stLouISTStarbucks Turns to Its Venerable Union-Buster
Today on TAP: Longtime CEO Howard Schultz has returned, apparently to squelch his baristas’ campaign for a voice on the job.
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Lessons from Putin’s War
How should the American left respond to Russian imperialism?
U.S., EU Back Pharma in Denying Access to Lifesaving COVID Products
A compromise effort to waive intellectual-property rights for vaccines, treatments, and tests will do little to expand supply, experts believe.
Lynching Is Now a Federal Crime
Opposition to making lynching a federal offense finally dissolves as Emmett Till’s family continues to seek justice.
The Gulf States’ Tech Play
Saudi Arabia and the UAE use prodigious investments in technology firms as a political weapon.
Activision Workers Fight to Unionize
The popular gaming company, in the midst of a $70 billion merger with Microsoft, is resisting a unionization effort in its Raven Software division.
The Fed Resists the Inflation Hawks
Today on TAP: Fed Chair Jerome Powell is playing against type.
Amazon Warehouse Workers Walk Out
‘We don’t want snacks. We want a raise.’
Time for Another Major Vaccine Push
Congressional Democrats are defunding vaccines long before the pandemic is over. Unacceptable.
Rail Workers Punished for Taking Days Off, Union Says
Unionized workers at Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway are angry about a new attendance policy that incentivizes coming to work sick or fatigued.
Our Neo-Guernica Moment
Today on TAP: And how we should respond
A Windfall Profits Tax Would Be an Inflation Rebate
A cash benefit to families as oil prices spike would be more important than how it’s financed.
The Great Housing Inflation as a Long-Term Policy Failure
High prices of homes and rental apartments have very little to do with today’s general inflation, but reflect decades of perverse policies that hurt both renters and aspiring homeowners.
Where the Government’s Environmental Lawyers Stand
The Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department could help protect our planet’s future.
COVID and the China Bottleneck
Today on TAP: Beijing’s extreme lockdowns are one more reason to unwind U.S. reliance on Chinese supplies.
Why Has the Biden Administration Hired 28 People With Ties to Saudi Arabia and the UAE?
The D.C. Blob just can’t quit Gulf cash.
If Only There Were an Infrastructure Bill to Deal With This Oil Crisis
By pouring money into fossil fuel infrastructure, the bipartisan law is already showing its tragic inadequacies.
Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids
Backed into a corner financially, the private equity–owned physician staffing company could put doctors and patients at risk.
More Inflation: Now What?
Today on TAP: Some of it is purely opportunistic. We need an excess profits tax and maybe price controls.
New Reform Bill Reinforces Authority for Postal Banking
But the only way it’s going to happen is if Postmaster General Louis DeJoy agrees to it.