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September/October 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City

In a shocking upset, socialist Zohran Mamdani bested former governor Andrew Cuomo in the June 24 New York City mayoral

Nick French Sep 13, 2025

Driving Off a Cliff?

Donald Trump’s tariffs will make the U.S. auto industry less competitive and leave the industry out of step with the auto market's shift to EVs.

Bill Barclay Sep 11, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

Issue 336: May/June 2018— Annual Labor Issue

Beyond Trump's Tariffs and Trade War

John Miller

Trump's tariffs will indeed harm the U.S. economy, but the WSJ editors’ free-market policies are not a desirable alternative. Read more »
Financing a Sustainable Economy in Los Angeles

Jane Paul

Part 1 of a Series: A Sustainable Economy Rises
in Los Angeles Read more »
What’s Behind the Teachers’ Strikes

Ellen David Friedman

The Labor-Movement Dynamic of Teacher Insurgencies Read more »
How Filipino Migrants Gave the Grape Strike
Its Radical Politics

David Bacon

Honoring Larry Itliong and a generation of radicals whose political ideas are as relevant to workers now as they were in 1965. Read more »

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#MeToo in the Hospitality Sector

Ellen Mutari

How sex, gender, and class intersect when workers routinely face sexual harassment. | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

editor’s note Our New Annual Labor Issue
the short run
up against the Wall Street Journal Beyond Trump’s Tariffs and Trade War
in reviewDominique Morisseau, Skeleton Crew
economy in numbers Why Janus Matters
ask dr. dollar What are the effects of a $15/hour federal minimum wage?