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

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Apr 13, 2026

Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball

It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.

Robert Pollin Apr 10, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.

Paige Carmichael Apr 3, 2026

Issue 228: March/April 2000

features

Forgotten Generation

Vanessa Lau

In China's rush to a market economy, middle-aged women are left by the wayside.
Public Teams, Private Profits

D. Stanley Eitzen

How pro sports owners run up the score on fans and taxpayers.
The ABCs of the Global Economy

The Dollars &Amp; Sense Collective
A New Labor Movement in the Academy

Gary Zaber
Deciding Who's Poor

Barbara R. Bergmann

the regulars

commentSmall Online Investors are Gambling in a Rigged Casino
making senseMexican Students Win Concessions / Saint Greenspan?
books in reviewSocial Security: The Phony Crisis
ask dr. dollarHow Long Can We Run a Trade Deficit?
economy in numbersToxic Sites Grow, Money for Clean-Up Drops