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Labor

The Future of the Low-Wage Worker Movement May Depend on a Little-Known New York Law

Max Zahn

Feature

Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong—It’s Dangerous

We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.

Stanislav Vysotsky

Rural America

For Low-Income Residents, the Economic Benefits of Amazon’s New Wind Farm are Up in the Air

Amanda Abrams

Feature

One Rural County’s Battle to Stop a Pipeline From Slicing Through Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Penn. is rising up against the $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.

Michael Deibert

Labor

Silicon Valley’s Techno-Capitalists Have a Low-Wage Worker Revolt on Their Hands

Julianne Tveten

Feature

“Not Here, Not in My Town”: Charlottesville Black Lives Matter on Why We Must All Resist Fascism

A member of Black Lives Matter argues we must not ignore white supremacy: We must actively oppose it.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Sword-and-Sorcery Into Plowshares: Game of Thrones’ Anti-War Message

The hit HBO drama makes a carefully constructed argument for the futility of war.

Sean T. Collins

Rural America

Rural Stories Making Headlines (August 13, 2017)

Emeline Posner

Feature

Everything TransCanada Didn’t Want Nebraska’s Regulators To Know About Keystone XL

Tribes and other anti-pipeline advocates say Big Money may have kept Nebraska's public service commission from hearing the whole story.

Kate Aronoff

Feature

The U.S.-Occupied Colony In the Crosshairs of Trump’s Reckless Brinkmanship with North Korea

Guam's residents do not get to vote for U.S. president, but they are directly impacted by Trump's dangerous threats.

Carlos Ballesteros

Rural America

Don’t Be Fooled by the Limelight on Lifestyle as a Cancer Risk

Laura Orlando

Culture

Judginess Built the Middle Class

A new book explores the 19th-century origins of middle-class respectability—and the misfits kept out of the club.

Margaret Garb

Feature

Generals and Cops Trained by the Pentagon Are Staging Coups All Over the World

U.S. trained and educated officers are toppling governments and expanding American proxy power.

Nick Turse

Culture

Heart of Whiteness: The Stories Western Philanthropists Tell Themselves

Why do Western efforts to help the environment and Africa so often fail?

Laura Orlando

Labor

Elon Musk May Be a “Visionary,” But His Vision Doesn’t Seem To Include Unions

Michael Arria

Labor

A Working-Class Strategy for Defeating White Supremacy

Gabriel Kristal

Introducing the New In These Times

A new magazine for new times.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Investigation: Illinois’ Wage Theft Bill Actually Made Things Worse

Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer