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Rural America
Some Tribal Economies Depend on Resource Extraction, But These Days that Doesn’t Translate into Jobs
Mark Trahant

Feature
Once Again, Corporate Media Unites To Support U.S. Escalation in the Middle East
Trump's latest aggression against the Assad regime has won him fans in editorial boards nationwide.
Adam Johnson

Feature
Harold Washington’s Mayoral Victory Ushers in a New Era of Coalition Politics in Chicago
Following Washington’s 1983 election as the city's first black mayor, In These Times writes that the historic victory “has created the potential for a new kind of politics in Chicago.”
In These Times Editors

Feature
How Evangelicals Revolutionized U.S. Politics
Even as they lament the imminent demise of Christianity and the oppression of true believers, evangelicals maintain an outsized influence on politics and policy.
Theo Anderson

Dispatch
Sorry, Charter Boosters: Record Numbers of Teachers at Chicago Charter Schools Are Organizing Unions
Unionized teachers can help keep charter administrations accountable to their workers—and to students.
Micah Uetricht

Labor
Trump’s Policies Are Already Making Workplaces More Toxic
Elizabeth Grossman

Labor
Interviews for Resistance: IBM Workers Tell Company To Practice What It Preaches
Sarah Jaffe

Rural America
Are Charter Schools the Solution to Rural School Closings?
Karen Eppley

Culture
The Elusive Emily Dickinson
A new film explores the poet's restless mind and lonely life.
Michael Atkinson

Feature
Some Jewish Voice for Peace Members Worry About Workplace Reprisal
At the group's biannual gathering—which the Israeli government condemned as a “hate conference”—some attendees are concerned about retaliation for their Palestinian solidarity work.
Eli Massey

Feature
Resister’s Digest: Want to Fight Trump? Upcoming Special Elections Could Hand Him Defeats
"Tax Day" marches and rallies for immigrant rights are also planned this week.
Theo Anderson

Culture
Our New Philanthropic Overlords
Why the donor class loves charter schools—and themselves.
Chris Lehmann

Rural America
Undocumented in Vermont: The Hidden Life of a Migrant Farmworker
Terry J. Allen

Labor
Nestlé’s Makes the Very Best? Georgia Workers Vote To Unionize
Bruce Vail

Labor
Building Trades Activists Protest Trump to His Face
Dan DiMaggio

Feature
Trump’s Unilateral Strikes in Syria Must Be Categorically Opposed
When it comes to Syrian civilians, Trump's humanitarian rhetoric doesn't match his destructive actions.
Stephen Zunes

Comics
Dr. Trumplove in Syria
Matt Bors

Feature
Meet the Nebraskans Who Could Stop Keystone XL (Again)
But TransCanada is intervening in the process in its own way.
Kate Aronoff
