by Cortney Sanders On May 8, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College convened its annual conference marking 40 years since the Institute’s founding. The occasion drew a distinguished assembly of economists, journalists, and policymakers united by a shared conviction that conventional economics has consistently failed to reckon with the realities facing the global economy… Read More Levy Economics Institute 40th Anniversary Conference
Hello Friend, Spring was a season of both action and reflection for the National Jobs for All Network (NJFAN). Last month we celebrated May Day, International Workers’ Day, established in 1889 to honor workers’ struggles, following the Haymarket events in Chicago tied to the fight for the eight-hour workday. This year’s May Day theme, “Workers… Read More Beyond May Day: Standing Together for Good Jobs
What will the future look like? Who gets to decide? We’re living through extremely difficult and uncertain times. The issues we now face are the predictable culmination of unrestricted neoliberalism, imperialism, corporate greed and impunity, the steady erosion of investment in public welfare, and the entrenchment of power and privilege along class lines: one set… Read More LIBERATING THE FUTURE: 3-25 Virtual Panel and Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Jobs, Peace, and The Way Forward!
Raúl Carrillo and Mark Paul, two outstanding young leaders in movements for economic, social, and climate justice, were recently elected co-chairs of the Columbia Seminar on Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity.* The Full Employment Seminar was founded in 1987 by Columbia Professor Sumner Rosen and other academics and activists who would go on to… Read More New Leadership for Columbia Seminar on Full Employment, Social Welfare, and Equity
Cross-posted from Dissent Magazine: >> https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/federal-job-guarantee-racial-justice-darrick-hamilton Subscribe to Dissent Magazine Works Progress Administration poster by Harry Herzog, 1936, via Library of Congress. (Click for large version.) by Darrick Hamilton ▪ November 9, 2015 The conventional discourse about racial disparity in America is a myth. It’s a myth upheld by Democrats, Republicans, blacks, and whites alike;… Read More The Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Toward Racial Justice
