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From Student Debtor to Soldier

How the student loan debt crisis forces low-income students of color into the military.

Anna Attie

Feature

The Electoral College Needs to Go. Here’s How States Can Bypass It.

Hillary Clinton and Al Gore both won the popular vote, but lost the election. It’s time for the people to choose who becomes president.

In These Times Editors

Viewpoint

What Biden’s Housing Pick Says About How He’ll Approach the Crisis

By nominating Rep. Marcia Fudge, Biden is indicating he’ll treat HUD as an afterthought. That’s the opposite of what we need right now.

Maurice BP-Weeks, Jeremie Greer and Tara Raghuveer

Labor

Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. They're Worried They'll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine.

Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

New York City Drivers Cooperative Aims to Smash Uber’s Exploitative Model

The city's first worker-owned ridesharing app gets ready to take on the big boys.

Hamilton Nolan

Rural America

‘Buy It or Else’: How Monsanto and BASF Forced a Toxic Weed Killer on Farmers

Internal records show the companies knew crop damage from their weed killer would be extensive. They sold it anyway.

Johnathan Hettinger

Feature

Activists Demand Rich Countries Suspend Patent Laws and Share Vaccines Freely

As rich countries hoard vaccine stocks, activists are calling for a just global distribution.

Hadas Thier

Viewpoint

Americans Are Drowning in Debt. Let’s Forgive All of It.

In the age of Covid-19, it’s time to end our debt epidemic once and for all.

Scott Remer

Feature

Biden’s Defense Secretary Pick Shows the Revolving Door for Military Contractors Remains

Industry ties were simply taken for granted in Biden’s defense secretary sweepstakes.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

Biden's HHS Pick Will Be In a Position to Finally Take On the Healthcare Industry

Xavier Becerra has been a longtime supporter of Medicare for All and has shown willingness to confront pharmaceutical monopolies. There’s a lot he could do to make U.S. healthcare more progressive.

Natalie Shure

LaborDispatch

With Gigs Canceled and No Relief, Musicians Form a Nationwide Union

This is what solidarity sounds like.

Liz Pelly

Rural America

Recognition of Native Treaty Rights Could Reshape the Environmental Landscape

The U.S. has largely ignored the nearly 400 treaties signed with tribal nations, but that may be starting to change. And some think that could prevent, or even reverse, environmental degradation.

Alex Brown

Labor

Students at the Most Expensive University in America Are Going on Tuition Strike

With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during the pandemic. Now students are fighting back.

Indigo Olivier

Feature

After Sweeping Statewide Races, DSA Aims to Put a Socialist Caucus on New York’s City Council

Through democratic, grassroots-powered campaigns and an army of volunteers, socialists are flexing their muscle to bring a left-wing policy agenda to New York City.

Annie Levin

Culture

The Violent Story of American Whiteness

Three writers dive into the depths of white supremacy in America, from alt-right dating sites to the neo-Nazi movement to protect Confederate monuments.

Kim Kelly

Feature

Congress Is Deadlocked on Covid Relief But Came Together to Fund the Pentagon for $740 Billion

There is always money for war.

Sarah Lazare

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Immigrants Detained by ICE Say They Were Thrown in Solitary for Requesting Covid-19 Tests

During an outbreak at Etowah County Detention Center, immigrants say solitary confinement was also used as medical isolation, against ICE guidelines.

Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven

Labor

“This Strike Is a Fight for Our Lives”: Healthcare Workers Are Walking Off the Job to Demand Pandemic Protections

In Chicago and across the country, a wave of strikes by nursing home aides and other healthcare workers is showing that collective action is necessary for survival.

Jeff Schuhrke