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Flint’s Water Crisis Is No Accident. It’s the Result of Years of Devastating Free-Market Reforms.

This is what neoliberal governance looks like.

Jacob Lederman

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The Lessons of Syriza’s Failed Push Against Austerity

Austerity policies haven't worked in Greece, but neither have the radical Left's efforts to push back against them.

Branko Marcetic

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Israel’s Occupation Continues Because Economic and Political Elites Around the World Benefit From It

Author Jeff Halper says the usual explanations of Israel's behavior didn't make sense to him.

Marc Daalder

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How Iowa’s Independent Streak Explains Bernie Sanders’ Meteoric Rise

Iowans have a long history of breaking from party orthodoxy. Our reporting from the state shows that could be good news for Sanders on February 1.

Theo Anderson

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Remembering Hillary’s Entry into Politics—For Junior High President

The story of Hillary Clinton's first campaign and her outrage at Nixon's 1960 defeat—plus her famous chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Betsy Vandercook

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None of the Democratic Candidates Have Gotten Syria Right: Why They Should Be Talking Peace, Not War

Obama has finally taken a tentative path toward a viable solution--but may waffle without support

Stephen R. Weissman

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The Obama Administration Is Continuing a Failed Strategy of Building Military Bases Around the World

The United States seems intent on continuing its imperialistic policies in the Middle East (and worldwide).

David Vine

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The Other Keystone: The Alberta Clipper, the Pipeline No One Is Talking About

The Alberta Clipper pipeline is already transporting huge quantities of oil, but is doing so under the radar.

Branko Marcetic

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Why the GOP’s Mexico Fence Fantasy Is a Farce

Environmental damage? Exorbitant cost? Immigrants' ability to find a way around it anyway? No matter! Build The Wall!

Jim Hightower

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Ted Cruz’s Collateral Damage: Why So Few Americans Care About Dead Civilians

For the most part, Americans don’t think or care much about the real-world consequences of unleashing American air power.

Rick Shenkman

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Trump Bullies, Boasts and Bullshits in Bernie’s Burlington

Sitting in the audience was like watching blood dry—a convergence of the compellingly grotesque and the mind-numbingly boring.

Terry J. Allen

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Big Money, Small Farmers and the Stubborn Persistence of Hunger

We haven't yet found the answer to the persistent problem of hunger around the world. Maybe we should ask radical peasants in the global south.

Max Ajl

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Bernie Sanders Calls For an End to Mass Deportation Raids of Central American Immigrants

Sanders claims the Obama administration's raids of Central American families and children are inconsistent with American values—and must be stopped. Hillary Clinton's past support of such deportations sets her apart.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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The Laquan McDonald Email Dump Shows Rahm Emanuel’s Administration in Crisis Mode

A guide to the documents released by City Hall in the aftermath of the Chicago police shooting.

Rebecca Burns

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The Bankruptcy of India’s Economic and Political “Miracle”

India is neither the vibrant global South democracy nor the poster child for globalization's benefits that global political elites have insisted it is for over a decade.

Kamil Ahsan

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Slavoj Zizek: The Need to Traverse the Fantasy

A call to mobilize Europe's radical-emancipatory tradition, and why we need a solidarity of struggles, not a "dialogue of cultures"

Slavoj Žižek

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The Rise of Podemos In Spain’s Election Shows How Much Trouble the Establishment Is In

From Spain’s “Nueva Política” to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, outsider candidates and parties are catching fire, creating new spaces for political revolution.

Erica Sagrans

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The U.S. Military Is Expanding Its Secret Drone Warfare in Africa to Combat the Rise of ISIS

American efforts are underway to create a string of drone bases in Africa.

Nick Turse

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8 Terrible Things About the Trans-Pacific Partnership

It's no wonder the Obama administration tried to keep this secret—the corporate-friendly trade agreement, decoded.

David Moberg

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Artist Molly Crabapple on Refusing Lena Dunham, Sketching Occupy and Achieving Cockroach-Free Hair

Molly Crabapple tells In These Times about her new memoir—and true to form, the interview is no-bullshit in tone and global in scope.

Rachel Luban

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Bringing Socialism Back: How Bernie Sanders is Reviving an American Tradition

The Sanders campaign is resurrecting socialist electoral politics and paving the way for a more radical public discourse.

Joseph M. Schwartz

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Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, and the Dangers of ‘Eco-Nationalism’

France's ascendant far-right claims to care about climate change. Activists in Paris explain why that's a problem--for France and the rest of us.

Kate Aronoff

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Accused of Supporting Torture, DePaul University Dean Faces Calls For Resignation

Like others who had a hand in the Bush-era torture programs, activists say, Gerald Koocher is facing virtually no consequences for his role in allowing psychologists to participate in "enhanced interrogation" techniques.

Tom Ladendorf

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How Jessica Jones Won Over This Marvel Hater

Yes, it's feminist. Yes, it's genuinely good. Damn it.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle