Municipal Broadband Solution
A federal affordable internet program is ending. But muni-owned broadband networks have figured out how to deliver affordable high-speed internet access themselves.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Blowing the Door Off Boeing’s ‘Epstein Deal’
The lawyer who busted open Jeffrey Epstein’s sweetheart deal sues DOJ for the goods on Trump’s slimy deferred prosecution agreement with the 737 manufacturer.
Posted inTransportation
How Boeing Ruined the JetBlue-Spirit Merger
The judge’s ruling in the case revealed all the deficiencies in the manufacturing and distribution of commercial air travel.
Posted inBooks
Uber and the Impoverished Public Expectations of the 2010s
A new book shows that Uber was a symbol of a neoliberal philosophy that neglected public funding and regulation in favor of rule by private corporations.
Posted inTransportation
Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset
The door plug that ripped off an Alaska Airlines plane only exists because of cost-cutting production techniques to facilitate cramming more passengers into the cabin.
Posted inTransportation
The Electric-Vehicle Transition Is Quietly Surging Ahead
Nearly 10 percent of cars sold in 2023 were EVs.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Glenn and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Washington fought off the pandemic, but can the city get over the gall of a billionaire sports mogul and a governor moving D.C. teams across the Potomac?