Author: Matt Bruenig

Two years ago, Ben Domenech of the Federalist tweeted “FYI @fdrlst first one of you tries to unionize I swear I’ll send you back to the salt mine.” A number of people, including yours truly, filed an unfair labor practice charge because the tweet contains a threat of retaliation that could cause a reasonable Federalist… Continue reading Federalist ULP Ends In Big Let Down

I’ve been watching the discourse following Monday’s revelation that Samuel Alito authored a majority opinion that overrules Roe/Casey and declares that the nation’s abortion laws should not be established by the Supreme Court. This discourse has generated a few thoughts that I want to jot down below in a brief post. An Unelected, Anti-Democratic Institution… Continue reading Reactions to the Alito Opinion

In 1994, David Frum laid out the clearest fusionist case for promoting corporate power: If I am bearded, and I notice that my boss and the last four men in my section to win promotion are clean-shaven, I will find myself slowly nudged toward the barbershop. If the owner of the gas station across the… Continue reading Conservatives and Corporate Power

On Saturday, I published a piece in the New York Times arguing that, as states expand child care benefits in the coming years, they should provide benefits both to people who use child care services and to home caregivers. I wrote something similar in my 2019 child benefits paper “Family Fun Pack.” Of course, I… Continue reading Jill Filipovic On Compensating Non-Market Care Work

Joe Biden’s recent budget proposal includes increases to military spending. Many on the left criticized this part of the budget proposal and then Noah Smith criticized them and defended the decision. Smith’s argument for increased military spending is comically bad. First he argues that there isn’t a tradeoff between military spending and other kinds of… Continue reading Military Spending Should Be Cut