January 2022 Volume 46, Issue 01
January 2022
Labor
How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse
Hamilton Nolan
Cover Story
The Big Business Behind Travel Nursing
Alice Herman
Dispatch
Interview
Departments
What If We Made Democracy... More Democratic?
In These Times Editors
Student Worker Isn’t an Oxymoron
In These Times Editors
Departments
What If We Made Democracy... More Democratic?
When politicians seem increasingly out of touch with the average person, perhaps the average person should make decisions instead.
In These Times Editors
Cover StoryInvestigation
The Big Business Behind Travel Nursing
During the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for nurses—already understaffed—surged to even higher levels, and travel nurses deployed to fill the gaps.
Alice Herman
Dispatch
An Ohio College Privatized Its Energy and Built a Gas Plant on Campus, Outraging Students
OSU announced in 2008 its goal to go carbon neutral by 2050. Now, however, the university is pursuing the construction of a new, gas-powered energy plant despite student protests holding them accountable.
Taylor Dorrell
Departments
Student Worker Isn’t an Oxymoron
This month University of California's Student Researchers United-UAW won their union, the largest unit of student employees organized at once in U.S. history. Let's look back 30 years at what campus organizers fought for.
In These Times Editors
InterviewCulture
David Graeber Is Gone, But He's Still Changing How We See History
In <i>The Dawn of Everything</i>, David Graeber delivers parting wisdom.
Jessica Stites