Derek Wright - Dollars & Sense

The Political Economy of Palestine

Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense

Jennifer C. Olmsted Nov 1, 2026

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 28, 2026

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

Nick French Oct 26, 2026

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