Issue 357: November/December 2021

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.

Climate Change, Social Justice,
and the Green New Deal

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Doesn’t combating climate change need to be given top priority regardless of the impact on social justice? | Read more »
The Group Home Racket

John Summers

How a financial model masquerades as a human service. | Read more »
Why Record Numbers of Workers
Are Quitting and Striking

Sonali Kolhatkar

A viral video of a young woman quitting over a Walmart PA system is a symbol of the “Great Resignation.” | Read more »

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Edging Along the Precipice

Jan Lust and James M. Cypher

Can Peru’s new leftist President Pedro Castillo persist? | Order this issue or subscribe.
Living with Climate Change in Farmworker Communities

David Bacon

A Photo Essay on Farmworker Communities in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

editors’ note Why Quit Now?
the short run
cartoon How City Budgets Work
comment Corporate Bankers Wary of Public Banking
in review Gavin Mueller, Breaking Things at Work

Interview: Asian Garment Worker Uprisings

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Issue 357: November/December 2021

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars