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Portraitists with Disabilities Celebrate the History of Black Art

David A. Holt on his artistry and work with Project Onward, a studio and gallery for artists with disabilities.

Elena Sucharetza

Culture

Is Neoliberalism Making Our Depression and Anxiety Crisis Worse?

How capitalist culture is making us sick.

Johann Hari

Feature

INVESTIGATION: The Troubled History of the Fund Tapped for Rahm’s Controversial Cop Academy

$20 million in West Side TIF money for job creation has sat unspent, and another $36 million was "ported" to other districts. Now more than $10 million is being used for a police academy that will create only 100 temporary jobs.

Rebecca Burns

Labor

West Virginia Teachers Are Staging a Statewide Strike. Here’s Why.

Michael Arria

Viewpoint

The Arc of History Doesn’t Bend Toward Justice On Its Own.

It’s been 50 years since the Kerner Commission report was released, and institutional racism still pervades our society.

Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch

The Muslim “Bernie Clone” Running for Governor in Trump Country

A 33-year-old progressive is building grassroots support in red areas of Michigan.

Darren A. Nichols

Culture

The Essential Ursula K. Le Guin

Don't know where to begin? Here are her masterworks.

In These Times Staff

Rural America

Trump on America’s Hungry: Let Them Eat “Harvest Boxes”

Matthew Gritter

Feature

Beyond Hollywood: Domestic Workers Say #MeToo

Ai-jen Poo on how a new women’s movement is building—from house cleaners to Hollywood stars

Jessica Stites

Culture

Black Panther Engages with Decades of Black Liberatory Theory—And Is Also a Great Movie

The film, in no uncertain terms, considers the possibility and necessity of revolution for Black people across the world.

Nate Marshall

Labor

5 Ways the Olympics Are Undermining Democracy and Exploiting Workers

Jonny Coleman

Culture

Yes, You Should Watch The Chi

The Showtime series may not be perfect, but it’s an illuminating look at Chicago beyond the violent headlines.

Salim Muwakkil

Rural America

A New Look at the Wartime History of Pesticides

Evaggelos Vallianatos

Feature

“Marriage and Love Have Nothing In Common”: Emma Goldman on Romance and Sexual Freedom

The anarchist, labor organizer and rabble rouser Emma Goldman published this essay, "Marriage and Love," in 1914.

Emma Goldman

Dispatch

Behind the Explosion in Socialism Among American Teens

The dramatic growth of YDSA chapters confirms that millennials don’t think capitalism is working for them.

Rebecca Stoner

Labor

The Stock Market Crash Reveals the Rot at the Core of Our Economic System

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

Rural America

How Big Ag Is Borrowing Big Tobacco’s Playbook

John Ikerd

Labor

How Progressives Can Criticize Trump’s $7 Trillion Deficit Without Preaching Austerity

Kate Aronoff