March 2023 Volume 47, Issue 02
March 2023
Labor
Anime Voice Actors Speak Out: It’s Not Kawaii When We Aren’t Paid
Rohan Montgomery
The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads
Kari Lydersen
Game Workers Are About To Take On The Biggest Boss Fight Of All
Stephen Franklin
Viewpoint
You Can’t Organize Alone
Keisa Reynolds
Dispatch
A Pipeline Brings Gas and Revolt to Southern Italy
Alessandra Bergamin
Departments
The Cracks in the Crystal Ball
In These Times Editors
Paying Out for a Better World
In These Times Editors
Viewpoint
You Can’t Organize Alone
Political education used to happen in person. We should bring that practice back.
Keisa Reynolds
Departments
The Cracks in the Crystal Ball
Existential crises in the Bread Basket of Europe.
In These Times Editors
LaborCulture
The Hard Head and Wild Heart of Barbara Ehrenreich
Revisiting Nickel and Dimed, Dancing in the Streets, and many more of the late author's groundbreaking books.
Sarah Jaffe
Departments
Paying Out for a Better World
Climate reparations means rich nations could begin to “pay off” their carbon debt in a number of ways, such as opening their borders and offering a home to migrants displaced by climate change.
In These Times Editors
LaborCover Story
The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads
Workers say now is the time to do the impossible.
Kari Lydersen
LaborDispatch
Game Workers Are About To Take On The Biggest Boss Fight Of All
Long hours, stagnant wages: a look at the landslide of union interest across the industry.
Stephen Franklin
DispatchClimate
A Pipeline Brings Gas and Revolt to Southern Italy
“We thought nothing like this could happen in Italy until we found ourselves right in the middle of it.”
Alessandra Bergamin
Viewpoint
If You Can Borrow a Book, Then Why Not a Chainsaw? The Rise of Tool Lending Libraries
Spawned in the wake of World War II, tool libraries lend implements and provide practical guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.
Aric Sleeper
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