Politics

After the Killing

The uncertain legacy of Trayvon Martin.

Rebecca Burns

The GOP’s Dukakis Problem

Republicans gloat that President Obama's days are numbered—but Romney could go the way of Michael Dukakis.

Theo Anderson

Our Silent Spring

Fifty years after Rachel Carson's warning call, have we learned anything?

Molly Bennet

Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum

The GOP notion that we can't pursue gay rights while fixing the economy is a red herring.

David Sirota

Javier Sicilia: Leading His Caravan to Washington

After his son was murdered, a Mexican poet took the helm of a new movement challenging the War on Drugs.

Joel Bleifuss

The U.S. Department of Double Standards

Corporate criminals go free while the Justice Department targets those without expensive lawyers and lobbyists.

Leonard C. Goodman

Norman Solomon’s Quest for Congress

The veteran activist and writer may become one of the most progressive people on Capitol Hill.

Theo Anderson

The GOP’s Dead-End Path to Prosperity

President Barack Obama should expose Mitt Romney's 'marvelous' budget baggage.

David Moberg

Obama’s Chicago: A Pre-NATO Summit Primer

Why the president's decision to 'come home in Chicago' nearly 30 years ago was so shrewd.

Laura S. Washington

From California to Quebec, Students Fight Tuition Hikes

The longest student strike in Quebec's history has started yielding results.

Diana Rosen

Our Guns and Butter Economy

In its drive for job-creating exports, is America creating a fatter, more violent world?

David Sirota

Why the Right Really Hates Obama

And why 'that hopey changey stuff' is the only true antidote to Tea Party cynicism.

Theo Anderson

Let’s Intervene in Elections

If the Left wants to be relevant, it must remember the ballot box.

Joel Bleifuss

Out of the Margins, Into the Fray

The Vermont Progressive Party wields outsized influence on state politics.

Steve Early

Cartagena Beyond the Secret Service Scandal

The United States is isolated from Latin American leaders calling for drug reform.

Noam Chomsky

Occupy’s Meme Warrior

Adbusters' Kalle Lasn on Occupy and a resurgent Left.

Joel Bleifuss

Special Nationwide Coverage: May Day Protests

Activists across the country are breathing life back into International Workers' Day—and we've got live coverage.

In These Times Staff

The Port Huron Statement: Still Radical at 50

A half-century after the Students for a Democratic Society adopted their seminal manifesto, 14 activists--including three people who helped shape the statement--assess its legacy.

Port Huron Respondents