The AI Safety War in My Back Yard

In the contest between Micah Lasher and “AI guy” Alex Bores, is Bores a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Polly Cleveland Jun 7, 2026

The Green New Deal is a Jobs Engine, Despite Trump

In the United States and globally, the Green New Deal will continue to achieve critical gains, regardless of whatever the current administration says or does.

Robert Pollin Jun 2, 2026

Left Hook Economics

California Greening: Fighting Climate Change in the Golden State

Governor Jerry Brown launched the most aggressive and successful combination of programs to combat climate change we have yet seen in the United States—understanding these programs can help other states do the same.

Robin Hahnel May 26, 2026

Issue 209: January/February 1997

features

A Business Showcases Its Segregated Staff

Barbara R. Bergmann
Workers' De-Compensation

Kimberly Patch

Benefits Evaporate for Repetitive Stress Sufferers
Competition Comes to Electricity

Roger Colton

Industry Gains; People and the Environment Lose
Judi Bari: Revolutionary Ecologist

Sharon Seidenstein
Last In, First Out

Marc Breslow

Black Men Take the Heat
South Africa Beyond Apartheid

Is Political Power Enough? An Interview with Warren Krafchik
A Progressive's (Brief) Guide to the Internet

Leslie Brokaw &Amp; Margaret S. Coleman

the regulars

lettersThe New Party Plug
the short runRonald McDonald Goes to Court
active cultureThird Party Successes
making senseA Maverick Wins the Nobel Prize / Horatio Alger, Where are You?
in reviewThe Seven Cultures of Capitalism / Lords of Poverty
ask dr. dollarWhat Is that Masked Bank?
economy in numbersWhy Have Savings Fallen? Rising Inequality Deserves the Blame