March/April 2024

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.

Privatizing Medicare

John Miller

Medicare Advantage increases Medicare costs and boosts private insurers’ profits. | Read more »
License to Sue

Sam Knight

The Sordid History of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Tribunals | Read more »
Forced Labor vs. Forced Idleness

Tyler Bowman

How profit and revenue distort prison labor, as viewed from the inside. | Read more »
The U.S. Corporations Profiting from the Israeli Occupation

Nick French

Many U.S.-based companies are profiting from business with Israel, enabling the Israeli state’s crimes against Palestinians. | Read more »
Dangerous Inflection Point

Bill Barclay

Is China’s growth model exhausted? | Read more »

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Raymond Williams

A Day in the Life of an American Slave, Circa 2024
Will Medicaid Expansion Ever Come to Mississippi?

Ingrid Cruz

The Medicaid coverage gap affects roughly 3.5 million adults in states that haven’t adopted Medicaid expansion.

the regulars

editors’ note Contradiction and Crisis
the short run
cartoon Goldy on Protectionism
50th-anniversary reprint Palestine’s Golden Oil
economy in numbers Southern Economic Strategy Exposed
dr. dollar Inequality and Violent Crime

Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Taxing the Top

March/April 2024

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features

the regulars