Author + Journalist + Mom to an aspiring major league baseball player
Hadas Thier is an author and journalist, an activist, and a die-hard New Yorker. She writes about economics and US politics, and makes complicated things accessible to everyone.
She is the author of A People’s Guide to Capitalism, and writes for the Nation, Jacobin, Teen Vogue, In These Times, Hammer & Hope, and more. Her forthcoming book, Crypto-Capitalism: The New Financial Dystopia, is under way. Sign up below to find out when it hits the presses!
Featured Articles
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A Spark of Hope From Scrappy Federal Workers
Hammer & Hope | April 28, 2025
As federal unions engage in lengthy legal battles, the growing Federal Unionists Network has provided a fulcrum for rank-and-file members who don’t want to wait to resist.
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The Student Encampments Aren’t a Danger to Jews. But the Crackdown Is.
The Nation | May 3, 2024
The narrative of protesters endangering Jewish students has been used to justify police repression. But at the Columbia encampment, I saw a commitment to confronting antisemitism.
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Do American Colleges Have an Antisemitism Problem?
Teen Vogue | December 22, 2023
Instances of antisemitism are rising on campuses, but the medicine on offer may be feeding the disease.
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Jackson’s Water System Is Broken by Design
The Nation | February 22, 2023
Declining federal funding has left the water infrastructure in Mississippi’s capital at the mercy of conservative state politicians.
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A Left Answer to Inflation
In These Times | September/October, 2022
It is time to forsake the Chicago school of economics.
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When Socialists Govern
The Nation | February 22, 2022
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is building power in Queens.