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Labor Law Is Failing Us. It’s Time To Push for a New Labor Act.
Shaun Richman
Labor
Despite SEIU Intl. Hillary Clinton Endorsement, SEIU Local 1984 in NH Votes to Back Bernie Sanders
Mario Vasquez
Labor
Security Guards from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Join One-Day Nationwide Airport Worker Strike
Tom Ladendorf
Rural America
America’s Rural Poor: Pictures from a World That Many Don’t See
Lauren Kaori Gurley
Labor
When Temp Workers Die While Being Taken to the Job, Who’s Responsible?
Spencer Woodman
Feature
Bernie Sanders: My Vision For Democratic Socialism in America
In order to create a more egalitarian society, we must take back the reins of our government from the billionaire class and provide democratic socialism for working families—not just Wall Street and giant corporations.
Bernie Sanders
Feature
The National Security State’s Incestuous Relationship with ISIS
A fundamental aspect of ISIS' strategy lies in the necessity of a heavy-handed, reactionary response from the West to further their own narrative, ideology and recruiting. Western governments are playing into their hands.
Tom Engelhardt
Labor
California Duplicate Minimum Wage Ballot Battle Pits SEIU vs. SEIU
David Dayen
Labor
Remembering the Life and Music of Labor Agitator Joe Hill, Who Was Executed 100 Years Ago Today
David Cochran
Feature
What Is Actually Radical About Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism Isn’t the Socialism
It isn't a particularly radical political vision—it's an unflinching commitment to democracy.
Theo Anderson
Viewpoint
The Israeli Occupation Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Boycotting Israel is the best way to save the country from itself.
Marc Daalder
Comics
Hollande’s Unique Response To Paris Attacks: Bomb Shit
Matt Bors
Culture
The Barriers to Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe
The contrasts between the lives of Europeans and the lives of refugees
Jane Miller
Labor
SEIU Endorses Hillary Clinton, But Rank-and-File Activists Say Push for Bernie Sanders Isn’t Over
Mario Vasquez
Viewpoint
Why Slavoj Zizek Is Wrong About the Syrian Refugee Crisis—And Psychoanalysis
A response to Zizek's recent In These Times piece.
Sam Kriss
Feature
Jews Without Money: Toward a Class Politics of Anti-Zionism
Zionism began as class-oriented project within the Jewish community. Opposing it requires a class analysis of who benefits from Zionism within that community.
Benjamin Balthaser
Comics
The GOP Is Responding to ISIS Just as They Wanted
Matt Bors
Rural America
An International Farmers Alliance Links Climate Change to Industrial Agriculture
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