We Need a Care Package!
We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
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Will Kerry Stand Up for Workers?
The AFL-CIO has committed $44 million to the election of John Kerry. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest
Free Markets and Death Squads
The U.S.-backed regime in Haiti is violently cracking down on worker organizing.
Is Chile a Neoliberal Success?
Chile is often heralded as the global South's best case for free-trade economic policies, but the facts tell a different story.
Dear Dr. Dollar:
Supposedly, countries should produce what they are best at. If the United States makes computers and China produces rice, then the theory of free trade says China should trade its rice for computers. But if China puts tariffs on U.S.-made computers and builds up its own computer industry, then it wi
Job-Based Health Insurance: Sick and Getting Sicker
Job-based health insurance is terminally ill. A long-term decline in the percentage of workers who get health insurance through their
Gay Marriage Blues
This month, thanks to the state Supreme Court's unprecedented decision last November, gay men and lesbians will begin
The Haiti Crisis: Aristide Is Not the Issue
One of the biggest mistakes people have made looking at the recent Haitian crisis has been to focus on the
Black Job Loss Déjà Vu
Think the typical job-loser in today's economy is a white computer programmer whose job has been outsourced to India? Think again.