The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
“Quite Divorced From Reality”: Climate Scientist, Activists Call Out Shell Exec at UN Conference
The oil company is posing as a climate champion, but critics call it greenwashing.
Christine MacDonald
Rural America
First Amendment Loses as Pipeline Industry Scores Another Win in Wisconsin
Joseph Bullington
Culture
Restorative Justice: A Much-Needed Alternative to Mass Incarceration
Courts and schools across the country are looking beyond punishment.
In These Times Editors
Culture
The New Deal Funded the Arts. The Green New Deal Should, Too.
Cultural work has a key role to play in shaping the climate-friendly economy.
Ashley Dawson
Dispatch
“Our Biggest Enemy Is PG&E”: Inside the Fight to Put Utilities Under Public Control
Evacuees of the Kincade Fire and members of the Democratic Socialists of America are demanding PG&E be dismantled.
Nuala Bishari
Labor
Trump’s Labor Dept. Has Declared War on Tipped Workers
Heidi Shierholz and David Cooper
Viewpoint
Reagan Lives On in Biden
For 40 years, Biden has pushed to cut federal spending. In a recession, don't expect him to prime the pump.
Branko Marcetic
Labor
In Wisconsin, the Teamsters Faced a Revolt from Below
Alice Herman
Rural America
‘To Preserve the Future of Our Past’: Tribes Work for World Heritage Designation of Ohio Earthworks
Stephanie Woodard
Labor
How Supporters of the Green New Deal Are Showing Up for Workers
Elizabeth King
Viewpoint
The Takeaway From the Impeachment Hearings: Our Constitution Has Failed
To guard against another authoritarian president we can’t impeach, we need to reform our constitution.
Chris Edelson
Labor
What Other Unions Can Learn from the Historic Gains We Won in the Chicago Teachers Strike
Jackson Potter
Feature
From Fur to Foie Gras: Animals Are on a Winning Streak
While Trump has loosened some federal protections for animals, activists are gaining ground on the local and state level.
Andrew Schwartz
Viewpoint
Winning Medicare for All Will Require Taking On Powerful Interests. Here’s How We Overcame One.
The American Medical Association's decision to leave an industry-backed, anti-single payer group didn't happen on its own. It was the result of dedicated organizing to make healthcare a human right.
Connie Huynh
Rural America
As Development Destroys Habitat, Wildlife Finds Refuge on Battlefields
Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood
Feature
How the Leader of the OAS Became a Right-Wing Hawk—And Paved the Way for Bolivia’s Coup
The Organization of American States is not a neutral arbiter. Just looks at its secretary general, Luis Almagro.
Branko Marcetic
Viewpoint
Want More Proof of Corporate Media’s Anti-Bernie Bias? Look at MSNBC’s Democratic Debate.
During the debate and in the spin room, Sanders was treated more like an outsider than a front runner. It’s part of a broader anti-Bernie slant in the “liberal” network’s coverage.
Branko Marcetic
Viewpoint
Why “High Hopes” Is the Perfect Dance Song for the Buttigieg Campaign
It’s a meritocratic fantasy.
Dayton Martindale
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