Politics

The Senate’s $2 Trillion Bailout Falls Flat on Worker Protections

The coronavirus financial relief package is packed full of corporate giveaways and lacks basic safeguards for workers and their families.

Josh Bivens and Heidi Shierholz

The Big Idea: Mandatory Voting

In These Times Editors

The Swing Voter Chimera

Micah Uetricht

The 7% Matter

Dan Cohen

Wall Street Wants To Let Us Die So They Can Profit

Because self-isolation hurts corporate profits, billionaires are calling to end the too-limited public health measures taken so far by the US government. Unless we take action, Trump might heed their advice — and enormous numbers of people could die as a result.

Eric Blanc

5 Years of U.S.-Saudi War Have Left Yemen Highly Vulnerable to a Coronavirus Outbreak

Any U.S. response to the global pandemic must end the war.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

We Should Be Very Wary About the Growing Military Response to the Coronavirus Crisis

The reliance on the military for emergency response is a testament to the failures of the U.S. welfare state.

Sarah Lazare

The Future Socialists Want, And Centrists Fear

Are reds and red-scarers even talking about the same thing?

Joel Bleifuss

Mike Davis: The Coronavirus Crisis Is a Monster Fueled by Capitalism

Pandora's Box is open, and our ruthless economic system is making everything far worse.

Mike Davis

While Mainstream Democrats Fumble, Bernie Sanders Is Modeling a Serious Response to Coronavirus

Democrats make a huge mistake by shying away from a robust material response to the crisis.

Natalie Shure

Illinois Prisoners Say They Don’t Have Access to Hand Sanitizer, Cleaning Supplies or Soap

Illinois state prisons are a coronavirus time bomb, activists warn.

Sarah Lazare

A Cornered Trump Scapegoats China, Inviting Racist Violence

The right is scrambling to blame China for what Trump calls "the Chinese virus."

Tobita Chow

U.S. Sanctions on Iran Are Increasing Coronavirus Deaths. They Need to Be Stopped Now.

The measures—imposed by Trump with bipartisan complicity—curtail desperately needed medical supplies.

Sarah Lazare

Jane McAlevey: We Desperately Need a Mass Strike Against the Billionaire Class

An interview about politics and power.

Mindy Isser

In Chicago, a Billionaire-Backed Candidate and Police Are Trying To Oust a Progressive Prosecutor

Kim Foxx's office has reduced incarceration rates by nearly 20% and taken major steps toward reform. Now, she's under attack.

Taylor Moore

How Bernie Beat Polling and a Smear Campaign To Win His First National Office

Sanders faced personal attacks and was down 10 points against a moderate Republican. He won.

Branko Marcetic

Bernie Just Laid Out a Humane Approach to Dealing with the Coronavirus. Biden Did Not.

In Sunday’s debate, Sanders made a clear-eyed case for taking the profit motive out of healthcare, while Biden railed against "revolution."

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Why Bernie Must Keep Going: It’s About Our Future

Sanders is down, but he's not out. And he can still help advance a progressive agenda for all of us.

Christopher D. Cook