Politics

The 2020s Has To Be the Decade We Stop Climate Change—Not Start Another War

We can't let Trump's belligerence undermine the climate fight of our lives.

Sarah Lazare

Imagine Elizabeth Warren as President. Now Imagine Bernie Sanders.

We asked their supporters to really think through what a progressive president could—and couldn't—do.

Jessica Stites

What an Elizabeth Warren Presidency Would Look Like

Warren is a “visionary implementer.”

Kathleen Geier

What a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Look Like

The possibilities of an “organizer-in-chief.”

Daniel Denvir

To Stop Trump’s War with Iran, We Must Also Confront the Democrats Who Laid the Groundwork

Democratic leaders are feigning outrage, but they've supported the precursors to war.

Sarah Lazare and Michael Arria

The Decade That Put Capitalism On Trial

How the 2008 financial crisis kicked off a new age of dissent

Astra Taylor

Our 15 Most Read Stories of 2019

Throughout the tumultuous past 12 months, In These Times has been there every step of the way. Here are our most popular stories of 2019.

In These Times Editors

Impeachment Trial Will Take Sanders and Warren Off the Campaign Trail

The campaigns have plans, but some supporters worry Biden and Buttigieg will get an edge in Iowa.

Will Kang

Fox News, Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda

For nearly a quarter of American adults, Fox News is their only cable news source. It tells them what Trump wants them to hear.

Joel Bleifuss

Buttigieg Is Shocked, Shocked at McKinsey’s Transgressions. But It Was Notorious When He Joined It.

McKinsey was embroiled in a nationwide scandal over helping insurance companies squeeze customers.

Branko Marcetic

CAP Publicly Distanced Itself From the UAE. 8 Months Later, It Was Still Meeting with UAE Lobbyists.

A foreign policy expert at the influential think tank remained close to UAE lobbyists.

Sarah Lazare

The “Collateral Damage” of the U.S.’s Unofficial War in Somalia

"Surgical" U.S. air strikes in Somalia affect more than just their targets.

Amanda Sperber

What the U.S. Left Can Learn From the Labour Party’s Epic Loss

Liberal pundits say the lesson is that Democrats shouldn’t move left. They’re wrong.

David Adler

Youth Activist to Chilean Leaders: Don’t Use the UN Climate Talks to Greenwash Your Repression of Us

"We are fearless," says Angela Valenzuela.

Christine MacDonald

Yes, Trump’s Impeachment Is a Partisan Pursuit—Just As It Should Be

What Trump's defenders miss: impeachment only works when it's partisan.

Thomas Geoghegan

Trump Just Gave the Israel Lobby What It’s Been Asking For. Here’s Why That’s So Dangerous.

The president's new executive order is an alarming escalation of his anti-Semitism--and his attacks against Palestinian rights campaigners.

Nora Barrows-Friedman

BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren Joins Bernie Sanders in Opposing Trump’s Massive War Budget

All other 2020 candidates have remained silent on how they will vote.

Sarah Lazare

Centrists Don’t Want “Party Unity”—They Want to Defend the Wealthy

Attacks by moderate Democrats on Bernie Sanders are really about defending corporate power and structural inequality.

Christopher D. Cook