Today on TAP: The defenders of tenure as protecting academic freedom would have more credibility if they had resisted the plague of adjunct appointees, who have neither job security nor decent pay.
state legislatures
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How New York’s Democratic Socialists Brought Unions Around to Public Renewables
State lawmakers worked hard to convince utilities and construction union members that they would not end up on the chopping block.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Black Political Power Still Traumatizes the White South
After ‘Milligan,’ some redistricting cases may find their way back to state lawmakers who fear Black voters—and the multiracial coalitions they can anchor.
Posted inPolitics
State Election Officials Have Their January 6th Moment
Breaking up ERIC, the state election administration organization, could be the boldest attempt yet to destabilize national elections.
Posted inPolitics
Texas Republicans to Cities: Drop Dead.
Particularly (but not only) in Texas, Republican state legislatures’ response to liberal cities is to strip them of all power.
Posted inPolitics
The New Minnesota Vikings
Progressives in the North Star State have racked up a remarkable set of victories.
Posted inPolitics
Virginia in View
Voting in state legislative primary races is under way, and North Carolina’s new abortion restrictions will reverberate across the electorate.
Posted inPolitics
The Intra-Left Dispute Disrupting a Progressive House Campaign
Aaron Regunberg has a shot to win a congressional special election in Rhode Island this fall, but a left-wing group has blasted him for not being progressive enough.
Posted inLaw and Justice
California’s Legislature Made Prison Phone Calls Free—Utility Regulators Can Handle the Rest
On the heels of groundbreaking federal prison phone call legislation, public utility commissions across the country can also regulate exploitative prison telecoms.
Posted inPolitics
Tennessee Republicans Step Up Attacks on Democratic Cities
GOP lawmakers have used state preemption tactics to prevent localities from passing laws that don’t align with their ideological beliefs, or even to reduce the size of local councils.
