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The Case for Enthusiasm Over “Electability”—Or, Why We Don’t Need Another John Kerry.

"Electability" didn't work in 2004 and it won't work now.

In These Times Editors

Culture

Toni Morrison: White Cultural Achievement Is Built on the Backs of Black People

This 1992 review of Morrison's Playing in the Dark shows how the renowned author interrogated myths of white superiority in American literature.

William E. Cain

Labor

Kentucky Miners Are Blocking a Coal Train for Back Pay. We Talked to One About a Just Transition.

Sarah Lazare

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Socialists of Color to the Front

LeftRoots, a socialist group with majorities of women and people of color, is strategizing to win.

Eli Day

Labor

The Fight for a Green New Deal Can Start with Your Union Contract

Jared Odessky

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How an Investigative Journalism Center Helped Oust Puerto Rican Gov. Rosselló

In an interview, Carla Minet, executive director of the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, explains how her team's work shined a light on government corruption and helped fuel mass protests.

Fernando Tormos-Aponte

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The Democrats’ New Favorite Dog Whistle: Invoking the “Heartland”

Pundits and 2020 hopefuls are using nebulous notions of the Midwest to launder their own prejudice.

Michael Arria

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Warren and Sanders Say We Need a “Right To Repair” Tractors. Here’s Why That’s Important.

From John Deere to Apple, corporations try to prevent you from fixing your own stuff. But a growing movement is pushing back.

In These Times Editors

Viewpoint

McKinsey and Company Is an Elitist Cult. Why Is Buttigieg Defending It?

The management consultancy firm is "the single greatest legitimizer of mass layoffs." And its alumni are loyal for life.

Nathan Robinson

Viewpoint

CNN Should Have Asked About Ranked-Choice Voting. It’s Not Too Late.

For bold policy solutions to have a chance, we first need voting reform.

Adam Ginsburg, FairVote

Viewpoint

Corporate Democrats Have Been in the Driver’s Seat for 30 Years. Not Anymore.

In Tuesday’s debate, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren obliterated the corporate Democratic Party consensus. It’s about damn time.

Branko Marcetic

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Debate Protesters Push Candidates To “Make Detroit the Engine of a Green New Deal”

Activists outside the Detroit debate say that climate policy should put polluted and disinvested communities first.

Christine MacDonald

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Biden, Buttigieg and Harris Rewarded by Industry for Waffling on Medicare for All

Sanders and Warren voiced unequivocal support for single-payer. Health insurance and pharma execs showered money on their opponents.

Anna Attie

Labor

Inside the Bitter Battle to Defend Workers and Patients at a Low-Income Clinic

Nan Levinson

Feature

The Global Crackdown On BDS Is Not About Solidarity with Jews

An increasingly international campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest global defenders are increasingly anti-Semites themselves.

Rachel Hodes

Labor

Hong Kong Protesters and Militant Chinese Workers Point the Way to a New Kind of Internationalism

Michelle Chen

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100 Years Ago, Farmers and Socialists Established the Country’s First Modern Public Bank

North Dakota's radical history carries valuable lessons for today's public banking movement.

Thomas M. Hanna and Adam Simpson

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I Went to a Climate Change Denial Conference. It Made Even Less Sense Than You’d Think.

Panelists at the Heartland Institute's Thursday gathering agree you should stop worrying about climate change. They just can't agree on why.

Christine MacDonald