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It’s Still Their Party: What the DNC Purge Means for the Democrats’ Left Flank
By removing Ellison and Sanders backers from DNC leadership, the Democratic establishment is ruthlessly tightening its grip on the party. Progressives should take a lesson.
Branko Marcetic
Labor
Workers Say NAFTA’s Neoliberal Foundations Need to Be Dismantled from the Left—Not the Right
Jeff Schuhrke
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Shackles Aren’t “Bracelets”: Why We Should Be Concerned About the Marketing of Punitive Technology
Electronic monitors are devices of unfreedom—not decoration.
James Kilgore
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White Lawmakers Are Using Alabama’s Racist State Constitution To Keep Black Wages Down
Alabama wrote its 1901 constitution to “establish white supremacy.” Workers in a majority-black city say it’s Jim Crow all over again.
Bryce Covert
Labor
What Taxi and Uber Drivers Really Think About the Ride-Sharing Boom
Teke Wiggin
Labor
Harvey Weinstein Revelations Force the Question: Where Was the Screen Actors Guild?
Morgan Spector
Rural America
How Much Nitrate Is in Rural America’s Water?
John Collins
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In CNN’s Tax Debate, Bernie Sanders Showed How Democrats Can Win with Socialism
By offering a bold vision of policies to help working families, Sanders voiced a popular alternative to Ted Cruz and the GOP's barbarism.
Kate Aronoff
Labor
A Case Study in How NAFTA Undermines Strikes
Gerard DiTrolio and Doug Nesbitt
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Trump’s Heritage Foundation Speech Is a Sign of the Coming All-Out War Within the Right
Both factions of the conservative movement want tax cuts for the rich—but the knives are out between the Bannon and GOP establishment wings.
Theo Anderson
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When the Market Went Dark
Thirty years after the crash of ’87 and we’re still at the mercy of a volatile economic system.
In These Times Staff
Culture
An Exhibit on Japanese Internment Shows How Far We Haven’t Come
Racial policy, hate crimes, immigration, civil rights and national security are all themes that continue to reverberate today.
Nora Mabie
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Trump Plans to Make It Easier to Kill Civilians with Drones. We Can Thank Obama for Paving the Way.
As the war on terror enters its 17th year, it's clear that abuses of power by one administration lead to abuses by the next.
Maha Hilal
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“General Strike, F*ck This Country”: Talking Politics and Punk With Jawbreaker’s Blake Schwarzenbach
The guitarist and singer of the legendary band discusses politics, poetry, Palestine and antifascism.
Sarah Lazare
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Why Democrats and Movements Need Each Other
The Democrats are not just gaining voters. They are gaining activists determined to transform the party.
Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite
Culture
Four New Books for the Biosphere
Venture into the woods this autumn with books from Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore, Nate Blakeslee, Ashley Dawson and Gleb Raygorodetsky.
In These Times Staff
Labor
Activists in Puerto Rico Want the Jones Act Eliminated—So Why Are Unions Defending It?
Kate Aronoff
Labor
University of Chicago Grad Students, After Being Told Their Labor Isn’t Work, Vote on Union
Daniel Moattar
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