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Labor & Economy
Critical dispatches and systemic analysis from the frontlines of political, social, and ecological change.
September 15
September 12
EU Affordable Housing Act: Empowering Cities to Combat Local Housing Shortages
September 10
The Global Humanitarian Aid System Is Collapsing and Leaving Millions Behind
September 8
Why Linking Income and Wealth Is Essential for Modern Economic Justice
September 6
Why Technological Advancement Must Not Outpace Labor Protections
September 4
Britain’s Food Security Strategy Is Failing to Address Critical Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
September 2
Barclays Challenged Over Financing of Coal Plant Threatening the Sundarbans
September 1
Catastrophic Himalayan Floods: A Grim Preview of Our Climate Future
August 31
How Missouri Labor and Reproductive Rights Groups Formed a Powerful Political Alliance
August 30
Employment Committee Launches Inquiry into Gig Economy Labor Rights and Job Growth
August 28
Why Legal Registration Fails to Protect Domestic Workers in Uzbekistan
Navigating Legal Protections Against Unjustified Mass Layoffs in the Garment Industry
August 26
Harlem Climate Conference Shifts Focus to Grassroots Environmental Justice Strategies
August 23
The Net Zero Dilemma: Why Rising Energy Bills Are Testing the Government's Climate Resolve
Labor Unions Defy Political Pressure to Secure the Future of Clean Energy Jobs
August 22
Manhattan DA and City Agencies Unite to Combat Systemic Wage Theft and Labor Exploitation
August 17
Can the New Sunshine State Housing Alliance Solve Florida’s Housing Crisis?
Labor & Economy
Workers Rights Act: The Hidden Loopholes That Limit Union Power
The UK's Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025. For roughly twenty-four hours, that sentence read like the beginning of a…
Harrison Lockwood·18 min read
August 15
Labor & Economy
Workers rights laws: The lesson of the Memphis Seven
In February 2022, Starbucks fired seven employees at a Memphis store after they invited a local television news crew inside after business hours to discuss…
Harrison Lockwood·14 min read
August 14
Labor & Economy
South Africa wealth inequality: debunking the market myth
Three thousand five hundred people. That is how many South Africans now hold more personal wealth than the bottom ninety percent of the population combined…
Harrison Lockwood·10 min read
August 13
Rising Migrant Fatalities in 2026 Reveal the Lethal Cost of Border Policies
August 8
How JPMorgan’s Affordable Housing Pledge Masks a Market-Rate Strategy
How US Funding for Marshall Islands UBI Confronts a Legacy of Nuclear Testing
August 7
Labor Organizing at the Portland Japanese Garden Challenges Prestige Work Culture
Labor & Economy
UK wealth inequality: Why the meritocracy defense fails
The richest 10% of people in the UK own approximately half of the country’s wealth. The poorest 30% own barely more than £1 in every £100. That is not a minor…
Harrison Lockwood·16 min read
August 4
Labor & Economy
Gig economy app algorithms are fueling a new labor revolt
On February 14, 2025, more than 130,000 drivers represented by the Justice for App Workers coalition organized strikes and rallies across 20 U.S. cities.
Harrison Lockwood·15 min read
August 1
California Minimum Wage Set to Reach $17.40 as Newsom Counters Federal Stagnation
July 31
Newsom Tax Returns Reveal $2 Million Annual Income Amid Federal Scrutiny
July 29
Governor Sherrill Signs Landmark Voter Empowerment Act to Protect New Jersey Ballots
July 28
Why Basic Income Is the Essential Foundation for Solving the Polycrisis
July 27
Labor & Economy
Wealth inequality gap: debunking the myth of meritocracy
The top 1% of U.S. families held 27% of family wealth in 2022. The bottom half held 6%.
Harrison Lockwood·13 min read
July 20
Jackson Transit Workers Strike Over Wages and Mandatory Overtime
July 19
Labor & Economy
What is gig economy? Lessons from a platform worker’s journey
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 11.9 million independent contractors in their sole or main job in July 2023, alongside 6.9 million contingent workers…
Harrison Lockwood·11 min read
July 16
Labor & Economy
Workers rights in the age of algorithmic management
On February 2, 2025, the European Union activated a prohibition that should have dominated every labor conversation on the continent: algorithmic systems…
Harrison Lockwood·15 min read
July 13
Labor & Economy
Wealth inequality: why charity will never be the cure
The numbers are not ambiguous. They do not require interpretation, charity, or good intentions to make sense. As of the third quarter of 2023, the top 1% of…
Harrison Lockwood·12 min read
July 9
Labor & Economy
US wealth inequality is a policy choice, not an accident
The math is short and it is not a mystery. As of the fourth quarter of 2023, the top 1% of U.S. households held 31.4% of the country's total net worth. The…
Harrison Lockwood·9 min read
July 2
Labor & Economy
Verify 2017 tax cut job claims to debunk trickle-down
In 2018, the first full year after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law, American corporations announced $806 billion in stock buybacks. Not wage…
Harrison Lockwood·9 min read
June 30
Labor & Economy
Compare gig delivery mileage rates to find your true pay
The IRS standard mileage rate for business driving is 67 cents per mile in 2026. That number looks clean, official, and deceptively final. Gig delivery…
Harrison Lockwood·16 min read
June 29
Labor & Economy
Local workers compare labor union organizer styles for a drive
In fiscal year 2025, unions won 81.9% of the National Labor Relations Board representation elections they filed. Read that number slowly. Nearly four out of…
Harrison Lockwood·13 min read
June 25
OR 2030 Sustainability Goals and the Economic Reality of Global Electrification Shifts Predicted by
June 8
Labor & Economy
Compare green job training programs in your state
The Inflation Reduction Act routed roughly $369 billion into the clean energy transition, and tucked inside the tax credit architecture was a quiet but…
Harrison Lockwood·14 min read