The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis

Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care.

Nancy Folbre Jan 21, 2026

Left Hook Economics

How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether

Progressives all over the world are demanding that there be “no war for oil.” We must also call for the dismantlement of the world’s fossil fuel-dominant global energy infrastructure.

Robert Pollin Jan 12, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives

One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.

Arthur MacEwan Jan 8, 2026

Issue 207: September/October 1996

features

Labor Has a Party

By Laura Mcclure

But No Candidates—Yet
Unions Get Smart

By Janice Fine and Richard Locke

New Tactics for a New Labor Movement
Union Summer

Young Activists Discover Unions Aren't History
Computer Workers Feel the Byte

By Chris Benner

Temp Jobs in Silicon Valley
Immigrants Fight Back

By Abby Scher

Workers Centers Lead Where Others Don't
Putting People First?

By John Miller

Clintonomics and Post-Prosperity Capitalism
The Junk Bond Boss Meets the Ancient Sequoia

By Sharon Seidenstein

the regulars

the short run Commercializing Old Faithful
letters Campaign Spending Puzzles
active culture Work Slowdown for Workfare
comment Falling Wages, Failing Policy
primer Worker Participation: Is It Worth the Price?
in review The End of Work | The Jobless Future | Job Shift | Half a Job
economy in numbers The Job Stats—Too Good To Be True