Coronavirus

“Queremos Vivir”: The Workers Who Wouldn’t Die for the Pentagon

Maquiladora workers in the border city of Mexicali strike against working conditions.

Maurizio Guerrero

In Closed-Door Talks, the U.S. and E.U. Are Excluding Covid-19 Tests, Antivirals From Intellectual Property Waiver Negotiations

The exclusion bucks the demands of global activists, who say diagnostics and therapeutics must be included in any final deal.

Sarah Lazare

What Moderna Reveals About the Cruel Absurdity of "Innovation" Under Pharmaceutical Monopolies

South African scientists spent 8 months reinventing the wheel while Moderna withheld patent information.

Sarah Lazare

Vaccine Apartheid: Straight from the Measles Playbook

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

In These Times Editors

Wisconsin's Rural Schools in "Crisis Mode"

A longstanding educator drain strains teachers and students.

Steven Potter

The Hypocrisy of Biden's New "Blame the Unvaccinated" Strategy

As long as we're blaming individuals, we are not talking about how the Biden administration's policies are failing the world.

Sarah Lazare

Chicago Teachers Voted to Teach Remotely Amid Omicron Wave—And Were Locked Out

The teachers’ union demanded greater safety measures in classrooms, and in response the school district cancelled classes and locked educators out of online learning platforms.

Jeff Schuhrke

The Big Business Behind Travel Nursing

During the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for nurses—already understaffed—surged to even higher levels, and travel nurses deployed to fill the gaps.

Alice Herman

120 Manufacturers in the Global South Could Be Producing mRNA Vaccines If Big Pharma Would Only Show Them How

A new report finds that pharmaceutical monopolies are preventing the production of significant quantities of vaccines in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Sarah Lazare

How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse

After facing 98% unemployment in the depths of the pandemic, the strongest union in Las Vegas has risen again.

Hamilton Nolan

Documents Reveal Biden Admin Not Fighting for a Covid Vaccine Patent Waiver, Despite Public Statements

Amid mounting concern about the Omicron variant, Biden declared U.S. support for a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver. But new documents from Geneva tell a different story.

Sarah Lazare

These Tortilla Workers Walked Out and Won a Day Off Work

Gathered outside Chicago's flagship El Milagro taqueria, workers remembered those who died from Covid-19—and celebrated a victory that granted them Sundays off.

Jeff Schuhrke

The Time For a Four-Day Work Week Has Arrived

To expand personal freedom, recover from the Covid pandemic and curb the climate crisis—let's embrace a shorter working week.

Anna Coote

Right to Counsel Could Stave Off Worst of Eviction Crisis

In the midst of a nationwide eviction crisis, Wisconsin cities are establishing legal right to counsel for tenants.

Peter Gorski

Expectant Parents Travel Hours for Wisconsin Midwives While in Labor

Covid-19 Exacerbates the Illinois Midwife Shortage

Emma McAleavy

Public Money is Pouring Into Broadband Expansion. Will It Go Where It’s Needed Most?

Rural communities in Wisconsin scramble to use tidal wave of public funding.

Peter Cameron

No, the Strike Wave Is Not About Vaccine Mandates

The recent spate of militant labor action has been over workers demanding better pay and working conditions—not opposing Covid vaccine requirements.

Jeff Schuhrke

How Workers at Beverage Giant Refresco Defeated a “Notorious” Union Buster

Refresco has waged a prolonged and costly fight to stop the workers from unionizing.

Alice Herman