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The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid
Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.
Jobs in Turbulent Times
Monthly jobs report from the National Jobs for All Network (May 2025 and April Too)
A Trillion Dollars in One Year, and No New Taxes
The Wall Street Journal editors make it clear whose side they’re on.
Interview: Short Staffing and Work Intensification
Mike Prokosch discusses his article on short staffing, when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.
Short Staffing
Deliberately hiring too few people—always one of employers’ favorite methods of work intensification—is reaching new extremes.
D&S Authors on Trump’s First 100 Days
John Miller, Arthur MacEwan, Zoe Sherman, and Marie Christine Duggan on Tariffs and the War on Workers and the Planet.
Interview: Trump’s Tariffs and Stagflation
D&S columnist John Miller explains how the Trump tariffs risk stagflation—inflation combined with economic stagnation.
The Monster That Government Made
How Elon Musk used government loans and subsidies to enrich himself.
Why Is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?
The proposed market-oriented SPLIT reforms, which the bank supports, would undermine the country’s coops.