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The Israel-India worker deal resembles British indenture.
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Democrats increasingly rely on affluent suburbanites. Does that spell the end of a bold economic agenda? A forum with Heather Gautney, Ro Khanna, Dorian Warren, and others.
Biden’s industrial policy program promises a massive shift from decades of neoliberal orthodoxy. Can it deliver inclusive gains in time?
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American empire pushes freedom down a corrosive path—but that path is not the only one.
The post-work movement reckons with reproductive labor.
Janice Fine explains how “co-enforcement”—a bold new model for upholding labor law—is linking the state to social movements.
Mie Inouye and Daniel Martinez HoSang discuss the challenges of organizing in a society that tears groups apart.
A liberal economist and a family abolitionist agree: our economic system makes human flourishing depend on social units it can't sustain.
Instead of pouring public funds into private industry—as the United States did with COVID-19 vaccines—we must build public capacity and prioritize public objectives.
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To make change, movements need to build endurance—the capacity to keep people showing up despite their differences.
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