The Byproducts of the War on Iran

Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz affects not just oil and fertilizer, but also the many oil- and gas-based inputs essential to everyday goods.

C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh May 6, 2026

May/June 2026

Who Will Work in a Warming World?

The impacts of climate change on workers, especially outdoor workers, are having global consequences.

Andrew Ahern May 1, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Retirement Savings in the Dark

For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.

Lenore Palladino Apr 24, 2026

Issue 257: January/February 2005

features

ABCs of AIDS Prevention

Jessica Weisberg

Even model prevention programs are hobbled by persistent gender and class inequalities.
Marriage Promotion, Reproductive Injustice, and the War Against Poor Women of Color

Sarah Olson
Dollar Anxiety

John Miller

Global economic and military muscle allows the United States to be a debtor nation without paying the consequences. But will it last?

the regulars

the short run
making sense Taxpayers subsidize Wal-Mart
letters
comment Consumer debt
economy in numbers Housing bubble