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Puerto Rican Former Political Prisoner: “Colonialism Is a Crime Against Humanity”

Ricardo Jimenez talks about anti-conialism, prison abolition and LGBTQ liberation.

Sophie Drukman-Feldstein

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Barbara Lee’s War on War

Washington’s voice of conscience since 9/11.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

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The Paradise Papers Are Proof That Capitalism and Racism Fuel The Global Plutocracy

To end the immoral abuses documented in the Paradise Papers, we must challenge the systems of both entrenched wealth and racial domination.

Sam Adler-Bell

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Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry

For a big problem, we need big solutions.

Carla Skandier

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What the South Can Teach the Rest of the Country About Resisting the Right

A conversation with organizers of the Southern Movement Assembly, a convergence of bottom-up organizations rooted in Black struggle.

Sarah Jaffe

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Robert Reich: The GOP Tax Bill Is Everything That’s Wrong With Our Democracy

The Republican plan will hurt the poor, enrich the wealthy and make GOP campaign donors very happy.

Robert Reich

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“It Is the Young People Who Will Free Us”: Resisting Militarized Violence, from Honduras to Chicago

A transnational conversation between organizers.

Gaspar Sánchez and Veronica Morris-Moore

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Undocumented Communities Devastated By Calif. Wildfires Are Now Being Left Out of Federal Relief

Grassroots fundraising efforts aim to prevent undocumented immigrants from slipping through the cracks.

Julianne Tveten

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The Elephants in the Resistance: Don’t Trust the Anti-Trump Republicans

Sen. Jeff Flake and his ilk aren’t the heroes we’re looking for.

Rick Perlstein

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As the Trump Admin. Gives Fossil Fuels Industry the Floor at COP23, Hundreds of Protesters Shut Out

Representatives from fossil fuels companies were invited to speak on a panel alongside White House officials.

Kate Aronoff

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100 Years of Colonialism: How Puerto Rico Became Easy Prey for Profiteers

From U.S. policies to cronyism to vulture finance, the real disaster is human made.

Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, In These Times

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Jerry Brown Lashes Out at COP23 Climate Protesters: “Let’s Put You in the Ground”

Activists interrupted Brown at the UN climate conference calling to keep fossil fuels in the ground and pursue more radical solutions.

Kate Aronoff

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Alias Grace Is Even More Relevant to Trump’s America Than The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale is used as a catch-all feminist allegory. But it's the specificity of Alias Grace, Netflix's latest Margaret Atwood adaptation, that makes it so pertinent.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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The Democratic Socialists Scored Some Big Wins. Here’s What They’re Planning Next.

A conversation with Christian Bowe, national political committee member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Kate Aronoff

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A New Study Shows That Independent Media Has an Outsized Impact

In These Times and other progressive outlets participated in a five-year study on how news coverage affects the national conversation.

Jo Ellen Kaiser

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Socialists Just Showed the Democratic Party How to Win Across the U.S.

Tuesday night’s progressive electoral wave is proof that embracing a bold left agenda is the key to victory.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Saudi Bombing and Blockade Are Devastating Yemen, And Yemenis Know the U.S. Bears Responsibility

U.S.-backed Saudi aggression is stoking anti-American sentiment in Yemen.

Nasser Arrabyee

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Trump’s Visit Shows the U.S. Calls the Shots in South Korea. But Its People Intend To Resist.

It is up to the peace movement to rein in Trump on North Korea.

Christine Ahn

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Donna Brazile’s DNC Revelations Are a Sign the Left Is Winning the War in the Democratic Party

The centrist establishment is discredited—and party insiders like Brazile can tell which way the winds are blowing.

Branko Marcetic

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If Berniecrats Were British: How Jeremy Corbyn’s Momentum Won the Soul of the Labour Party

Momentum continues to play a central role in organizing the Left in the U.K.’s Labour party.

Sarah Jaffe

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Rahm Emanuel’s Tribute to the World’s Richest Man Is Bad News for Chicago

The city's $2.25 billion offer to Amazon shows that the mayor puts the needs of tech profiteers over city residents.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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This Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Wants To Disarm and Demilitarize Police—And He’s Winning

Raymond Dehn's progressive policies on criminal justice, housing and more are resonating across the city.

Valerie Vande Panne

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In 1979, This Economist Predicted Puerto Rico’s Modern-Day Financial Crisis

The dominoes that led to the collapse were set up decades ago.

Alex V. Hernandez

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The Revolution Will Not Be Business Casual—and Other Takeaways From the Women’s Convention

The convention in Detroit was great on diversity and energy, but light on systemic analysis.

Jordan Sarti and Hannah Steinkopf-Frank