Left Hook Economics 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
Left Hook Economics Taxing the Top In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better. Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2025
Migration, Labor, and U.S. Policy David Bacon | Oct 25 We all have to work, at least if you’re part of the working class. But working has become a crime for millions of people. Read more » The Living New Deal Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg | Oct 22 Events to celebrate New Deal achievements and advocate a “New New Deal” based on Depression-era job-creation programs. Read more » Labor for Our Revolution Rand Wilson and Peter Olney The unions that supported Bernie Sanders unite in a new network. Read more » Labor’s Southern Strategy A Conversation Between Chris Brooks and Gene Bruskin Why does labor keep coming up short south of the Mason-Dixon Line? What strategies might work moving forward? Read more » Subscribe Order this issue Available only in the print edition: The Trump Supply Chain and the Art of the Sweatshop John Miller The supply chain for Trump garments is international, penny-pinching, and exploitative. | Order this issue or subscribe. The Case for $15 An Interview with Jeannette Wicks-Lim What research on the minimum wage does—and does not—tell us. | Order this issue or subscribe. the regulars editors’ note A World to Win the short run primer What happened to the working class? ask dr. dollar Why are wages growing so slowly?