Why Democrats win the cities and lose the states, and what to do about it.
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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 inPolitics
Can the Democrats Win Back Rural Voters?
Their success in 2022 and the long term will depend on it. Here are some hopeful developments on that front.
Posted inWorking in America
Oshkosh Corporation Seeks Non-Union Labor to Build Postal Trucks
The controversy over locating a manufacturing plant could impact upcoming postal legislation, White House climate goals, and a high-profile Senate race.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Court and the Rise in Vigilantism
Last Friday’s ruling on Texas’s new anti-abortion law makes it possible to undo long-established rights.
Posted inTAP
A Company That Takes Our Money and Goes South
Today on TAP: Oshkosh dodges its union autoworkers
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Foxconn Finally Admits Con
But Wisconsin remains on the hook for as much as $1.34 billion for the doomed project. The folly of throwing money at corporations as a jobs strategy has never been clearer.
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 inPolitics
Are Democrats Unlearning the Lesson of 2020’s Senate Races?
Chuck Schumer could continue the successful populism that won Georgia, or fall back on a failed strategy with middle-of-the-road self-funders.
