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Thirty Years Ago, In These Times Predicted Our Climate Future

A 1989 article sketched out a worst-case vision of the future. Things got even worse than we thought.

In These Times Editors

Feature

Electric Companies Won’t Go Green Unless the Public Takes Control

Private electric utilities are an obstacle to climate justice. Here’s how to build alternatives.

Johanna Bozuwa and Gar Alperovitz

Culture

This Isn’t The First Time William Barr Has Sought to Hide Information From the Public

We’ve been on to Barr since 1992.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

U.S. Out of Everywhere

The case for an immediate withdrawal from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Azadeh Shahshahani

Feature

The Victims of the Trump-Netanyahu Special Relationship

The flurry of favors the president did for Netanyahu could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come.

Phyllis Bennis

Labor

The Stop & Shop Strike Is Showing There’s Still Power in a Union

Michael Arria

Feature

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Enlisting Police to Crack Down on Protesters

An analysis by In These Times found, in at least seven states, the oil industry has backed critical infrastructure bills that criminalize pipeline protests.

Sarah Lazare and Simon Davis-Cohen

Labor

As Tenn. Workers Gear Up for Another Union Campaign, Local Media Shows Anti-Union Bias

Chris Brooks

Viewpoint

A Path to Democratic Socialism Means a Path To Climate Justice

Through ecosocialism, we can fight climate change and extreme inequality at the same time.

Thea N. Riofrancos

Viewpoint

We Don’t Have Time to End Capitalism—But Growth Can Still Be Green.

Growth, energy use and emissions are historically linked, but this trend could end with mass investment in renewables and energy efficiency.

Tobita Chow

Viewpoint

We Can’t Beat Climate Change Under Capitalism. Socialism Is the Only Way.

The changes needed to avert environmental catastrophe are incompatible with capitalism.

Ashley Dawson

Feature

Individuals Working for Wall Street, Private Equity and Big Pharma Love to Donate to Cory Booker

Booker has sworn off corporate PAC contributions, but his biggest donors work in fields whose interests run counter to progressive priorities.

Branko Marcetic

Dispatch

Across the World, Youth Are Striking for Their Right to a Livable Planet

The student-led international Youth Climate Strike movement demands that politicians support the Green New Deal.

Ari Bee

Labor

Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Won’t Give Up the Fight for Unionization

Chris Brooks

Labor

McDonald’s Retreat on Fighting Wage Increases Shows the Tide Is Turning

Sarah Lahm

Rural America

The Decline of Custom Harvests and the Struggle of Rural America

Michael J. Dax

Dispatch

Public Banking Can Fund the Zero-Carbon Economy

Private banks have been underwriting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry for years. It’s time for a public model.

Aaron Fernando

Viewpoint

Why We Devoted an Entire Issue to Climate Change

The most ambitious climate proposal ever seen on Capitol Hill is a call to action. We need to answer the call.

Dayton Martindale