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Mamdani, Affordability, and Inequality
The costs of housing, food, childcare, and transportation are one side of the affordability issue, the side where Mamdani might be able to have a direct impact.
Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana
Photos by David Bacon and an Interview with Laura Velasco
Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?
Job creation has come to a near halt. What explains employers’ reluctance to create new jobs in an expanding economy?
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.
Taxing the Top
In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.
