Coronavirus

Working People Have an Ally at the Department of Labor in Julie Su

President Joe Biden got it right with Su, a principled and practical leader committed to poor working families.

Neidi Dominguez

Democrats Can't Afford to Dilute Their $15 Minimum Wage Proposal

The wage increase in the Covid relief bill also applies to tipped workers and others making a subminimum wage. Democrats should fight tooth and nail to make it law.

s.e. smith

The Global South Faces a 'Vaccine Apartheid'

Just 10 nations have administered 75% of the vaccines worldwide. Countries like South Africa are being left behind.

Hadas Thier

Desperate Times Call for Mutual Aid

But it's not a substitute for organizing.

Marianela D’Aprile

With Covid Delays, You May Die Waiting for Disability Benefits

Disabled people already had to cut through a lot of red tape to get benefits. Coronavirus made it even harder.

Bobbi Dempsey

Rev. William Barber: The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Is a Fight for Racial Justice

Democrats need to stop playing games and use their majorities to pass a $15 minimum wage right now—we can’t wait any longer.

Rev. William Barber

After Threatening Strike, Chicago Teachers Set “New Standard” With Safer School Reopening Plan

Hard-fought negotiations and a strike threat led to Chicago teachers reaching the “most comprehensive agreement for reopening schools” in the country, potentially setting a model for other districts nationwide.

Jeff Schuhrke

Devastation and Uprising: 2020 in 10 Numbers

The pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color and amplified wealth inequality. But Americans have also demonstrated their incredible resilience.

In These Times Editors

From Mad Cow Disease To a Failed Pandemic Response

Health officials did too little, too late to control an outbreak of mad cow disease in the 80s. Sound familiar?

Frank Carber

Going Hungry in the Most Magical Place on Earth

Disney World's union workers, running out of federal aid, are banding together to keep each other afloat.

Hamilton Nolan

Here's Why the People Who Pick Our Food Are Going Hungry During Covid

Historic discrimination has left farmworkers with fewer protections than other workers, a practice known as agricultural exceptionalism.

Allison Salerno

The “Essential Worker” Swindle

How this label is used to justify a social order in which workers are abused, discarded and left to die.

Sarah Lazare

Biden, Don't Worry About "Overheating" the Economy

Common metrics that deficit hawks often point to as evidence of economic overheating are not convincing.

Josh Bivens

$2,000 Checks Now—And Make Them Monthly

The Democrats’ victory in Georgia was a vote for cash assistance. Prioritizing direct monthly payments isn’t just good policy—it’s good politics.

Sean Kline and Jim Pugh

We Should Cause Trouble, Not Make Nice With Biden

History suggests that it’s not making friends, but making the administration’s life difficult, that gets results for the Left.

Branko Marcetic

Biden Must Reject Trump’s “Vaccine Apartheid” Policy at the WTO

The president-elect pledged to combat racism. But he’s been mum about an urgent racial injustice taking place on a global scale.

Sarah Lazare

Chicago Teachers Are Considering a Strike Amid Pandemic Surge

With Covid cases rising, the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies are resisting Mayor Lightfoot's plan to force educators back into the classroom—and could walk off the job.

Jeff Schuhrke

Workers Resist Pandemic-Era Disaster Capitalism in Ecuador

The Ecuador government took advantage of the pandemic to slash workers’ rights.

Kimberley Brown