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Our columnist closes out his one-year run with his favorites of the year. Read more

Books, Arts and Culture

Four decades of intensifying corporate concentration turned the music industry into a wasteland of institutionalized control and abuse. Are antitrust enforcers ready to reckon with that? Read more

Books, Arts and Culture

Demographic crashes and rising costs threaten an entire segment of higher education. Read more

Education in America

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Today on TAP: A law signed yesterday mandates displaying the Ten Commandments in every classroom. First Amendment? Feh! Read more

TAP

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The high-profile dispute is another example of risks posed by unregulated AI development, and how little AI companies care. Read more

Law and Justice

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The DOJ says Live Nation has been colluding with its former chairman Irving Azoff to fix artist fees and ‘pimp’ Ticketmaster. Read more

, Money, Politics and Power

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A Justice Department lawsuit alleges a repeated strategy of intimidation tactics, retribution, and all-around thuggish behavior. Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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Legal hot water and potential legislative reforms have triggered millions of dollars in lobbyist spending and campaign donations. Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ is uplifting and happy-sad. It was a more innocent time. Read more

Books, Arts and Culture

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On the bigotry and diversity inherent in the world’s foremost nation of immigrants Read more

Politics

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Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorites from this year. Read more

Health and Social Policy

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The sentencing of rapper Tory Lanez for shooting Megan Thee Stallion highlights decades of injustice. Read more

Books, Arts and Culture

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The ticket broker’s new ‘all-in’ pricing pledge is an effort to stave off antitrust enforcement. Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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And Victor Navasky remembered Read more

Politics

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Members of both parties call for the ticket giant to be broken up. Read more

, Money, Politics and Power

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The ‘moderates’ who want a debt default: a case study in journalistic destruction of the meaning of words Read more

Politics

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Is it belief in an ideology that creates fascists, or is it the permission to become a thug? Read more

Politics

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In the party of Trump, deceit is the new common parlance. Read more

Politics

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The year in movies, books, music, and art Read more

Books, Arts and Culture

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Republicans and New York’s ‘Democratic’ mayor demagogue on the issue, even as many real Democrats fail even to engage it. Read more

Politics