Autumn Leonard, Tomas Aguilar, Mike Prokosch, and Dara Silverman

The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis

Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care.

Nancy Folbre Jan 21, 2026

Left Hook Economics

How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether

Progressives all over the world are demanding that there be “no war for oil.” We must also call for the dismantlement of the world’s fossil fuel-dominant global energy infrastructure.

Robert Pollin Jan 12, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives

One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.

Arthur MacEwan Jan 8, 2026

Autumn Leonard is the Creative Action coordinator and a national organizer at United for a Fair Economy (UFE). Tom?s Aguilar is a national organizer at UFE and a native of Laredo, Texas. He is helping

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Issue 240

Organizing after September 11

I hear people saying everything is different now, but I see that there is a lot that is not so different. --Gabriel Sayegh, Prisoner Within

Autumn Leonard, Tomas Aguilar, Mike Prokosch, and Dara Silverman Mar 1, 2002