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 249: September/October 2003

features

Maquiladora Bosses Play the China Card

David Bacon

Border companies in Mexico threaten to move to China.
Home Health Care Workers

Stu Schneider

Organizing victories in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Innovative Labor Strategies

Amy Offner

Ten campaigns to learn from.
Captive Labor

Alvaro Bedoya

How the agriculture industry exploits immigrant workers - legally.
Scripted Talk

Adria Scharf

Company control of service workers' speech.
Still Up Against the Death Plan in Haiti

Tom Reeves

the regulars

the short run
letters
active culture Freedom ride / Sweat-free High / Insuring writers / Where's the LUV?
making sense Tyson strike / Six Sigma
econ-atrocity Pension funds and life spans
primer U.S. labor law
comic strip of neoliberalism Armed privatization in Iraq
economy in numbers Unemployment
dollars & sense annual index