Sunday, March 22, 2026

Jobs report coverage lacked context, worker perspective

Workers might be in a better position to push wages up if employers are forced to compete with both the fear of the pandemic and increased unemployment payments.

A world of bikes, not walls?

Maintaining instability in a world of inequality.

Mother’s Day tears

The fierce prophetic vision of poor women...

What America can learn from China—Lessons from the pandemic

While the China model cannot be transplanted to the West, there’s a lot that America can learn from China.

How upskilling America will rebuild the middle class

Providing workers with a pathway for that upskilling will be essential to meeting the nation’s infrastructure needs.

US parents pay nearly double the ‘affordable’ cost for child care and preschool

I have no doubt that higher government spending on early education and child care could dramatically change the lives of working families, improve the long-term life trajectories for many Americans and strengthen the U.S. economy.

67 years in the peace movement

I would like to announce the publication of a book which discusses the things that I have experienced during my 67 years of work in the peace movement.

Bill, Melinda, and the burden of grand fortune

All relationships, not just romantic couplings, tend to be twisted by wealth.

What iS the IRS doing?

I have never seen such screwing up by the IRS. What is going on?

Antebellum America Redux

What is the answer to this problem that has been with our nation since its founding?