The pandemic loosened some onerous rules, Now the administration can build on that.
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Now Monopolies Are Crushing the Online Grocery Business
A boom in home deliveries is predatory prey for Uber, Softbank, and others.
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Is a Vehicle Mileage Tax the Future?
The old-fashioned tax at the gas pump doesn’t make sense in an age of electric vehicles. Should Democrats embrace an intrusive alternative?
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The CIA Officer Who Became a “Formidable Foe” of the U.S. Government
Janine Brookner took on the KGB, sexist rivals, and Justice Department lawyers alike during a pioneering career as a spy and lawyer.
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Want to Stem the Migration from Central America? There’s a Better Way.
Using university endowment funds can lead to better outcomes.
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Fighting the Big Grocery Monopoly
Why independent grocery stores look to antitrust law to battle big retailers like Walmart and Amazon.
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As FDA Readies Menthol Cigarette Ban, What’s Next?
Public health agencies need to make menthol smokers, Black and white, aware of safer alternatives. Anything less isn’t social justice.
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Liz Cheney Is Playing a Long Game Beyond 2024
Exiled from Republican House Leadership, she really does have a plausible path to GOP domination—but it will take more than four years.
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There’s a Huge Problem Getting Aid to the Unemployed
Computer screw-ups, cybercrime, and other problems are keeping people from getting their checks. It needs a national solution and presidential action.
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The War Over the 13th Amendment and Modern Day Slavery
Its “servitude” clause allows prisoners to be put to work and underpaid—i.e. unpaid. How Senator Jeff Merkley and a band of activists are fighting back.
