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Meet the New Leader of Chicago’s Principals Who’s Taking on Rahm Emanuel and Corporate School Reform

Troy LaRaviere is an award-winning educator and a fierce critic of Emanuel's education agenda. Bernie Sanders has his back—and he's not closing the door on a run for mayor.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Did the Mainstream Media Take Down Bernie Sanders?

The rebellious nature of the Vermont senator's presidential bid didn't fit the mainstream press's predetermined scenario.

Neal Gabler

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How the Left Can Stop Trump

The Right failed. It's up to us now.

Cole Stangler

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Would a Universal Basic Income Strengthen or Shred the Social Safety Net?

Debating the merits—and dangers—of instituting a universal basic income in the U.S.

Micah Uetricht

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Honduran Indigenous Leader Asks Sen. Dick Durbin To Help ‘Stop the Assassinations’ in Honduras

Activists say U.S. policy in the region is still leading to violence.

Parker Asmann

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Seattle’s Lessons for Bernie Sanders Activists After the Elections

A new book gives some pointers on taking Sanders' revolution to the local level.

Steve Early

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Bernie’s Army Is Already Deploying in Down-Ballot Races

Volunteers plug in to progressive races nationwide

Ethan Corey

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It Isn’t Too Late To Bring U.S. War Criminals to Justice

Other nations have done it.

Rebecca Gordon

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Bernie Sanders’ and Donald Trump’s Popularity Shows that America Is Tired of ‘Limousine Liberalism’

Disillusioned and disgruntled, Americans are threatening the status quo from all sides.

Steve Fraser

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In God We Don’t Trust: Growing American Secular Movement Rallies in D.C. This Week

The "Reason Rally" features Bill Nye, Margaret Cho, Wu-Tang Clan and others as secular groups borrow playbooks from the LGBTQ movement and the Religious Right.

Art Levine

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Meet the Rabbi Who Renounced Zionism and Embraced Palestinian Liberation

When Brant Rosen spoke out against Israel's occupation of Palestine, he lost his Jewish spiritual community, but quickly found another.

Eli Massey

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The Rising American Student Movement Is Part of a Battle for the Soul of Higher Education

Keep an eye on college campuses. The battles fought there are going to matter for the wider world tomorrow.

Aviva Chomsky

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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.

Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up.

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

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One of the Inventors of Superdelegates Explains Why They Were Created: To Stop ‘Outlier Candidates’

A member of the 1982 commission explains why they created superdelegates and what they hoped to prevent.

Branko Marcetic

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Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count

Finkelstein's book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism.

Max Ajl

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How to Make the Democratic Nominating Process Actually Democratic

A Sanders campaign advisor lays out 3 proposals.

Larry Cohen

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Hunting the Hunt Commission

The private meetings that led to the creation of superdelegates have never been published or made public—until now.

In These Times Contributors

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Donald Trump Has More in Common with Microsoft’s Racist Twitter-Bot ‘Tay’ Than Most Human Beings

The American people should take a note from Microsoft and shut down Donald Trump.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Bernie Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study in Just 7 Hours

The paper seems bent on taking down Bernie.

Adam Johnson

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In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Superheroes Fight for Freedom—The Kind Ayn Rand Fought For

The movie celebrates the roguish, rugged individual who seeks to exercise such personal freedom of choice without concern for others’ wishes.

Andrew Paul

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The Political Revolution Will Continue Long After Bernie Sanders’ Campaign. Here’s How.

Grassroots groups plan to harness Bernie's momentum—and, if he agrees, his voter lists.

Ethan Corey

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Lawmakers Push for Chicago Police Accountability With New Legislation in Springfield

New legislation from Illinois' state capital wants to change the way police misconduct is handled.

Adeshina Emmanuel

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Ilan Pappe: Israel Is the Last Remaining, Active Settler-Colonialist Project

Ilan Pappe discusses Noam Chomsky, Bernie Sanders and the post-Zionist movement.

Eli Massey

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The Most Important Thing Missing from Coverage of Syria: The Perspectives of Syrians Themselves

Given that Syrians are the ones most affected by the conflict, it's remarkable how little we hear from them.

Eli Massey