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Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia

Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.

Robin Hahnel Feb 20, 2026

March/April 2026

The Bad Romance of Extractive Industry

A Valentine's Day Post from Dollars & Sense

Zoe Sherman Feb 14, 2026

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Even the Wall Street Journal Knows!

Inequality is getting so bad even conservatives have started to acknowledge it. But that doesn't mean they'll do anything serious to make it better.

John Miller Feb 13, 2026

May/June 2022

Issue 360—Annual Labor Issue

May/June 2022

The Fight for $20 and a Union

Martin J. Bennett

Another California Minimum Wage Earthquake? | Read more »
The Great Resignation and the Labor Shortage

John Miller

What makes 2022 a great year for a job makeover? | Read more »
Shut Up and Work!

Zoe Sherman

“Free” Labor and Unequal Freedom of Expression | Read more »
Power, Wages, and Inequality

Arthur Macewan

A recent government report has an unexpected focus—power in the workplace. | Read more »

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Wage Laborers in California’s “Factories in the Field”

Bill Barclay, with Photos by David Bacon

Part One of a Two-Part Series on California’s Intensive Agriculture

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