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Health Insurance for 20 Million is at Risk

If Congress fails to renew the ACA enhanced benefits, millions will be unable to access the health care they need.

John Miller Dec 11, 2025

November/December 2025

The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You

Worsening inequality leaves young adults worse off than their parents.

John Miller Dec 8, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Motherhood Gamble

While many mothers enjoy adequate support from fathers, the risk of financial hardship looms large if the partnership comes to an end.

Nancy Folbre Dec 4, 2025

May/June 2018

Issue 336: Annual Labor Issue

May/June 2018

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?