The constitutional imperative is clear; the political implications are trickier.
Law & Justice
President Biden’s Best Agency Is Starved for Cash
The National Labor Relations Board is protecting the labor rights of American workers, but it’s been underfunded for a decade.
Corporate America Is Helping to Elect Anti-Abortion Attorneys General
Abortion access is on the ballot in several states this year, where Democratic AG candidates have pledged not to enforce restrictive abortion laws and Republicans have said the opposite.
What ‘Dobbs’ Means for Women’s Equality
The seeds of unraveling a host of gender-based protections are present in the draft opinion.
An Armed Society Is a Mass Shooting Society
In Philadelphia, police apathy and incompetence have flooded the streets with guns, and the results are bloody.
In Massachusetts, a Limit on Gig Companies’ Deceptions
The state Supreme Court throws a Proposition 22–like initiative off November’s ballot.
The Premature Narrative on Democrats and Crime
Today on TAP: As they keep counting votes in Los Angeles and elsewhere, last week’s claim of a backlash to criminal justice reform is disappearing.
Education Department Won’t Hold For-Profit College Executives Personally Accountable
A top official at the department claims he needs executives’ personal signatures on specific documents to make them financially liable for defrauding their students. But he already has them.
Corporate Groups Claiming to Support Service Members Don’t
While the Chamber of Commerce and other groups talk up their commitment to military families, they work behind the scenes to block access to consumer protections.
Anti-Worker Judges and the D.C. Circuit
Biden’s judicial nominees for the second-most important court have troubling records when it comes to working people.

