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Lauren Greenfield’s Look at the Children of the New Gilded Age

The creator of The Queen of Versailles on the “hamster wheel of wanting more and more.”

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

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Building an Alternative to Capitalism From the Ground Up

A primer on the solidarity economy.

Dayton Martindale

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Viewing the USSR Through Red-Tinted Glasses

The writings of Svetlana Alexievich cut through the fog of propaganda surrounding the Soviet Union.

Jane Miller

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What a Century-Old Socialist Newspaper Can Teach Us About the Left

Inside Appeal to Reason, the paper that inspired In These Times

Sharon Carson

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Celebrate the 40th Birthday of the Combahee River Collective Statement

Essential books by radical women of color—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Barbara Ransby, Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Ida B. Wells and more.

In These Times Staff

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The Personal Is Not Always Political

The problem with the media’s individualistic response to collective tragedy.

Leon Fink

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Want a Radical Alternative to Trump’s Immigration Agenda? Try Open Borders.

It's not just a pipe dream.

Dayton Martindale

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An Exhibit on Japanese Internment Shows How Far We Haven’t Come

Racial policy, hate crimes, immigration, civil rights and national security are all themes that continue to reverberate today.

Nora Mabie

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Four New Books for the Biosphere

Venture into the woods this autumn with books from Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore, Nate Blakeslee, Ashley Dawson and Gleb Raygorodetsky.

In These Times Staff

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Yanis Varoufakis: Confessions of a Troika Dropout

Greece’s former finance minister and “inconsistent Marxist” discusses his new tell-all from his time in Europe’s halls of austerity.

Sarah Leonard

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The Art of Disobedience

From the Black Panthers to Ferguson, finding a U.S. history we can be proud of.

Abby Lynn Klinkenberg

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Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Absurdity of Hope

How Obama and Trump destroyed Ta-Nehisi Coates' faith in racial progress.

Salim Muwakkil

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The Cradle-to-Grave Coalition

On funerals and socialist revivals.

Jane Miller

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Top Four Reads for the Red Centennial

Books about Bolsheviks.

In These Times Staff

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Where Have All the Communes Gone?

Dusting off the dirty hippie.

Jessa Crispin

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Single-Payer Healthcare In 5 Minutes Or Less

Everyone is getting behind this prescription for a better healthcare system. But what is it exactly?

Dayton Martindale

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How a Small-Town Theater Project Became a Study in Post-Industrial Life

The new documentary Spettacolo captures a Tuscan village’s annual play.

Michael Atkinson

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Native Art Beyond “Ponies in a Sunset”

An interview with artist Luzene Hill.

Micco Caporale

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Democratic Socialism in 5 Minutes or Less

From Rosa Luxemburg to Bernie Sanders, a beginner’s guide.

Dayton Martindale

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Sword-and-Sorcery Into Plowshares: Game of Thrones’ Anti-War Message

The hit HBO drama makes a carefully constructed argument for the futility of war.

Sean T. Collins

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Judginess Built the Middle Class

A new book explores the 19th-century origins of middle-class respectability—and the misfits kept out of the club.

Margaret Garb

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Heart of Whiteness: The Stories Western Philanthropists Tell Themselves

Why do Western efforts to help the environment and Africa so often fail?

Laura Orlando

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At the Bullfrog, Those Left Behind by the Global Economy Find Relief—and a Place to Talk Trump

In a Jamestown, N.Y., hotel and bar, down-and-out former factory workers seek solidarity and camaraderie—often expressed in shared rants about immigrants or liberals.

Kari Lydersen

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The White-Supremacist Roots of America’s Libertarian Right

The history of Koch-style libertarian economics is steeped in racism.

Chris Lehmann