April 2023 Volume 47, Issue 03
April 2023
Labor
How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism
Hamilton Nolan
Cover Story
The COVID Public Health Emergency Declaration Has Ended. The Emergency Isn't Going Anywhere.
Artie Vierkant & Beatrice Adler-Bolton
Dispatch
Black Educators Are Reimagining A Better School System
Henry Hicks IV
The Plot to Cancel Drag Queens
Eesha Pandit
Interview
Q&A with Alex Han, New Executive Director of In These Times
Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Alex Han
Culture
"The poem refuses to be a good worker"
José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar
Rural America
The Vail-ification of the West
Joseph Bullington
Los Trabajadores en Vail no Pueden Darse el Lujo de Vivir Ahí
Joseph Bullington
Departments
Drug Decriminalization Saves Lives. Why Aren't We Doing It?
In These Times Editors
Rural AmericaInvestigationGoodman Institute
The Vail-ification of the West
In part two of our series, we visit the Colorado ski towns at the extreme edge of rural gentrification.
Joseph Bullington
Rural AmericaInvestigationGoodman InstituteEn Español
Los Trabajadores en Vail no Pueden Darse el Lujo de Vivir Ahí
En la segunda parte de nuestra serie, visitamos las ciudades de esquí de Colorado a borde de la gentrificación rural.
Joseph Bullington
Departments
Calling Cop City Activists "Terrorists" Is An Old Government Trick
Several Cop City activists have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism—something that has long been a legal and rhetorical weapon of state power.
Eric Laursen
Dispatch
Black Educators Are Reimagining A Better School System
“Black Lives Matter at School is an act of resistance. It’s a refusal to accept the ways that we are perpetually dehumanized. It’s a statement that we exist, that we are here, and that we are going to fight back.”
Henry Hicks IV
Departments
Drug Decriminalization Saves Lives. Why Aren't We Doing It?
Safe consumptions sites are places where people who need help can be treated like people.
In These Times Editors
Dispatch
The Plot to Cancel Drag Queens
Drag Shows under attack by far-right groups.
Eesha Pandit
Culture
"The poem refuses to be a good worker"
José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar use poetry and photography to dive into the nuances of their Mexican American experience.
José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar
Cover Story
The COVID Public Health Emergency Declaration Has Ended. The Emergency Isn't Going Anywhere.
1,200 days in, the public health emergency comes to an end. Can the Left fight back?
Artie Vierkant & Beatrice Adler-Bolton
Interview
Q&A with Alex Han, New Executive Director of In These Times
Writer, activist and trade unionist Bill Fletcher Jr. puts our new executive director, Alex Han, in the hot seat.
Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Alex Han
Introducing the New Executive Director of In These Times
The magazine’s new leader is a political powerhouse.
Rick Perlstein
LaborViewpoint
How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism
Ethical standards can also save a lot of human jobs.
Hamilton Nolan
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Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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