Hot Off The Press
The Latest Articles and Books on Economic Inequality
in America

Articles

The Undeclared War on America's Middle Class
By Thom Hartmann
Alternet

Downwardly Mo: Can Better Schools—Can Better Anything—Fix the L.A. Economy?
By Harold Meyerson
LA Weekly

Rich, Poor Live Poles Apart in LA as Middle Class
Keeps Shrinking
By Nancy Cleeland
Los Angeles Times

Movement Mayor: Can Antonio Villaraigosa Change
Los Angeles?
By Peter Dreier, Regina Freer, Robert Gottlieb, and Mark Vallianatos
Dissent

Working Through Hard Times
By R.W. Dellinger
The Tidings

The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It
The New York Review of Books
By Paul Krugman, Robin Wells

New Orleans Forsaken
By Gary Younge
The Nation

Hard Labor
By Felicia Mello
The Nation

Will Your Job Survive?
By Harold Meyerson
The American Prospect

Books

	All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy By Jared Bernstein This short, readable book offers commons sense responses to the prevailing free market doctrine, and touches on our most pressing economic challenges, from globalization to health care to employment.
	L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement By Ruth Milkman Sociologist and labor expert Ruth Milkman explains how Los Angeles became a hotbed for unionism, and how immigrant service workers emerged as the unlikely leaders in the battle for workers’ rights.
	The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer By Dean Baker Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention.
	Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn from Conservative Success By Paul Waldman Political analyst Paul Waldman offers progressives a clear-eyed, multifaceted strategy for victory in elections, policy debates, and the fundamental battle between progressivism and conservatism.
	The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City By Bob Gottlieb, Regina Freer, Mark Vallianatos and Peter Dreier The authors chronicle efforts of progressive social movements that worked throughout the twentieth century to create a more livable, just, and democratic Los Angeles.