Op-Eds & Columns

Mother's Day Is Different This Year

Eileen Appelbaum
The Huffington Post, May 7, 2013

The GOP Ploy to Win Over Working Moms Falls Flat

Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), May 1, 2013

Working Families Flexibility Act Undermines 40-Hour Workweek

Eileen Appelbaum
Congress Blog (The Hill), April 8, 2013

Profit Shares Hit New Highs, Washington Focuses on Disability

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 1, 2013

Business Attitudes Toward Paid Sick Leave Are Changing

Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), March 6, 2013

After 20 Years It’s Time for Paid FMLA

Eileen Appelbaum
Economic Intelligence (U.S. News & World Report), February 4, 2013

Paid Sick Days: A Win for Employees and the Economy
Eileen Appelbaum
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, June 6, 2011

Women’s Employment in Recession and Recovery
Eileen Appelbaum
AlterNet, May 10, 2011

Paid Sick Days: Doomsday Predictions Are Wrong
Eileen Appelbaum and Candace Howes
The Hartford Business Journal, May 2, 2011

Sick Days for Healthy Recovery
Eileen Appelbaum and Lonnie Golden
The Philadelphia Business Journal, April 29, 2011

Paid Family Leave Pays Off in California
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman
Harvard Business Review, January 19, 2011

The Budget Deficit Chicken Hawks
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 26, 2010

Myths About U.S. Economic Model May Not Survive the World Recession
Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, August 14, 2009

Health Care and Student Loans: The Bad Guys Are on the Run
Dean Baker
TPMCafé, May 11, 2009

A Stimulus for Working Fewer Hours
Dean Baker
Room for Debate (New York Times), March 29, 2009

Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More than Ever
Mark Weisbrot  
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, February 25, 2009

Quick, What's Wrong With a Tax Cut that Shortens Work Hours?
Dean Baker
TPMCafé (Talking Points Memo), February 16, 2009

Time for Jobs: How Shorter Work Weeks / Work Years Can Be Stimulus
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 26, 2009

Stimulus Time: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Mark Weisbrot  
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, January 2, 2009

Obama Has the Right Medicine
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, December 8, 2008

Why Obama Has Pulled Ahead on the Economic Issues
Mark Weisbrot
Sacramento Bee (CA), October 23, 2008

Millennial Dilemma
Matt Sherman
October 16, 2008

Prepare to Suffer
John Schmitt
BusinessWeek, October 16, 2008

Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, September 1, 2008

Fast Facts for Father's Day: Lone-Father Families and Economic Insecurity
Shawn Fremstad and Rebecca Ray
June 12, 2008

Own to Rent? Yes We Can!
Dean Baker
Oregon Independent, February 14, 2008

The Recession and the Freedom to Organize
Dean Baker
Point of View (AFL-CIO), February 6, 2008

Big Rate Cuts and Fiscal Stimulus: Are We "All Keynesians Now?"
Mark Weisbrot
AlterNet, January 22, 2008

Year of the Fat Cats
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 7, 2008

The Cost of Living
Dean Baker
The Guardian Unlimited, January 1, 2008

Edwards Comes Out on Top on the Economy
Dean Baker
CommonDreams.org, December 24, 2007

Santa Claus Comes to Wall Street
Dean Baker
Truthout, December 24, 2007

Unions Improve Jobs at the Bottom
John Schmitt and Shawn Fremstad
Policy Innovations, November 29, 2007

It Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Flexible Hours on the Job
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 26, 2007

Adjustment Assistance and Globalization: Not Much of a Deal
Dean Baker
Truthout, November 5, 2007

The Real Economic Crisis
Dean Baker and John Schmitt
The Guardian Unlimited, October 14, 2007

Millions of Americans in Economic Battle to Make Ends Meet
Heather Boushey
Alternet, October 13, 2007

Stop Blaming the Boomers
Dean Baker
AlterNet, September 20, 2007

Working Family Values: No-Benefit Jobs Leave Parents Struggling
Heather Boushey
Sojourners, September/October 2007

Needed for Labor Day: Something to Celebrate
Mark Weisbrot
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, August 30, 2007

Bush's Painful, Lopsided Economic 'Recovery' Continues
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, August 30, 2007

The Right to Unionize: Key to Democracy
Dean Baker
Truthout, August 27, 2007

Union Busting is Big Business
John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer
Topeka Capital Journal, July 6, 2007

Mommies Opting Out of Work: A Myth That Won't Die
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, June 9, 2007

Human Rights at the Workplace
Dean Baker and Mary Beth Maxwell
Truthout, May 29, 2007

Women Catch Up With Men's 2006 Earnings Today
Heather Boushey
AlterNet, April 24, 2007

Values Begin at Home, but Who's Home?
Heather Boushey
The American Prospect, March 2007

Rush, Rush, Rush
David Rosnick
Policy Innovations, February 2, 2007

From Welfare to Poverty
Heather Boushey and Randy Albelda
TomPaine.com, August 23, 2006

Stagnation Celebration
Dean Baker
American Prospect, July 19, 2006

Can Progressives Do Arithmetic?
Dean Baker
Truthout, July 5, 2006

Congress May Have to Raise the Minimum Wage
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services, June 20, 2006

Opt-Out Hype
Heather Boushey
TomPaine.com, December 7, 2005

Spinning Out of Control: Making the Recession Look Good
Dean Baker and Heather Boushey
Center for American Progress website, June 4, 2004

Another Intelligence Failure at the White House
Dean Baker
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 17, 2004

America's Hidden Human Rights Problem
Mark Weisbrot
Charlotte Observer, December 10, 2003

No Picnic: Working on Labor Day
Dean Baker and Helene Jorgensen
Philadelphia Inquirer, Sep. 2, 2002

Wall Street and Welfare: The "W" Solution
Dean Baker
July 15, 2002

New Economy Takes a Dive
Dean Baker
October 31, 2001

The World Bank's Attack on Social Security
Dean Baker
August 7, 2001

Liberals Step to Bush's Barren Beat
Dean Baker
Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2001

Candidates Ignore Poverty in Year 2000 Elections
Mark Weisbrot
Tallahassee Democrat, October 16, 2000

Great Myths and False Promises Dominate UN Summit
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, September 6, 2000

Verizon Workers Defend the Right to Organize
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, Aug. 15, 2000

Police Abuses Won't Stifle Protests
Mark Weisbrot
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 2000

Rich Countries Offer Empty Promises to the World's Poor
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, July 27, 2000

We Need More World and a Lot Less Bank
Mark Weisbrot
Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2000

Double Bubble - Headed for Trouble?
Mark Weisbrot
St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 23, 2000

Labor in 2000: No Place to Go
Mark Weisbrot
Miami Herald, June 20, 2000

Shaming the Powerful
Mark Weisbrot
San Francisco Examiner, September 29, 1999

The Real Drug Crisis
Dean Baker
In These Times, August 21, 1999

Clinton Dodges the War on Poverty
Mark Weisbrot
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services, July 13, 1999

From Welfare to Poverty
Mark Weisbrot
Sunday Journal, December 21, 1997

Ending Welfare Reform as We Know It
Mark Weisbrot
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 19, 1997