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Amazon Workers Are Fighting Back

2 years 6 months ago
Ahead of a key vote at a warehouse in Albany, union drives and walkouts show that workers are unafraid of challenging the e-commerce giant.
Rachel Phua

Bernanke’s Odd Nobel Prize

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: As a close student of the Great Depression, he knew enough to prevent a repeat of it—but forgot the lessons about the need for tougher regulation of the financial system.
Robert Kuttner

The Selling of Jerome Powell

2 years 6 months ago
Those who favored Powell’s renomination to the Federal Reserve insisted that he would never do precisely what he’s doing now.
David Dayen

One More Pro-Worker Move From Biden

2 years 6 months ago
Today on TAP: The Labor Department says if you make your living driving for Uber, Lyft, or FedEx, you’re an employee, not an ‘independent contractor.’
Harold Meyerson