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The FTC chair lost her job on the same day she added another legal victory. The neo-Brandeisian efforts to convince judges to revive antitrust could have staying power.

The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s lovely little book on big, urgent matters

How the cold civil war shares characteristics with the hot one

Today on TAP: Why does the supposed advocate for the elderly steer them to the industry’s worst insurer?

A symposium on how housing unaffordability happened and what can be done

The Yes In My Backyard, or YIMBY, movement believes that solving the housing shortage entails removing impediments to adding supply.

Our housing crisis is not going away, and it demands a comprehensive solution with one goal in mind: safe and affordable homes for all.

A decade of depression in construction led to a concentrated, sclerotic industry.

Those caught in the crossfire of corporate landlords and financial engineering need a regulatory agenda to protect them.

Local housing agencies can use revolving funds to fill financing gaps for homes that are cleared to be built but don’t have the capital investment to get it done.

Today on TAP: In an impressive display of fear and greed, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times declares war on journalism.

A text message from a cousin suggests the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had gone underground for months.

As Republicans discuss slashing earned benefits, Social Security Works vows to publicly target any Democrat who joins the congressional DOGE caucuses.

The Democratic Party had more money than God this election. At what cost?

MAGA wins because leading Democrats have failed to narrate why so many Americans feel screwed by the system.

Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World

Today on TAP: Sooner or later, it has to come down to earth.

Insight Health is the pride of Flint, Michigan, and it’s coming for a failing hospital near you.

Herewith, a union leader’s suggestions on why they left and how to win them back.