Jim O'brien and Nick Thorkelson

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.

Nick French Oct 17, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Taxing the Top

In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2025

September/October 2025

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

There is no tradeoff—immigration fuels the economy.

John Miller Oct 9, 2025

In 1978, Jim O'Brien was a staff member of the New England Free Press and an editor of Radical America. He now teaches in the College of Public and Community Service of the University of Massachusetts

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Issue 242

Baseball: A Marxist Analysis

Despite fastballs and double plays, major league baseball games are longer than they used to be. An average game that

Jim O'brien and Nick Thorkelson Jul 1, 2002