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Investing in Distress

1 day 3 hours ago
Tax lien investing allows hedge funds and private equity firms to exploit mostly poor, elderly Black and Latino homeowners, leveraging the machinery of local tax enforcement.
Andrew W. Kahrl

The Newcomer From the Shop Floor

2 days 3 hours ago
Dan Osborn is a mechanic who had never been to Washington until this month and doesn’t own a suit. He wants to be Nebraska’s U.S. senator, running as an independent.
Luke Goldstein

What $26 Billion Buys

3 days 17 hours ago
Today on TAP: Netanyahu ignores Biden’s warnings and plans an imminent operation in Rafah.
Robert Kuttner

MAGA 2.0

4 days 3 hours ago
Can J.D. Vance keep it alive after Trump?
Robert Kuttner

Self-Destructive College Presidents

4 days 17 hours ago
Today on TAP: They are making a fraught situation worse by letting the far right define antisemitism and the necessary campus responses.
Robert Kuttner