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 261: September/October 2005

features

Unregulated Work

SiobhÁn Mcgrath and Nina Martin

Is enforcement the next battle in the fight for workers' rights?
Turmoil in the AFL-CIO

Nathan Newman; Steve Early; Bill Fletcher, Jr.; Leon Fink; Rose Ann Demoro; and Immanuel Ness

A Dollars & Sense roundtable
Labor's Capital

Adria Scharf

Putting pension wealth to work for workers
A Deeper Shade of Green

Len Krimerman

Interview with Omar Freilla of South Bronx's Green Worker Cooperatives
Falling Off a Cliff

Keith Yearman and Amy Gluckman

Millions of garment workers worldwide stand to lose their jobs with this year's changes in global textile trade rules.

the regulars

the short run
active culture Just Garments
comment Don't blame China
making sense
up against the wall street journal Taxing wealth Swedish style
update Iraqi labor facing occupation, insurgency
dr. dollar The money supply