Politics

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

Target: Tar Sands

Activists in Texas and a South Dakota reservation are fighting a fast-growing industry.

Daniel Hertz

Who Needs the White Working Class?

Democratic campaign strategists debate which voters are worth wooing.

David Moberg

Collateral Insanity in Afghanistan

After decades of military devastation, Afghans are traumatized.

Terry J. Allen

The Bungled Hunt for 9/11’s Mastermind: KSM

It took Washington 10 years to capture Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed, who will soon be charged with murdering 2,976 people. A new book reveals his shadowy story.

Steve Weinberg

Israel Needs a New Narrative

Casting Jews as permanent victims is both outdated and counterproductive to the country's well-being.

Marilyn Katz

Hypothetical Matchups: A Gaffe-ing Matter

Let's not forget GOP primary season verbal missteps as the general election begins.

Susan J. Douglas

Vermont Yankee: A Nuclear Battle Over States’ Rights

There's no end in sight to Vermont's long-running legal struggle to shutter an aging power plant.

John Raymond

‘Block the Vote’ Blowback

GOP photo ID voting laws have energized African-American activists. Their anger could end up helping Democrats in November.

Theo Anderson