Martin J. Bennett - Dollars & Sense

Forsake Some, Fleece the Rest

How U.S. Home Insurers Are Responding to Climate Change

Kenny Stancil Dec 31, 2025

Interview: Starving the Safety Net

An interview with Kalena Thomhave about the coming cuts to SNAP.

Chris Sturr Dec 28, 2025

Starving the Safety Net

The government shutdown’s pause in SNAP payments was a preview of how the coming cuts to the safety-net program will reverberate through communities.

Kalena Thomhave Dec 28, 2025

MARTIN J. BENNETT is instructor emeritus of history at Santa Rosa Junior College and a research and policy associate for UNITE HERE Local 2850. A version of this article was originally published on B

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May/June 2022

The Fight for $20 and a Union

Another California Minimum Wage Earthquake?

Martin J. Bennett May 1, 2022