September 2019 Volume 43, Issue 09

September 2019

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Viewpoint

Some Economists Say Carbon Taxes Are a Silver Bullet. The Reality Is More Complicated. Kate Aronoff

Don’t Tax Carbon—Just Stop Digging It Up Cynthia Mellon

The Government Should Write Everyone a Check—Paid for by a Carbon Tax Owen Poindexter

Why We Always Cover Union Fights From the Perspective of Workers, Not Bosses Jessica Stites

Feature

6 Greenwashing Schemes That Show Corporations Will Never Lead on Climate Christine MacDonald

Joe Biden and the Disastrous History of Bipartisanship Branko Marcetic

9 Reasons LGBTQ Workers Need Federal Protections Alex Schwartz

Every American Should Be Guaranteed a Job. The Green New Deal Could Make That Happen. In These Times Editors

Why Parents Hate Summer Break Chandra Thomas Whitfield

Dispatch

Fighting Asthma with Compost Jesse James DeConto

On Trial in a Language You Don’t Speak Kimberly Jin

Jewish Youth Say “Never Again” As They Protest Trump’s Concentration Camps Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Culture

10 Years of Death by Border Patrol In These Times Editors

A Worker’s Place Is in the Museum Joel Bleifuss

6 Greenwashing Schemes That Show Corporations Will Never Lead on Climate

More and more companies are setting public goals for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. History shows they can't be trusted.

Christine MacDonald

Joe Biden and the Disastrous History of Bipartisanship

Biden says he wants to bring the parties together. But for 50 years, that's meant the Right winning every time.

Branko Marcetic

9 Reasons LGBTQ Workers Need Federal Protections

“Fired for being gay” is just the tip of the iceberg.

Alex Schwartz

Every American Should Be Guaranteed a Job. The Green New Deal Could Make That Happen.

A jobs guarantee isn’t a new concept—52% of Americans already support it.

In These Times Editors

Why Parents Hate Summer Break

The U.S. has a summer childcare crisis.

Chandra Thomas Whitfield

10 Years of Death by Border Patrol

Humanitarian aid for migrants crossing through dangerous deserts has been a crime for years.

In These Times Editors

Fighting Asthma with Compost

The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.

Jesse James DeConto

A Worker’s Place Is in the Museum

A new exhibit in New York honors the state's labor history.

On Trial in a Language You Don’t Speak

A shortage of court interpreters means vulnerable, non-English-speakers may not be getting adequate legal support

Some Economists Say Carbon Taxes Are a Silver Bullet. The Reality Is More Complicated.

A carbon tax isn't a bad idea, but by itself could be politically dangerous.

Don’t Tax Carbon—Just Stop Digging It Up

Carbon taxes are regressive and ineffective, failing to provide the transformative change we need.

The Government Should Write Everyone a Check—Paid for by a Carbon Tax

A carbon tax and dividend could curb greenhouse gas emissions while improving quality of life for many.

Owen Poindexter

Why We Always Cover Union Fights From the Perspective of Workers, Not Bosses

We've been covering the labor movement for decades. And we're not quitting.

Jewish Youth Say “Never Again” As They Protest Trump’s Concentration Camps

Activists are risking arrest during two weeks of actions in Boston, Chicago, Newark and other major cities.

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

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