Eleanor J. Bader - Dollars & Sense

Was It a Good Jobs Report or a Bad One?

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Oct 24, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections

A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.

John Miller Oct 21, 2026

Left Hook Economics

How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026

Eleanor J. Bader is a Brooklyn-based writer and teacher.

3 articles

Issue 221

Cohousing: Collective Living for the 90s

Imagine a community where you know all your neighbors. Where your neighbors would loan you a car if you needed

Eleanor J. Bader Jan 1, 1999

Issue 216

Ezekiel's Cafe

New York's Greenwich Avenue looks like most other commercial strips in tony Greenwich Village. Fancy boutiques, restaurants and

Eleanor J. Bader Mar 1, 1998

Issue 213

Workfare: Unfair!

It is 7 a.m. when Ava gets to her job at a Brooklyn, N.Y. Department of Sanitation garage.

Eleanor J. Bader Sep 1, 1997