A Journal of Ideas

Labor

Policy Alone Doesn't Cut It

If spending trillions of dollars to improve people’s lives isn’t a fair test of “deliverism,” then what is? A response to Matt Stoller and David Dayen.

By Deepak Bhargava Shahrzad Shams Harry Hanbury

Delivering the (Common) Goods

Democracy is about much more than casting a vote. A response to Deepak Bhargava, Shahrzad Shams, and Harry Hanbury.

By Lauren Jacobs Stephen Lerner Joseph A. McCartin

Giving Communities the Power

By Lauren Jacobs

No Way Out

How our hollowed-out welfare system punishes working-class moms and their kids.

By Sarah Jaffe

Legal Immigration: Toward Skills and Education

By Douglas Holtz-Eakin