October 2021 Volume 45, Issue 10

October 2021
Labor
Alabama Amazon Workers May Get Another Crack at a Union
Hamilton Nolan
Viewpoint
Empires Don't Last, But Their Scars Do
Joel Bleifuss
Feature
Meet the New Generation of "Sidewalk Socialists"
Rebecca Burns
Dispatch
An Upstream Paddle To Save the Salmon
Christy Carley
A Lead Problem Worse Than Flint's
Susan Shain
Culture
Departments
It's Time to Democratize City Budgets
In These Times Editors
Occupy Wall Street, Ten Years After
In These Times Editors

Departments
It's Time to Democratize City Budgets
"Ordinary citizens" are perfectly capable of allocating public money wisely. They should be given the power to do so.
In These Times Editors

Culture
30 Years After the ADA, We're Still Fighting for Disability Justice
Without inclusion, none of us will be free.
A.A. Vincent

Dispatch
An Upstream Paddle To Save the Salmon
As salmon swim toward extinction, northwest tribes and environmental activists continue a decades-long battle to restore the Snake River.
Christy Carley

Departments
Occupy Wall Street, Ten Years After
In 2011, Occupy organizers spoke with In These Times about challenges and opportunities. Ten years later, we look back on the decentralized, grassroots uprising.
In These Times Editors

Dispatch
A Lead Problem Worse Than Flint's
Hundreds of thousands of lead service lines in Wisconsin are a threat to public health, and communities of color are particularly vulnerable.
Susan Shain

Viewpoint
Empires Don't Last, But Their Scars Do
The Afghanistan withdrawal reteaches an old lesson about blowback to American intervention.
Joel Bleifuss

Viewpoint
We Can’t Let the Generals Who Lied About the Afghanistan War Define Its Legacy
The U.S. architects of the ruinous war are getting the last word on its “lessons.”
Sarah Lazare