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Erik Loomis

Erik Loomis is Associate Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island. His latest book is A History of America in Ten Strikes. He blogs daily at Lawyers, Guns, and Money.

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Class & Inequality

The Democrats’ Yawning Silence on Trade

The left has not articulated an alternative trade agenda that supports all the world’s workers in a global economy.

Erik Loomis

Politics

Democrats and Labor: Frenemies Forever?

The Democratic Party has hastened the demise of the labor movement, but unions have little choice but to stick with them.

Erik Loomis

Class & Inequality, Politics

Great Exploitations

States are stealing from orphans to pad their budgets. And it's legal.

Erik Loomis

Class & Inequality, Education & Opportunity

Our Own Private Disaster

Terrible schools are still great for business in New Orleans.

Erik Loomis

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