David Moberg, a former senior editor of In These Times, was on staff with the magazine from when it began publishing in 1976 until his passing in July 2022. Before joining In These Times, he completed his work for a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago and worked for Newsweek. He received fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Nation Institute for research on the new global economy.
David Moberg worked with In These Times from its inception in 1976 until his death in 2022; During that time, he established himself as one of the country’s leading journalists covering the labor movement.
As a senior editor for In These Times, Moberg wrote about new battlefronts for labor, examined the past and present strategy of the labor movement and profiled many labor fights before they were covered in the mainstream media. Additionally, his areas of expertise encompassed globalization and trade, economic policy, national politics, urban affairs, the environment and energy.
Moberg was awarded numerous accolades for his journalism efforts, including the Max Steinbock Award from the International Labor Communications Association, (2003); Forbes MediaGuide 500: A review of the Nation’s Most Important Journalists (1993, 1994), and a Project Censored Award in 1995. He has also received fellowships from organizations such as The Nation Institute (1999-2001) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1995-1997).
Moberg also wrote for The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, Salon, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune Magazine, the Chicago Reader, Chicago, The New Republic, Dissent, L.A. Weekly, World Policy Journal, Newsday, the Boston Globe, Utne Reader, Mother Jones, and others.
Moberg also contributed to a series of books including: Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times (Seven Stories, 2002); The Next Agenda (Westview Press, 2001); Which Direction for Organized Labor? (Wayne State University Press, 1999); Not Your Father’s Union Movement (WW Norton & Company Inc., 1998); Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? (Beacon Press, 2001); Making Work Pay: America After Welfare (WW Norton & Company Inc., 2002); The New Chicago (to be released); Encyclopedia of Chicago History (2004), and others.
In addition to his work at In These Times, Moberg taught sociology and anthropology at DePaul University, Roosevelt University, Loyola University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northeastern Illinois University.
Culture
Live At Your Own Risk
Yale Political Scientist Jacob Hacker says the widening gap between rich and poor is a "great risk shift" from collective institutions to individuals.
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What Did the Voters Say?
Economic insecurity trumps the politics of fear
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Semper Fi: The Way to Win
Lane Evans' career in Congress teaches progresssives a lasting lesson.
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Is Diversity Enough?
Walter Benn Michaels asks us to consider the harm done when we worry about identity and forget about inequality
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Dispatch
Teamsters Face a Contentious Election
As the AFL-CIO split and workers continue to lose ground, the teamesters face a contentious election.
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The Death of Doha
The WTO model has collapsed. What's next?
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Dispatch
Nurses Fight to Retain Right to Unionize
An NLRB ruling undercut the rights of millions to unionize by reclassifying them as supervisors.
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Running on Empty
The United States' real problem with oil and energy policy goes beyond rising prices
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Viewpoint
Rot in the Barrel
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Delphi Dodges Union Contracts
Bankruptcy is the newest tool in the corporate battle against workers
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Viewpoint
Troublemakers Are Great—But Are They Enough?
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How Do You Define Security?
If Democrats want to win in November, they need a better plan
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Hotel Workers Rising Tide
A "Movement for Equality" tops UNITE HERE's agenda
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Culture
Party of One
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In an Illinois Primary, Threes a Crowd
The race for Henry Hyde's seat raises the question of whether democrats should fight, keep the faith or grow the grassroots
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Paradigm Shift
Labor has found success by eschewing NLRB elections in favor of employer neutrality and card checks
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Viewpoint
An Imperial President
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The Republican Crack-Up
Bush's bad year has created a political vacuum. Who will fill it?
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Throw the Books at Them
A slew of new essays and studies show that fighting against inequality is the battle of our time
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The Lay of Labors New Land
As the Change to Win Federation takes shape, questions about how it will co-exist with the AFL-CIO remain
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Culture
Climate Change Needed
The notion of what makes a "good business climate" needs to be radically rethought
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Imminent Domination
Progressives cannot allow libertarians to lead the fight against the misuse of eminent domain
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Will History Repeat Itself?
A flooded New Orleans 78 years ago helped pave the way for the New Deal. Could it happen again?
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Gods and Mortals
The AFL-CIO's split may impact smaller state and local federations the most
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Labor’s Big Split
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Labor Split a Mixed Bag
Union threats to leave AFL-CIO generate waves, new possibilities
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Culture
Power to the Pictures
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Creative Devotion
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Class Consciousness Matters
What's missing from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal
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Three-Dimensional Economics
CAFTA won't help U.S. workers, and blocking it may help the rest of the world
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Union Stations
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Which Comes First: Growth or Clout?
Unions debate strategy at the spring AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting
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Under the Microscope
An aggressive audit of labor unions is only one front in Republicans' multi-pronged attack.
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High-Tech Hijack
Corporations ramp up offshoring of IT service jobs
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Maytag Moves to Mexico
The closing of the Galesburg Maytag plant has left more manufacturing workers pondering an uncertain future
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Election Reflection
What happened, and what we can do about it
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There’s No Place Like Home
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Millenial Madness
Bush’s imperial foreign policy is doomed to repeat a sordid history.
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A Fixer-Upper
Democrats will need luck and local support to win back the House
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Desperately Seeking the Senate
Centrist Democrats vie for open seats
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Audacious and Hopeful
On the trail of Obama’s rising star
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Come Together Right Now
Labor unions reconfigure to battle huge multinationals
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Dispatch
Deans Permanent Campaign
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Forge a Coalition with Labor
Despite some progressives’ reservations about Kerry, he has committed himself to a wide swath of labor’s agenda
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Left Turn
Polls show a growing progressive electorate—will Kerry heed the call?
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The Wal-Mart Effect
The hows and whys of beating the Bentonville behemoth
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Imperial Barbarians
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Candidate Conundrum
Kerry must deal with Bush’s legacy of chaos
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We need to be united in the fight against fascism and repression.
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