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The U.S. Dairy System Is in Crisis and Exporting More Milk to Canada Won’t Fix It

U.S. farm policies are bad for dairy farmers, cows, customers and the climate. We shouldn’t try to defeat Canada’s dairy system—we should learn from it.

Niaz Dorry

Biden's Plan to Permanently Seize Afghan Assets Set to Cause Untold Suffering

"I can't think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families," said one person whose brother was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Jon Queally

Labor

1 in 4 Temp Workers Reports Wage Theft, New Survey Finds

In an industry plagued with poverty pay, job insecurity and deceptive recruitment practices, temp workers have scant protections.

Amy Qin

Feature

What Moderna Reveals About the Cruel Absurdity of "Innovation" Under Pharmaceutical Monopolies

South African scientists spent 8 months reinventing the wheel while Moderna withheld patent information.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

U.S. Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution

The United States backing Ukraine raises tension with Russia and is another move to feed into the military-industrial complex.

Khury Petersen-Smith

How Targeting Programs to Poor People Leaves Out Poor People

Some centrist Democrats are pushing to make the expanded Child Tax Credit means-tested. In practice, that often means restricting benefits for the very people who need it most.

Jim Pugh

Rural America

The Gentrification of the Rural West

What happens to a working-class town when developers put a resort where the sawmill used to be?

Ryanne Pilgeram

Labor

A Landmark Bill Would Outlaw Bosses Cutting off Healthcare to Striking Workers

Employers regularly eliminate healthcare benefits as a strike-breaking tactic. A bill just introduced in Congress seeks to finally end this practice.

Indigo Olivier

Labor

The Supreme Court Has Long Been Anti-Worker. This Is Biden’s Chance to Change That. 

To fulfill his promise of being a “pro-union president,” Biden should choose a justice who has shown a commitment to defending workers’ rights.

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

A U.S. Court Just Intervened to Stop 17,000 Railroad Workers From Going On Strike

A conversation with Jeff Kurtz, a railway engineer and union member for 40 years.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Sex and the City's Soft White Supremacy

The new non-white BFFs just serve as accessories (to the white women at the center of the show)

Yasmin Nair

Viewpoint

Legalized Sports Betting Is Class War Against You

The new age of app-based gambling will do for personal finance what Facebook did for public discourse.

Hamilton Nolan

Dispatch

Mexico Has Become a "Roofless Prison" for Haitian Refugees—With Biden's Help

Thousands of migrants are trapped at the border as the United States and Mexico crack down on deportations—under Biden's policies, many will be expelled.

Chantal Flores

Labor

In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class

The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.

Colleen Boyle and Eric Dirnbach

Departments

Is Decentralizing the Internet the Answer?

Bitcoin, crypto, blockchain... what does it mean, and is anything coming from Big Tech really "revolutionary?"

In These Times Editors

Departments

Vaccine Apartheid: Straight from the Measles Playbook

Thirty years after the 1990s measles outbreak, it's still profits over people in Covid-19 America.

In These Times Editors

Viewpoint

States Now Hold the Key to Making Medicare for All a Reality

With action stalled at the national level, local elected officials and movement organizers have joined forces to enact single-payer healthcare.

Michael Lighty

Feature

Top Weapons Companies Boast Ukraine-Russia Tensions Are a Boon for Business

In calls with investors, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin boasted that the worsening conflict is helping profits.

Sarah Lazare