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Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today

Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.

Robert Pollin Nov 3, 2025

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Inflation Haunting Halloween

A specter is haunting Halloween—the specter of inflation.

John Miller Oct 31, 2025

November/December 2025

Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana

Photos by David Bacon and an Interview with Laura Velasco

David Bacon Oct 30, 2025

January/February 2023

Issue 364

January/February 2023

What Can We Learn from Agriculture?

Arthur Macewan

Farmers have learned to respond to market forces, for better and for worse. | Read more »
Battling Starbucks

Saurav Sarkar

How Starbucks Workers United is challenging the coffee empire—and how the empire is striking back. | Read more »
What Happened to the Flower Carriers?

Photo Essay by David Bacon

Today's flower harvesters in Lompoc, Calif. harken back to the flower carriers in Diego Rivera's paintings from the 1930s. | Read more »

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