Sarah Olson - Dollars & Sense

Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?

Job creation has come to a near halt. What explains employers’ reluctance to create new jobs in an expanding economy?

John Miller Oct 20, 2025

November/December 2025

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

Sarah Olson is a contributing reporter for Free Speech Radio News and the National Radio Project's "Making Contact." She is also a mentor and journalist at the Welfare Radio Collaborative.

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Issue 257

Marriage Promotion, Reproductive Injustice, and the War Against Poor Women of Color

On December 22, at the stroke of midnight, Renita Pitts became a single woman. Renita is 44 years old, a

Sarah Olson Jan 1, 2005