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Progressives Need a Clear Strategy for 2020 and Beyond—Here Are 5 Guidelines
We have significant numbers. But we need to continue to build our ranks, and mobilize behind a winning political strategy.
Max Elbaum and Calvin Cheung-Miaw
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With Rahm Out, Chicago’s Black Youth Demand Mayoral Candidates Side With Communities—Not Police
A community survey says residents don’t want a police academy on Chicago’s West Side. Six mayoral candidates weigh in.
Isabel Bloom
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Top Dems Claim Concern Over Yemen War—Why Aren’t They Backing a Measure To End It?
Some of the most influential Democrats in the House are refusing to throw their early support behind a new push to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war on Yemen.
Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare
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The Increasing Irrelevancy of the Conservative Think Tank
The Heritage Foundation’s star is falling—and left think tanks are on the rise.
Jason Stahl
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New York’s Faux Democrats Are Out, and Conservative Democratic Politics Thoroughly Discredited
Voters in New York just told members of the conservative-leaning IDC to GTFO.
Theo Anderson
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The Left Wave Keeps Growing with Democratic Socialist Julia Salazar’s Insurgent Win
Salazar won a stunning victory in New York by running on an ambitious left platform—and never shying away from challenging capitalism.
Amir Khafagy and Miles Kampf-Lassin
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The Test Facing Democratic Socialist Julia Salazar in New York
Amid controversy, Salazar is working to make her state senate race against a real estate-backed incumbent about vision and policy.
Nick Vachon
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What It Will Take To Bring Real Justice for Laquan McDonald
Organizers don't just want Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke indicted, they want community control of the police.
David North
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Black Feminism Will Save Us All
Why we desperately need real intersectional feminism.
Premilla Nadasen
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How Radical Black Socialists Paved the Way for Andrew Gillum and Other Left Insurgents
Gillum and other left challengers are winning on an economic agenda pushed for decades by black-led social movements.
Eli Day
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Mariame Kaba: Social Movements Brought Down Rahm—Now They Can Transform Chicago
A conversation with writer and organizer, Mariame Kaba.
Sarah Lazare
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Indigenous Women Rise Against Jerry Brown’s Climate Half-Measures
Ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, organizers prepare to advocate more radical solutions.
Isabel Bloom
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Seeking Justice for Laquan McDonald—Without Relying on Prisons
Locking up killer cop, Jason Van Dyke, won't address the root cause of his violence.
Benji Hart
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Rehabilitating a Monster: George W. Bush and the Bankruptcy of Civility Politics
On the laundering of a war criminal.
Roqayah Chamseddine
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Mayor 1% Rahm Emanuel Will Not Be Missed in Chicago
Emanuel will be remembered for his arrogance, impatience and disregard for regular Chicagoans.
Kari Lydersen
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After Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Nightmare, the Next Chicago Mayor Must Embrace Reparations
Emanuel's pro-corporate policies ravaged Black and Latinx communities across Chicago. His successor will be tasked with reversing this trend.
Saqib Bhatti
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Why Is Planned Parenthood Endorsing a White Man with a Shaky Record Over a Pro-Choice Black Woman?
Kerri Evelyn Harris is gaining momentum in an insurgent campaign to oust centrist Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Delaware), who voted for the "partial birth" abortion ban. But she won't have the help of Planned Parenthood.
Mekdes Maryam Amare
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Why the DNC’s Superdelegate Reforms Were a Major Victory for the Sanders Wing
From stripping power from superdelegates to enforcing financial oversight, backers of Bernie Sanders scored a number of huge wins at the DNC summer meeting. And they could have a major impact in 2020.
Branko Marcetic
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In the 1968 DNC Protests, Did the Left Self-Sabotage?
50 years after the infamous demonstrations, participants and historians reflect.
In These Times Writers
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The Growing Movement To Grant All Prisoners the Right To Vote
Formerly incarcerated activists say that taking away voting rights because of felony convictions is racist and undemocratic, period.
Eli Day
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How Pro Sports Became Part of the U.S. Military’s War Machine
Since 9/11, public displays of patriotism have been built into major sporting events. Here's why that's so insidious.
William J. Astore
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Trump Quietly Overrides What Little Civilian Protections Remain in Yemen War
Ignoring Congress, Trump says he doesn't have to obey limited protections included in the defense bill.
Sarah Lazare and Shireen Al-Adeimi
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How Prison Gerrymandering Strips Power from Communities of Color
Prisoners have become the latest tools in statewide redistricting strategies to empower rural, white districts.
Grace Dixon
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What Today’s Socialists Can Learn From the 1970s New Communist Movement
An interview with Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the Air.
Micah Uetricht
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