Author Archive
Joel Bleifuss
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Charter Schools: The Promise and the Peril
Two systems of public education go head-to-head in Chicago. MORE
Act Locally · April 10, 2014
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Schoolteachers Take On the Chicago Machine
The Chicago Teachers Union flexes its political muscle in the March primaries. MORE
Views · March 10, 2014
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The Reform That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The virtues of proportional representation. MORE
Views · February 17, 2014
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Precarious Democracy
A political agenda for the precarious class. MORE
Features · December 17, 2013
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The Social Movement Romance
Progressives can't let a love affair with social movements distract them from electoral politics. MORE
Views · December 9, 2013
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Chicago Teachers Lead the Way
The CTU plans to change the political landscape in Chicago. MORE
Views · August 28, 2013
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Welcome Back, Jim Crow
With a helping hand from the Supreme Court, the GOP can cling to power by disenfranchising voters. MORE
Views · July 4, 2013
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Obama’s SEC Cop-Out
The new chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission is fresh off Wall Street. MORE
Views · June 6, 2013
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FCC: Fronting For Corporations?
Business is cheering Obama's nominee. That's bad news if you like your media diverse and your Internet free. MORE
Views · May 10, 2013
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Tea Party Coup D’état
Progressives are too quick to believe that the Tea Party hurts Republicans. MORE
Views · March 16, 2013
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A Just War in Timbuktu?
How the Salafist uprising in Mali threw our Enlightenment ideals into confusion. MORE
Views · February 26, 2013
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A Deadly Disorder at the EPA
Before we can save the honeybees, we need to resuscitate the EPA. MORE
Views · February 21, 2013
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Watch Out, Grandma!
The latest scheme to 'fix the debt' by breaking Social Security. MORE
Features · January 22, 2013
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Gold Diggers and Indians
Republicans want to have their way with Wisconsin's buried gold, but the Anishinaabe aren't having it. MORE
Views · January 2, 2013
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The New Right’s Rabid Watchdog
The only political party linked to organized 'voter fraud' in 2012 was the one loudly denouncing it. MORE
Views · November 28, 2012
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The War on Teachers: Pick a Side
In Chicago, the teachers' strike was hugely popular. In the national media, it was maligned. MORE
Views · October 19, 2012
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Express Yourself, But Vote
This year's Democratic ticket may not be perfect, but, like life, it is much better than the alternative. MORE
Views · October 4, 2012
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Smart ALEC’s Comeuppance: Bill Moyers Takes On the American Legislative Exchange Council
This week’s edition of Bill Moyers & Company features the documentary report “The United States of ALEC,” which explores how ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is working with powerful... MORE
The ITT List · September 26, 2012
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GOP Land Grab
To Romney and others in his party, all public assets look ripe for privatization MORE
Views · August 25, 2012
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A Slip of the Tongue?
Bill Clinton's praise for Romney's business career signals what's to come in 2016. MORE
Views · July 5, 2012
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Javier Sicilia: Leading His Caravan to Washington
After his son was murdered, a Mexican poet took the helm of a new movement challenging the War on Drugs. MORE
Features · May 17, 2012
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Let’s Intervene in Elections
If the Left wants to be relevant, it must remember the ballot box. MORE
Views · May 5, 2012
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Occupy’s Meme Warrior
Adbusters' Kalle Lasn on Occupy and a resurgent Left. MORE
Features · May 2, 2012
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The Banality of Corporate Evil
Claiming they can't be held liable for human rights abuses, corporations reach a new height of hypocrisy. MORE
Views · March 17, 2012
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When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs
Washington must prevent, rather than join, a war over Iranian nuclear capabilities. MORE
Views · February 14, 2012
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It’s More Than a War of Words
If Democrats can't inspire progressives to vote this year, Barack Obama will be a one-term president. MORE
Views · January 18, 2012
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A ‘Care Socialist’ Speaks Out
An economist debunks the "austerity story." MORE
Features · November 13, 2011
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Our Time Is Now
The Occupy Wall Street protests present a rare and urgent opportunity to put our uncompromised ideals into action. MORE
Views · October 18, 2011
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Corporations Are Not People
A movement builds to fight corporate rule and amend the Constitution. MORE
Features · September 19, 2011
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Countering Corporate Rule
In These Times exists to suggest alternatives to corporate rule—but we need your help to continue. MORE
Views · September 8, 2011
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Cancer Calling, Again
On May 20, CNN's talking doc, Sanjay Gupta, wrote on CNN.com, "Just about every time I use a MORE
Views · June 7, 2011
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Help Expose Secret Corporate Campaign Contributions
Do you wonder who is investing money in Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) campaigns? Do you want to know which politicians are receiving campaign funding from nefarious corporate "citizens" like Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil,... MORE
The ITT List · April 29, 2011
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Fox Populi
Frances Fox Piven on how to grow the movement, and Glenn Beck-inspired death threats. MORE
Features · March 25, 2011
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Let’s Share the Sacrifice
In state capitols across the country, Republican elected officials are launching major offensives against government employees and their MORE
Views · March 15, 2011
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The Editor Who Kissed Ass
On January 30, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller published a self-serving essay in The New York Times MORE
Views · February 10, 2011
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We’ve Got a Job to Do
In August 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told leaders of MoveOn.org that they were "fucking MORE
Views · January 27, 2011
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Debating ‘The Change We Seek’
The 2010 midterm election results make one point abundantly clear: The Democrats are doing something wrong. Yes, midterm losses MORE
Views · November 16, 2010
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Battling Corporate Krakens
Frank Norris' novel The Octopus tells the story of the struggle between farmers of the San Joaquin Valley MORE
Views · October 26, 2010
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Learning From the Right
Ten years ago, too many progressives hitched their wagon to Ralph Nader's quixotic star. Vote for me, said MORE
Views · September 21, 2010
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Stand Up for Elizabeth Warren
The sacking of Shirley Sherrod is emblematic of the mess the Democrats and President Barack Obama have gotten MORE
Views · August 17, 2010
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In an Afghan Hole? Dig Deeper
Gen. Stanley McChrystal's trash talking and his subsequent sacking by President Barack Obama is a sign: America's foreign MORE
Views · July 12, 2010
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ITT Community Business
During the three days after the May 2010 issue of In These Times went to press, I signed more MORE
Views · May 6, 2010
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Obama’s ‘Ben Tre Logic
Has nothing changed since we were preparing to invade Iraq eight years ago? Yes, we have a new MORE
Views · December 15, 2009
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Block ’Em, Sock ’Em
Across the country progressive groups are mobilizing to support legislative initiatives, but to what effect? On the climate MORE
Views · July 9, 2009
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Buy Back Our Government
Porn rentals, duck islands and moat-cleaning are among the frivolities British members of Parliament have charged to their MORE
Views · June 11, 2009
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A Specter is Haunting Dems
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) had every reason to free himself from the wing nuts that bind the rusty MORE
Views · May 12, 2009
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Bailout Bandits
In these days of "bank stablization plans" (bailouts for fat cats) and "overseas contingency operations" (wars), Americans who MORE
Views · April 16, 2009
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Building Utopia
A new documentary profiles the rise and fall of a Depression-era utopian experiment in the Bronx. MORE
Culture · April 13, 2009
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To Boycott Israel…or Not?
Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East. MORE
Features · March 30, 2009
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The Audacity of Reform
For some pundits, President Barack Obama's spectacular fundraising success during the 2008 general election has removed campaign finance reform MORE
Views · March 4, 2009
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