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⏩ Climate, Immigration, and Monopolies: Watch Our March/April Issue Event
Our staff and contributors discuss climate change, corporate monopolies, and immigration during the COVID pandemic.
Posted inBooks
How Labor Saved a Paper Mill From the Scrap Heap
Wisconsin county official and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson writes a fascinating book about revitalizing manufacturing in a small town.
Posted inTAP
The Corporate Good Guys Who Are Really Bad Guys (Just About All of Them)
Today on TAP: Corporate hypocrisy on unions
Posted inWorking in America
Labor After Bessemer
To halt unions’ seemingly endless losing streak, they need a law that lets workers chart their own course.
Posted inWorking in America
How Workers Really Get Canceled on the Job
Pre-hiring personality screening and ongoing employer monitoring explicitly weed out workers likely to agitate for a union.
Posted inFirst 100
First 100: The Things Out of Biden’s Control
You try to set up an agenda and a boat gets stuck in the Suez Canal.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate America’s Empty Threats
Uber, Amazon, and others continually vow to leave any place where public-interest regulation might limit their profits. Don’t buy it.
Posted inClimate of Opportunity
The Promise of Offshore Wind
We can create good jobs and clean, cheap power by bringing back production as well as accelerating installation.