The Costs of the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” ushers in a “New Special Period.”
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Slow Wage Growth But Soaring Profits in the Current Recovery
The current economic recovery has done less to raise wages and more to pump up profits than any of the
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
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
Gay Marriage Blues
This month, thanks to the state Supreme Court's unprecedented decision last November, gay men and lesbians will begin