Bill Fletcher, Jr. - Dollars & Sense

Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

Bill Fletcher, Jr., is the president of TransAfrica Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit educational and organizing center formed to raise awareness in the United States regarding issues facing t

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D&S BLOG

Reflections on a Xenophobic Speech

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Anticipating and sitting through President Trump’s address to Congress last night was arduous, to say

Bill Fletcher, Jr. Mar 1, 2017

Issue 253

The Haiti Crisis: Aristide Is Not the Issue

One of the biggest mistakes people have made looking at the recent Haitian crisis has been to focus on the

Bill Fletcher, Jr. May 1, 2004