Today on TAP: A federal court in Tennessee could require Starbucks to adhere to labor law now—not, as has been customary, in the far distant future.
Tennessee
Posted inPolitics
How Republican Rep. John Rose Found His Wife
This Tennessee representative married a college undergraduate when he was 45.
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Infrastructure Success Story in Chattanooga
Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world come from this Tennessee city’s public network. It could be replicated across the country.
Posted inPolitics
The First Progressive Primary Challenge of 2022
Odessa Kelly announces her candidacy in a Nashville, Tennessee, House district against ten-term Blue Dog Jim Cooper.
Posted inPolitics
Which Direction Now, White Folks?
Anti-racism activist Tim Wise surveys America’s shredded racial canvas. A Prospect interview.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Several U.S. Attorneys Vow to Prosecute Seditionists
But ones in jurisdictions with residents who stormed the Capitol did not initially commit to use their authority under the law.
Posted inPolitics
Can the ‘Senate Six’ Beat Voter Suppression and Democratic Disinvestment?
The results among Black Democratic candidates in the South may provide fresh clues about the direction of the party and the country.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Life-and-Death Decisions: Why Some States Vote to Block Health Care Reform
Jonathan Metzl, author of “Dying of Whiteness,” discusses how racial resentment has fueled a backlash against health care policy designed to include immigrants and minorities—with deadly consequences for working-class white Americans.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Win for Cheap Alcohol, a Loss for Democracy
A Supreme Court ruling nullifies a core piece of the 21st Amendment: state control of alcohol markets.
Posted inWorking in America
Labor Raises the Floor in Nashville
As construction booms in an increasingly progressive city, workers find the power to unionize in the otherwise non-union South.