A new study shows that Biden’s signature initiatives helped Kamala Harris—well, microscopically.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash
If the president wanted to cause airline disasters, it’s hard to imagine what he would have done differently.
The ‘DEI Theory’ of Boeing’s Undoing
It’s 95 percent fake news, but the rise and fall of American aviation is also a powerful parable about the limits of what Percy Green called ‘tokenism.’
Is Florida’s Migration Tide Turning?
Young people are leaving the state, and climate change’s impacts on the cost of living are contributing factors.
Child Death Sparks Reconsideration of Private Equity–Owned Affordable Housing
A two-year-old died in Section 8 housing in Pittsburgh, in one of over 130 federally subsidized properties owned by private equity firm Vitus.
Shlock and Awe
The Los Angeles fires shine a light on the wretched excess of the very rich.
Philadelphia’s Chinatown Is Victorious
In a major triumph for civic activists, the billionaire owners of the city’s NBA team backed out of an arena project that had been approved for the neighborhood.
The Conflagration in L.A.
Today on TAP: My adopted city is in flames, and we’re collectively to blame.
Tesla Is Cooked
Unless Donald Trump gives the company lots of government subsidies, that is.

