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The two big EU attempts to overly regulate the internet are starting to go into effect. The Digital Services Act (DSA), along with all its associated problems, is about six months ahead of the Digi…

Have you noticed there are a lot of different license plates you can choose for your car these days? So did Jon Keegan; he scrap

A local business owner used damaging chemicals to turn multiple swimming pools yellow and green over the course of the summer, according to the police, who said he was likely “pranking people.”

Kevin Carson on the broader concerns campaign finance debates point to.

A judge's order in the Georgia Trump trial leads to some big numbers.

Today on TAP: Let’s not confuse the corporate interest with worker interests.

Why has the media gone all in on small time scofflaws when organized financial crime is robbing people straight from their paychecks?

The mainstream media have abandoned the pursuit of objectivity and truth.

MIT economists Arnaud Costinot and Iván Werning discuss the potential impact a proposed "robot tax" could have on automation and jobs.

Today on TAP: As Republicans run against corporate ‘wokeness,’ he should run against corporate (CEOs’, big-time investors’) greed.

When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation. I soaked up the vibes of a high-tech, utopian future. I internalized the trajectory we were on was good, that we had reached the End of History. There might be a few bumps on the road, but the direction was inevitable and the destination was inexorable. It turns out that the fastest a human being has ever traveled was 39,897 kilometers per hour. That was the crew of the Apollo 10 mission returning to earth. That happened on 26 May, 1969. Fifty-four years ago. We peaked more than half a century ago. 1/of several

The Bad Boy founder is doing something once considered forbidden in the entertainment world.

It involves the American Library Association, which has stood up for books deemed offensive.

Seven-layer stacks, messy anecdotes, and the conservative case for net neutrality.

In our textbook, Modern Principles of Economics, Tyler and I predicted that lab grown diamonds would break the DeBeers cartel. Well, it’s finally happening. Bloomberg: One of the world’s most popular types of rough diamonds has plunged into a pricing free fall, as an increasing number of Americans choose engagement rings made from lab-grown stones […]

Open-book exams aren’t nearly open enough

New Doughnut and Circular Economics Are Replacing Capitalism: Amsterdam and California Lead the Way in Sustainable and Equitable Economic Models

The growing solidarity between labor and the LGBTQ+ community

The whale — also named Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and Lolita — was captured in 1970, but died last month before her planned return to the Salish Sea.

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It’s 2050. Extreme poverty is history and people are living better than ever. Fantasy or near-future reality? We find out

This Labor Day, workers' rights activists reflect on the Fight for $15 moment, which sprung up roughly a decade ago. Many states still pay sub-living wages.

The lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars are marred by child labor and environmental concerns. Some say plain old sand is the solution.

Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.

I use data for income inequality to show that billionaires are socially made.

Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.