November 2023 Volume 47, Issue 9
November 2023
Labor
Before Shawn Fain, There Was Jerry Tucker
In These Times Editors
Striking Autoworkers Remember Broken Promises
Alice Herman
Viewpoint
Feature
The New Cold War in the Arctic
Adam Federman
Dispatch
Striking a Chord for Change: The Poor People’s Campaign for Revolution
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
Culture
Departments
Meet Your Landlord’s Worst Nightmare: Tenants Unions
Dayton Martindale
Departments
Meet Your Landlord’s Worst Nightmare: Tenants Unions
Nearly half of all renters in 2019 were spending more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities. Tenants have had enough—and they're doing something about it.
Dayton Martindale
LaborDepartments
Before Shawn Fain, There Was Jerry Tucker
Tucker, a UAW member and union leader, called for a union in solidarity with its workers, not businesses.
In These Times Editors
DispatchCulture
Striking a Chord for Change: The Poor People’s Campaign for Revolution
In an effort to record their first album of movement songs, the New York State chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign is tapping into an old organizing tradition with hopes of inspiring change.
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
DispatchRural America
In Small Town Appalachia, Locals Battle a Weapons-Grade Uranium Plant
The company Nuclear Fuel Services wants to process weapons-grade uranium for the U.S. government at a facility in Erwin, Tennessee. Some locals aren’t having it.
Taylor Sisk
Culture
“Prison Itself Is Censorship”: Mariame Kaba on the Freedom to Read
52 years after the Attica uprising, a new exhibit by the author of “We Do This ’Til We Free Us” explores carceral book bans.
Jack McCordick
Labor
In Missouri, Autoworkers Are Fighting for the Future of the Industry
GM workers, out on their second strike in four years, are done with concessions.
Jacqui Germain
Viewpoint
If Democrats Want to Win Elections, They Should Bring Back the Covid Welfare State
By many measures, Bidenomics is working great—but most Americans are still down on the economy. That’s in large part because the U.S. government let its temporarily generous social safety net unravel.
Nick French
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