The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

Want to Defeat Trump Without Campaigning for Biden? Here’s How.

Socialists and other Bernie Sanders supporters can play a critical role in defeating right-wing populism while building a left-wing alternative for the long term—by going down-ballot.

David Duhalde

Viewpoint

Our Biden Problem

Movements face a challenge: how to oust Trump while still combatting Biden's neoliberalism.

Barbara Ransby

Labor

The Most Radical Union in the U.S. Is Shutting Down the Ports on Juneteenth

Peter Cole

Labor

Assisted Living Facility Staffer Says He Was Fired for Organizing His Coworkers During the Pandemic

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Why Our Union Is Asking the AFL-CIO to Get Rid of Police Unions

In These Times Union

Feature

9 Statistics That Show What a Miserable Failure the CARES Act Is

Major bailouts went to big corporations, giving them lasting security, while the rest of us got a temporary Band-Aid.

Dayton Martindale

Feature

Beware of Police “Reforms” That Reinforce the Very System Killing Us

We can’t fix the problem by investing more resources in police. We must defund and disband.

Janaé Bonsu

LaborViewpoint

The Central Issue Is Police Repression, Not Police Unions

Before rushing to expel police unions, labor needs a larger reckoning with law enforcement's role in a capitalist-colonialist state.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Labor

Field Museum Workers Say It’s Time for the CEO to Start Making Sacrifices, Too

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

Union President Says Minneapolis Is Trying to Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help the Police

Sarah Lazare

Dispatch

The Food Industry’s Next Covid-19 Victims: Migrant Farmworkers

Outbreaks have begun at farms around the country, thanks in large part to crowded employer-provided housing.

Michelle Fawcett and Arun Gupta

Rural America

We Don’t Farm Because It’s Trendy: For Black Folks, Growing Food Has Long Been a Form of Resistance

Ashley Gripper

Labor

Get Ready for Janus 2.0, Which Could Devastate Labor More Than the First

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

There’s a Simple Solution to the Unemployment Crisis: Offer Everyone a Job

Rachel M. Cohen

Feature

Another Political Revolution in New York? Insurgent Jamaal Bowman Now Has Bernie and AOC on His Side

Bowman, a progressive insurgent, is gaining steam in his primary challenge to Democratic incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel. And now he has both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders behind him.

Nick Vachon

Feature

Labor Must Be Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist

A conversation with Kooper Caraway, President of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO and Labor Rep for AFSCME Council 65.

Maximillian Alvarez

Feature

Tear Gas and Pepper Spray Can Be Deadly, But the U.S. Won’t Regulate Police Use

Despite widespread use, chemical agents sold for police purposes aren't monitored by any federal agency.

Terry J. Allen

Feature

Texas Covid-19 Massacre

In the face of coronavirus, the nation's largest prison system refused to release prisoners or take recommended health precautions.

Marie Gottschalk