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Monthly Jobs Analysis

Unemployment as Policy: Federal Layoffs, AI, and Corporate Understaffing

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Apr 13, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball

It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.

Robert Pollin Apr 10, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.

Paige Carmichael Apr 3, 2026

September/October 2011

Issue 296

September/October 2011

Cops for Labor?

By Kristian Williams

Police support for protesters, as happened briefly in Wisconsin in February, is an exception to the historical rule. Read more »
The People’s Budget

By John Miller

A plan to get deficit-reduction off our backs. Read more »
Rank-and-File Economics

By Katherine Sciacchitano

Riddle 1: When is a recovery not a recovery?
Riddle 2: When is a stimulus not a stimulus?
Riddle 3: When will it be possible to rebuild the economy? Read more »
Conflicting Dreams

By Josh Eidelson

The strikes that made Boeing a national flashpoint. Read more »

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