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Want to Push Biden Left? Focus on These Appointments.
Appointments will have a major impact on whether a potential Biden administration delivers on progressive policies. Here's what the Left should push for now.
Eleanor Eagan
Rural America
The EPA Has Abandoned Its Duty To Protect the Environment. ‘Rights of Nature’ Laws Can Fill the Void
Kai Huschke and Simon Davis-Cohen
Viewpoint
David Sirota: The Democratic Party’s Tyranny of Decorum Helped Sink Bernie
Sanders could have gone harder against Biden, but ultimately it was the establishment that stood in his way.
David Sirota
Labor
The Head of the Postal Workers Union Says the Postal Service Could Be Dead in Three Months
Hamilton Nolan
Feature
A Primer on Disaster Capitalism, Our New Normal
When a crisis occurs, the private sector often uses it as a distraction to push through its own agenda.
In These Times Editors
Dispatch
Out of Prison, Into Alt-Prison
The industry profiting from prison halfway houses.
Katie Rose Quandt
Labor
Furloughed Disney Workers “Can’t Wait” For Help, But Florida’s Unemployment System Is Broken
Hamilton Nolan
Viewpoint
Corporations Are Not Letting This Crisis Go to Waste
As the pandemic wreaks chaos, corporations and the GOP are following the shock doctrine playbook.
Jeremy Mohler
Feature
“We Are Essential”: Voices from the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Crisis
These are the voices of the people living, working and fighting through this crisis.
Maximillian Alvarez
Labor
Noam Chomsky: The Rich Aren’t Waiting To Build a New World. Why Are We?
Chris Brooks
Viewpoint
This Is a Health Crisis—Stop Treating It Like a War
Even by his standards, Trump is a terrible wartime president
Joel Bleifuss
Labor
Trump Admin Furloughed 4,000 Korean Workers In the Midst of a Pandemic To Punish South Korea
Kap Seol
Labor
McDonald’s Workers Charge Grotesque Sexual Harassment in New $500 Million Lawsuit
Hamilton Nolan
Feature
The Democrats’ Timid COVID-19 Response Does Not Bode Well for the Climate
The Democrats want us to believe they'll act fast on climate if in power, but they've proven themselves slow in a crisis.
Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
Feature
Black Women’s Livelihoods Will Be Yet Another Coronavirus Casualty
For many reasons, Black women are particularly hurt by the virus's economic toll.
Chandra Thomas Whitfield
Rural America
The Pandemic Could Hit New Farmers Hard, Just When We Need Them Most
Tamara J. Benjamin
Labor
We Need the Labor Movement To Organize Worker Fightback in the Face of the COVID-19 Crisis
Carl Rosen, Andrew Dinkelaker and Gene Elk
Rural America
As the Pandemic Shakes Commodity Markets, Battered Ecosystems Get an Eerie Reprieve
Ashoka Mukpo
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