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Working In These Times

"Working In These Times" is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and the struggles of workers to obtain safe, healthy and just workplaces.

• 21 May 13

• Farmworkers Fight Wendy’s, the ‘Last Holdout’ on Fair Food

  While rain pattered gently on the concrete steps of Manhattan’s Union Square last Saturday, a group of workers were… MORE »

  BY Michelle Chen

• 19 May 13

• Texas Explosion Could Have Been Worse; Unpaid Interns Denied in Court; Regulator Had Honeywell Stock

  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and 27 other government agencies held a press conference on… MORE »

  BY Mike Elk

• 17 May 13

• Senate Standoff Threatens Labor Board Shutdown

  WASHINGTON, D.C.–A partisan political standoff in the U.S. Senate threatens to close down the National Labor Relations… MORE »

  BY Bruce Vail

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Duly Noted

At Duly Noted, Lindsay Beyerstein dives into the news of the day while analyzing politics, media and culture. But it's not all commentary—she'll also rake some muck.

• 16 May 13

• Boobs React to Angelina Jolie’s Preventive Mastectomy

  Natural News is a moral and intellectual cesspool, but founder Mike Adams may have hit a new low with his vitriolic attack… MORE »

• 30 Apr 13

• Cupcake Feminism

  Food writer Michael Pollan is an evangelist for home cooking as path to healthy eating and food justice. In some of his bestselling… MORE »

• 27 Apr 13

• No, Matt Yglesias, Bangladeshi Workers Didn’t Choose To Be Crushed To Death

  Over 300 Bangladeshis were crushed to death in the ruins of their high-rise factory and Slate’s Matt Yglesias is annoyed.… MORE »

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Uprising

The latest on social movements in the United States and around the globe, edited by In These Times Associate Editor Rebecca Burns.

• 17 May 13

• Farmer Plants First Industrial Hemp Crop in 50 Years

  Reprinted with permission from Grist. What do you do when the federal government won’t let you plant a sustainable,… MORE »

• 17 May 13

• Party-Crashing for the Climate; Indignados Turn Two; Bus Ads Promote Equal Rights for Palestinians

  Party-Crashing for the Climate: On Monday, over 500 protesters gathered outside of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York,… MORE »

• 15 May 13

• Eight Hours Inside Occupied Cooper Union

  Reprinted from Waging Nonviolence. Since last Wednesday, students at Cooper Union, a private free university in New York… MORE »

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The ITT List

And then there was blogging: The ITT List offers all the news that isn't fit to print, from In These Times magazine's staff, writers and friends.

• 20 May 13

• Alt Press Pick of the Week: Is Cyprus the Beginning of Another Economic Collapse?

  If you've ever played Super Mario Brothers, you've been to a world built in and on the clouds, mysteriously suspended… MORE »

  BY Alternative Press Center

• 16 May 13

• Alt Press Pick of the Week: Calling Out Sexism on the Left

  Rape allegations. Sexual harassment. Patriarchal abuse of power. No, this time the accusations are not against Catholic clergy… MORE »

  BY Alternative Press Center

• 10 May 13

• The Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Guide to Running in Another Party’s Safe District

  It’s no secret that congressional elections have a bit of a competitiveness problem. Most congressional districts invariably… MORE »

  BY Devin McCarthy

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