The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
Market Logic Is Literally Killing Us
Historically, during national emergencies like World War II, the U.S. government subordinated business interests to the public good. Why can't it do so in the Covid-19 crisis?
Rick Perlstein
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
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