The real causes of inflation, Gates Foundation media investments, the CIA and Julian Assange, ALEC’s push to preserve its influence networks in state legislation, and surveillance advertising are the next five stories on the list.
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Posted inTAP
What the UC Strikers Need to Do Differently
Today on TAP: Go off-campus, says a veteran strike and bargaining maven, and visit the offices of regents and legislators. And sit down and settle in there.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Q&A: Justice on the Brink
Linda Greenhouse, the doyenne of Supreme Court journalism, considers the crisis of confidence that has marred the Court’s legitimacy.
Posted inPolitics
How ‘Fair Maps’ Went Foul
Red states refuse to play by the same rules as blue states.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Are Getting Their Act Together at the State Level
A long-overdue effort to contest Republican dominance of state legislatures is bearing fruit.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Immigration Justice Ballot Measure Tests Massachusetts Progressivism
Question 4 would uphold a state law allowing undocumented residents to get driver’s licenses. Supporters are pitching it as a public-safety measure.
Posted inWorking in America
The Conservative Astroturf Organization Rolling Back Child Labor Protections
The National Federation of Independent Business has been active in passing new laws allowing teenagers to work long and late hours in three states.
Posted inLaw and Justice
More Rights in Danger as Supreme Court Term Begins
Threats to voting rights, affirmative action, the environment, and student debt relief take center stage.
Posted inPolitics
Undermining the Will of Georgia Voters
The vicious circle of voter suppression under way in Gwinnett County sets the table for election subversion in November.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Making Paid Family Leave Work for Working Families
Twenty years after creating the country’s first paid family leave program, California ponders how to make it useful to those who need it most.
