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.
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Downsizing the CEO
Labor and shareholders unite to roll back executive power
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The China Syndrome
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All Against One
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Ghost in the Machine
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Plunder and Profit
The IMF and World Bank continue to push privatization, in spite of its massive failures
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Jobs Not Well Done
Employment issues may make or break campaigns
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Dems Vie for Star Slot
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Poultry Giants Fight Organizers
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Questioning Labor History
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Magnet Consolidation Threatens Both U.S. Jobs and Security
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Organize, Strategize, Revitalize
Unions debate best way to revive labor’s fortunes
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‘Full-Tilt Boogie’ in Iowa
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Got Drugs?
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Manufacturing Discontent
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Resisting Globalization
The South American consensus on the FTAA
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Trés Cheap
UNITE tangles with anti-labor boutique
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Free Trade at the Crossroad
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The Road to Citizenship
Immigrants and unions get on the same bus
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The WTO’s Broken Promise
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Decisions, Decisions
As labor ponders which Democrat to endorse, it also girds for battle against the GOP in ‘04
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Hung Out To Dry
Unions fight back against antilabor laundry giant Cintas
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Blood from a Turnip
Proposed overtime rules would squeeze workers.
David Moberg
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Prescription for Privatization
David Moberg
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No Reservations
Union workers in Chicago put the heat on hotels
David Moberg
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Laws of Empire
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Who’s Got the Power?
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Hidden Agenda
Republican tax cuts aim to bloat the rich and eviscerate social programs
David Moberg
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Meet Howard Dean
Could he mobilize progressives to oust Bush in 2004?
David Moberg
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When Pigs Can Fly
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Stuck in the Middle
Colombia’s labor movement faces economic assault—backed up by deadly force.
David Moberg
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The Road from Baghdad
The Bush team has big plans for the 21st century. Can the rest of the world stop them?
David Moberg
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Union Yes, War No
The AFL-CIO charts a new course for labor by opposing an attack on Iraq
David Moberg
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Give Kucinich a Chance
David Moberg
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The War at Home
The budget is the latest front in the Bush administration's global battle on behalf of corporations and the very rich
David Moberg
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A Maturing Movement
But activists still disagree on the best course to 'another world'
David Moberg
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The Real Class War
Bush’s new tax plan is a blatant giveaway to the very rich.
David Moberg
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Unions Against the War
The labor movement grows more skeptical of Bush’s plans for Iraq
David Moberg
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The Agony of Defeat
David Moberg
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Breaking the Bank
David Moberg
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What’s Up on the Docks?
Bush turns to Taft-Hartley to battle the country's most militant union
David Moberg
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Cheap Hotels
Labor takes on Chicago's hospitality industry.
David Moberg
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Third Time’s the Challenge
Targeted by the White House, Paul Wellstone may face his toughest race yet.
David Moberg
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Not So Fast
Sidetracking Bush's free trade push.
David Moberg
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Courting Disaster
David Moberg
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The People's Storyteller
David Moberg
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A Scandal Bigger than Enron
David Moberg
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Enronomics 101
Business as usual in the disinformation economy
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Appall-O-meter
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