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September/October 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City

A rundown of the Democratic mayoral nominee's policy positions.

Nick French Sep 13, 2025

Driving Off a Cliff?

Donald Trump’s tariffs will make the U.S. auto industry less competitive and leave the industry out of step with the auto market's shift to EVs.

Bill Barclay Sep 11, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

January/February 2023

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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