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December 2012 Volume 36, Issue 12

Viewpoint
Demented Medicine Terry J. Allen
Weak Teavangelicals Chris Lehmann
Feature
Goodbye, Mr. Quips James Patterson
Foodies Get Wobbly Michelle Chen
LGBT Merit Badge Sarah Cobarrubias
Democratic to the CORE Micah Uetricht and Jasson Perez
Ground the Drones Medea Benjamin
Jobs, Justice and the Planet Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Dispatch
Adidas Expelled from Cornell Nyki Salinas-Duda
Culture
Fall of the Monarchs Molly M. Ginty
Swiftian Logic Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Lincoln: Better Off Undead Louis Nayman
Feature
Goodbye, Mr. Quips

Barney Frank retires at the end of 2012; we will miss his Capitol wit.

James Patterson
Feature
Foodies Get Wobbly

Food supply chain workers adopt the IWW's radical actions to fight abusive employers.

Michelle Chen
Feature
LGBT Merit Badge

The movement against the Boy Scouts of America’s straights-only rule is gaining momentum.

Sarah Cobarrubias
Feature
Democratic to the CORE

The Chicago Teachers Union’s secret to success? The rank and file are in control.

Micah Uetricht and Jasson Perez
Feature
Somewhere Under the Rainbow

When will the Left move on from movement-building?

Carl Davidson
Feature
Independent Media Now!

An interview with Amy Goodman.

Jessica Stites
Feature
Ground the Drones

It's time for the peace movement to challenge the president's foreign policies.

Medea Benjamin
Feature
Why Not Socialism?

The Right's red-baiting has been far too effective.

Maria Svart
Feature
Prosperity, Not Austerity

Obama needs to resist deficit-oriented, anti-worker austerity policies.

David Moberg
Feature
Jobs, Justice and the Planet

During Obama's second term, the Left cannot passively await changes from the Democratic Party.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Feature
Educate All Kids Like Sasha and Malia

Obama's education policies are failing children, except for his own.

Leonie Haimson
Feature
Spotlight on Dark Money

Now is the moment when the grassroots can overturn Citizens United.

Lisa Graves
Feature
Help Obama Find His Shoes

Progressives need to pressure Obama to stick up for workers as promised.

Amy Dean
Feature
Beyond the DREAM Act

How immigration reformers can get the GOP on board.

Nyki Salinas-Duda
Feature
Phew. Now What?

What does Obama's re-election mean for progressives?

In These Times Editors
Feature
Climate Crisis: Do The Math

It's time to put real pressure on the fossil fuel industry.

Bill McKibben
Viewpoint
Castro’s Greatly Exaggerated Demise
Rumors of Fidel's failing health are likely overplayed yet again.
Achy Obejas
Viewpoint
The Feminine Mistake
What Eric Hobsbawm missed in his dismissal of feminism.
Jane Miller
Viewpoint
Demented Medicine
BigPharma's illegal and abusive treatment of dementia patients.
Terry J. Allen
Culture
Fall of the Monarchs
Can we save North America’s most beloved butterfly?
Molly M. Ginty
Dispatch
Adidas Expelled from Cornell
The sporting apparel giant is losing university contracts over its labor practices.
Nyki Salinas-Duda
Culture
Swiftian Logic
The narcissistic non-feminism of pop 'princess' Taylor Swift.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Viewpoint
The New Right’s Rabid Watchdog
The only political party linked to organized 'voter fraud' in 2012 was the one loudly denouncing it.
Joel Bleifuss
Viewpoint
Hangovers, Electoral and Otherwise
So what are we to make of this election?
Susan J. Douglas
Culture
Lincoln: Better Off Undead
Spielberg's new Lincoln doesn't hold a candle to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
Louis Nayman
Viewpoint
Weak Teavangelicals
Despite great efforts, Billy Graham and his flock failed to pull out a Romney win. Is the 'values voter' era over?
Chris Lehmann

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