The health care conglomerate keeps former Hakeem Jeffries staffers and a Trump White House aide on its payroll.
Money Politics & Power
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.
Zuckerberg Proves Meta Is Too Big
One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
Pam Bondi and the Pay-to-Play Justice System
The entire history of the attorney general nominee reveals a comfort with basing prosecutorial discretion on money, power, and proximity to the president.
Striking Down the Nippon Deal
Today on TAP: National security requires worker security—and some worker power—too.
How the AMA Undermines Primary Care
Federal regulators, under Democrats and Republicans alike, help them do it.
Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists.
Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics.
Bluesky Proves Stagnant Monopolies Are Strangling the Internet
One tiny company has the bloated Facebook empire scrambling to respond.
Amazon’s Latest Seller Squeeze
A controversial policy would effectively charge sellers when Amazon’s logistics team loses or damages their goods. It could enable Amazon to undercut rivals with its own brands.
Health Care Rip-Offs, Globalization, and the Uncertain Future
Co-editor Robert Kuttner’s Best of 2024

