10 Things To Do in Chicago That Aren't Taking Pictures at the Bean—and Don't Involve Giving Money to Large Corporations

If you're coming to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention or live here and want to know more about your city, forget The Bean and check out these important spots.

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LGBT Workers Need Unions, Not Rainbow Capitalism

Major companies are weighing the benefits of pinkwashing as anti-LGBT extremism is on the rise. Doug Ireland's 1999 piece reminds us what organized labor can offer queer and trans workers.

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In an Apparent Rebuke, 14% of Chicago Democrats Voted Blank or Write-in for President

Tuesday’s primary results show more than 40,000 Chicago Democrats declining to select a choice for president, as voters around the country cast protest votes over President Joe Biden’s support for the Israeli genocide.

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Aaron Bushnell Will Be Venerated Like Rachel Corrie Was Before Him

Twenty-one years ago, Rachel Corrie gave her life to serve the Palestinian cause. Today, her legacy lives on.

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Before Shawn Fain, There Was Jerry Tucker

Tucker, a UAW member and union leader, called for a union in solidarity with its workers, not businesses.

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Trump's Faux-Populism Is Straight out of the Fascist Playbook

Revisiting Trump's demagoguery on the campaign trail.

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Your State May Not Count Your "Uncommitted" Vote

Different states have different ways voters can lodge protest votes, if they choose to. We’ve compiled a list of state primary rules below.

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History Didn’t Begin on Oct. 7

Here’s what the press gets wrong on Palestine.

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Conservatives Can't Stop Waging War on Schools

Fifteen years ago, Kate Sheppard reported on the propaganda within the most-used government textbook in America. Now, right-wing fearmongering has once again reared its head in Florida schools.

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The Fight Continues Against Chicago’s Old Guard

Revisiting Harold Washington's initial challenges after Brandon Johnson's win.

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The Nakba Never Ends

Steve Askin wrote about the exclusion of Palestinians from Israeli “democracy” in 1984. On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, his reflections are still too relevant.

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This Season’s Hottest Trend: Anti-Consumption

Deinfluencers are inviting us to consume less—is it just a fad?

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In These Times Remembers Staughton Lynd, Peter Marcuse, Paul Schrade and Eric Werthman

While thanking our supporters in the May 2023 issue, we also remember those who are no longer with us and are honored to recognize several of our champions who passed away in 2022.

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The Cracks in the Crystal Ball

Existential crises in the Bread Basket of Europe.

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Drug Decriminalization Saves Lives. Why Aren't We Doing It?

Safe consumptions sites are places where people who need help can be treated like people.

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“A Fierce Devotion to Working People”: What People Are Saying About Alex Han

Bernie Sanders, Sara Nelson, Linda Sarsour and others on our new executive director.

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Paying Out for a Better World

Climate reparations means rich nations could begin to “pay off” their carbon debt in a number of ways, such as opening their borders and offering a home to migrants displaced by climate change.

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We Should Be Able to Fix Our Stuff Ourselves

From iPhones to John Deere equipment, corporations shouldn’t be holding needed repairs hostage.

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Sealing Criminal Records Benefits Us All

About 1 in 3 adults have a criminal record. Each year as a result, millions of people are barred from housing, jobs and public benefits—condemning families to a lifetime of economic hardship.

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Solidarity Is Our Power: Our 10 Biggest Stories of 2022

Restorative practices, abortion rights, and a fearless labor movement: We look back at a year of resistance.

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Our Biggest Labor Stories of 2022

Sluggish institutions, corporate mergers, billionaires behaving badly: It’s been a watershed year for the labor beat.

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The Necessary Refuge of Third Places

Our public meeting spaces have been disappearing. It’s time to reclaim them.

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Elites Are Clueless, and so on

Kurt Vonnegut's words live on.

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Debt Ceiling Deja Vu

Then and now, how does the bipartisan embrace of austerity help working people?

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Bosses Hate This One Trick

Work-to-rule is not walking away from a fight, but a different way to fight.

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Beware the Copaganda Machine

Media portrayals of police as good-hearted heroes warp our collective view of reality. Don't trust them.

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Lula: The Once and Future President?

On the eve of the presidential election in Brazil, which will pit former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, In These Times revisits Lula’s first year in power.

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Corporate Stooges in Blue Collar Clothing

Tensions between right-wing populists and free-marketers have been bubbling up since the 1970s. Will the populists of today exploit this to their political advantage?

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Why People Say There's a "Nonprofit Industrial Complex"

Rather than building mass movements, talented organizers get funneled into staff and admin jobs just to keep the charity running.

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Teens Work, Drive and Pay Taxes. They Should Be Able To Vote, Too.

Greater civic engagement will depend on enfranchising young voters

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When Abortion Clinics Had Business Cards

A history of abortions before Roe

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Before Wokeness, There Was “Political Correctness”

Revisiting a left case against PC culture from the 90s

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Community Care Over Self-Care

Unlike community care, self-care consumption rituals are unequally accessible and rarely prevent burnout

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Revisiting 1990s Critical Race Theorists

To understand America, we must listen to what Black scholars have been saying about what it means to be white.

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The Gig Economy Needs Worker-Owned Apps

Platform co-ops could cut out the Silicon Valley middlemen

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If You Like the Idea of a 4-Day Workweek, You'll Love the 5-Hour Workday

Some companies are implementing shorter workdays while others are opting for shorter workweeks increasing productivity.

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The Time the WTO Yawned at the Revolution

In a Covid-19 world, revisiting the WTO talks in 1999 sheds light on what developing countries can do to end the pandemic.

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Is Decentralizing the Internet the Answer?

Bitcoin, crypto, blockchain... what does it mean, and is anything coming from Big Tech really "revolutionary?"

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Vaccine Apartheid: Straight from the Measles Playbook

Thirty years after the 1990s measles outbreak, it's still profits over people in Covid-19 America.

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What If We Made Democracy... More Democratic?

When politicians seem increasingly out of touch with the average person, perhaps the average person should make decisions instead.

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This Year in Working: The 10 Most-Read Labor Stories

Now's a good a time to look back and ask: What just happened?

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Student Worker Isn’t an Oxymoron

This month University of California's Student Researchers United-UAW won their union, the largest unit of student employees organized at once in U.S. history. Let's look back 30 years at what campus organizers fought for.

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Fifteen Minute Cities Could Be the Future of Urban Planning

This solution could be a blueprint not just for greater convenience, but for equity and sustainability.

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How to Protect Time Off in a Remote Work World

Legislating the "right to disconnect" could help prevent wage theft in a virtual environment that has blurred the line between work and home.

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The People the Left Lost to the Anti-Abortion Movement

After <i>Roe</i>, the Church and the Right outmaneuvered us for the moral high ground.

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It's Time to Democratize City Budgets

"Ordinary citizens" are perfectly capable of allocating public money wisely. They should be given the power to do so.

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Occupy Wall Street, Ten Years After

In 2011, Occupy organizers spoke with In These Times about challenges and opportunities. Ten years later, we look back on the decentralized, grassroots uprising.

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20 Years of 9/11

Why the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan should be defended, and why America’s perpetual war footing must be abandoned.

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