Derek Wright - Dollars & Sense

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

John Miller Jul 7, 2025

Left Hook

What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.

Robert Pollin Jul 1, 2025

Left Hook

No Tax on Tips

Even the stand-alone No Tax on Tips Act would do far too little to better the lot of low-income workers, even tipped workers.

John Miller Jun 27, 2025

Derek Wright is a member of United Faculty and Academic Staff (American Federation of Teachers Local 223) and the International Socialist Organization in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Issue 239

Dockworkers Stand up to Racism, Repression, and Corporate Globalization—and Win!

For nearly two years, the most crucial fight in the U.S. labor movement has been the struggle to defend

Derek Wright Jan 1, 2002