Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

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The Green Transformation

The Vulnerable Planet: A Short Economic History of the Environment, by John Bellamy Foster (Monthly Review Press, 1994) Is Capitalism

Skip Barry May 1, 1997

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Denmark Shows the Way

Industry has a long record of resisting even the old-style regulations for cleaner air and water--the mandates to

Laurie Dougherty May 1, 1997

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Toxic Racism

Chippewas Resist Deadly Dumping

Pratap Chatterjee May 1, 1997

The Political Economy of Palestine

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

Issue 211

The Green Transformation

Denmark Shows the Way

Toxic Racism