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.
March/April 2025
Issue 377
features
The Monster That Government Made
How Elon Musk used government loans and subsidies to enrich himself.
BY MARIE CHRISTINE DUGGAN
The Richmond Progressive Alliance Has Won Elections and Made City Hall Better for 20 Years
Here are 10 lessons for municipal reformers in other cities.
BY STEVE EARLY
The Burning of (Parts of) Los Angeles
Explaining the natural and human causes of the recent fires—and dispelling the myths.
BY BILL BARCLAY
the regulars
the short run
up against the Wall Street Journal | Trump’s Dumb and Dumber Tariffs
making sense | The Opening Moves in the New War on Workers
economy in narrative | Marriage Plots in Two Ages of Inequality
in review | Amy C. Offner, Sorting Out the Mixed Economy
economy in numbers | Climate Change Disasters and the Housing Crisis