Coronavirus

How Rich Countries Can End Vaccine Apartheid

Unlike world leaders, activists saw the moral crisis coming since the start of the pandemic and quickly came up with a number of actionable plans to create equitable access to life-saving vaccines.

Natasha Hakimi Zapata

"How Many More Have to Die?" Protesters March Against Vaccine Apartheid

Campaigners are targeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel—and the pharmaceutical companies she is protecting.

Indigo Olivier

Score One for the Smithfield Workers of Sioux Falls

After suffering one of the worst workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 in the country last year, pork processors in South Dakota have secured a major labor victory.

Maximillian Alvarez

Chicago Nurses Are Going on Strike—And Management Is Bringing in Scabs Through a Text Blast

Nurses and support staff in the Chicago area are joining other militant healthcare workers across the country by walking off the job, despite attempts by their bosses to hire strikebreakers.

Jeff Schuhrke

Universal Child Care Could Revolutionize the Economy

The pandemic has exposed the utter lack of support for working parents. Universal child care is a completely workable solution.

In These Times Editors

Wisconsin’s Incarcerated Wait for Vaccines

Incarcerated people and their advocates criticize state agencies for lag in administering vaccines.

Arvind Dilawar

The Dream of a Unionized New Orleans Is Coming True

The pandemic was the first big test for New Orleans' hospitality unions. They passed with flying colors.

Hamilton Nolan

Still Waiting on Justice for George Floyd

One man has been condemned, but the system he came to represent is still intact.

Anand Jahi

Want a Healthier Workplace Culture? Unionize.

As a labor leader, I want professionals—and all workers—to understand the power of unions to check bosses, and build better workplaces.

Jennifer Dorning

We're Living With the Consequences of Rich Nations' Vaccine Hoarding

The Biden administration has finally backed a patent waiver for Covid vaccines, but it's already too late for Argentina and countless countries across the Global South.

Jacob Sugarman

Joe Biden Shouldn't Shy Away From the Radicalism of the New Deal

'Why the New Deal Matters' author Eric Rauchway explains why embracing FDR's signature programs is not just a moral imperative—it's good politics.

Natasha Hakimi Zapata

"It's a Nightmare": Inside America's Rural Housing Crisis

Across Wisconsin, low-income people are struggling to find quality, affordable housing.

Jack Kelly

U.S. Labor Shortage? No, We Have a Crisis of Low Wages.

Don't easily believe claims that there's a lack of people to fill jobs. What's really going on is that employers aren't offering workers a living wage.

Heidi Shierholz

How Chicago Teachers Won a Safer Reopening

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has reached the end of a bitter struggle with Mayor Lori Lightfoot over reopening during the pandemic.

Catherine Henderson

Rashida Tlaib on Defunding the Police: “Property Should Not Have More Value than Human Life”

The democratic socialist congresswoman explains why the U.S. needs to tackle systemic racism by investing in social programs, arguing that "police can't be the answer to all these ills in our country.”

Rashida Tlaib

The Struggle for Unhoused Pregnant Women to Find Shelter

Bad rules keep pregnant women from accessing family shelters.

Candace Y.A. Montague

Pennsylvania Nurses Near Their Breaking Point

Brandee Brown and Chrissy Newton of Schuylkill Hospital Nurses United explore the challenges of collective bargaining during a global pandemic.

Maximillian Alvarez

CO2 Now at Levels Unseen in 3.6 Million Years

Despite pandemic shutdowns, the NOAA warns that carbon dioxide and methane "continued their unrelenting rise in 2020."

Jessica Corbett