Dan La Botz - Dollars & Sense

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

Dan La Botz teaches history and Latin American studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and works with Labor Notes, the labor education and organizing center in Detroit. He is the author of books

2 articles

September/October 2015

The Agony of Mexican Labor Today

For the last year and a half, tens of thousands of Mexican teachers have been involved in demonstrations, weeks-long strikes,

Dan La Botz Sep 1, 2015

Issue 251

Immigrant Restaurant Workers Hope to Rock New York

Following 9/11, displaced restaurant workers are transforming grief into action.

Dan La Botz Jan 1, 2004