Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana

Photos by David Bacon and an Interview with Laura Velasco

David Bacon Oct 30, 2025

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?

John Miller Oct 20, 2025

November/December 2025

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.

Nick French Oct 17, 2025

Issue 261

4 articles

Issue 261

Turmoil in the AFL-CIO

A Dollars & Sense Roundtable

Nathan Newman; Steve Early; Bill Fletcher, Jr.; Leon Fink; Rose Ann Demoro; and Immanuel Ness Sep 1, 2005

Issue 261

Falling Off a Cliff

Millions of garment workers worldwide stand to lose their jobs with this year's changes in global textile trade rules.

Keith Yearman and Amy Gluckman Sep 1, 2005

Issue 261

Just Garments

A worker-run factory tries to wring the sweat out of the apparel business.

Jay Blair Sep 1, 2005

Issue 261

Taxing Wealth Swedish Style

An annual levy that is more efficient than the estate tax.

John Miller Sep 1, 2005