Trump’s Midterm Rebuke and Economic Hardship

From stagnant wages and rising prices to widening inequality, the economic forces behind voters’ growing discontent reveal a deeper, decades-long problem.

John Miller Nov 13, 2026

The Political Economy of Palestine

Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense

Jennifer C. Olmsted Nov 1, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 28, 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