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May/June 2026

The High Costs of the Cloud

Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.

Kalena Thomhave Jun 17, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Tax the Rich and Save the World

A movement to reshape the structure of taxation in the U.S. is gaining steam.

Nancy Folbre Jun 9, 2026

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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

FRANK STRICKER is a member of the National Jobs for All Network and author of American Unemployment: Past, Present, and Future (2020).

19 articles

Entrance to the former headquarters of the Bureaul of Labor Statistics in the Postal Square Building at 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE. Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. Public domain.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Government’s April Jobs Report, and Ours: Why Don’t Things Look Worse?

The Latest Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker May 23, 2026

Frances Perkins Building, Washington D.C., December 2, 2009. Credit: Shawn T. Moore, Department of Labor (public domain).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Unemployment as Policy: Federal Layoffs, AI, and Corporate Understaffing

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Apr 13, 2026

A sign for the former BLS headquarters at the Postal Square Building in Washington D.C., April 19, 2011. Credit: Flickr account edenpictures, CC BY 2.0 license.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

A Little Better Now—But What about the Future?

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Mar 4, 2026

Frances Perkins Building of the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2017. Credit: Shawn T Moore, Department of Labor (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

2025—Glad to See You Go?

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jan 30, 2026

Bureau of Labor Statistics building, Washington, D.C., February 1, 2018. Credit: Erica Fischer, CC BY 2.0 license (https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/38441753380).

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs, Factories, and Inequalities

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jan 5, 2026

Bureau of Labor Statistics at the Postal Square Building in Washington D.C., May 19, 2017. Credit: Department of Labor, public domain.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Stagflation on the Way?

The Employment Report for August 2025

Frank Stricker Sep 19, 2025

Headquarters of the Bureaul of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. Source: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, public domain.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs and Hints of Recession

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 12, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics building in Washington, D.C.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Not Much Change Yet

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jul 18, 2025

Frances Perkins Building, Deparment of Labor.

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs in Turbulent Times

Monthly jobs report from the National Jobs for All Network (May 2025 and April Too)

Frank Stricker Jun 21, 2025

The Unemployment News and What’s Ahead

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Unemployment News and What’s Ahead

The Jobs Report for March 2025

Frank Stricker Apr 23, 2025

The Calm Before the Storm

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Calm Before the Storm

The Jobs Report for February 2025

Frank Stricker Mar 31, 2025

Getting Better All the Time?

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Getting Better All the Time?

Don’t drown while wading through the numbers in the December jobs report.

Frank Stricker Jan 30, 2025