The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
The U.S.-Backed Coalition Can’t Agree on Why It’s Bombing Yemen
As Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates clash over their goals, the people of Yemen are paying the price.
Shireen Al-Adeimi
Culture
10 Years of Death by Border Patrol
Humanitarian aid for migrants crossing through dangerous deserts has been a crime for years.
In These Times Editors
Viewpoint
A Progressive Approach to China
Progressives must reject the false choice between Trump’s anti-China protectionism and the “free trade” status quo that preceded him
Tobita Chow
Feature
Bolsonaro Says Environmental NGOs Are Burning the Amazon. That Conspiracy Theory Has a Strange Past.
How a book published in 2001 fueled a dangerous right-wing narrative in Brazil.
Michael Fox
Feature
A Close Look at Kamala Harris’ Hawkish Foreign Policy
Harris has little to say on the subject. But her record speaks volumes.
Sarah Lazare
Labor
The Next Wave of Labor Unrest Could Be in Grocery Stores
Michael Arria
Rural America
Guess Which Candidates Support the Farmers Bill of Rights?
Jim Goodman and Anthony Pahnke
Viewpoint
Elizabeth Warren Is Making a Mistake By Trying to Win Over Democratic Party Elites
If Warren wants to enact “big, structural change,” working within the Democratic Party establishment is a poor strategy.
Branko Marcetic
Viewpoint
The Debates Are Too Important To Be in the Hands of Corporate Media and the DNC
We need independently run debates that put substantive policy discussion first.
Julie Hollar
Viewpoint
Want To Fix the Debates? Shut Down the Trump-Style Theatrics.
The sensationalist, ratings-first format needs to change—and candidates should boycott debates until it does.
Susan J. Douglas
Feature
Kamala Harris Pledged To Halt Fracking. Her Foreign Policy Advisor Wants The Opposite.
If ‘personnel is policy,’ then the choice of Michèle Flournoy suggests a President Harris would expand oil and natural gas extraction.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence
Incarcerated workers are subject to cruel--and dangerously hot--conditions in the summer. This will only worsen with climate change.
Ella Fassler
Labor
The Future of U.S. Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer.
Heidi Shierholz
Feature
This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants
Thanks to local organizing, King County International Airport no longer provides ground support for ICE.
Lena Elmeligy
Feature
Unions Have Supported Democrats for Decades. It’s Time for Dems To Keep Their Promises.
Unions have played a critical role in helping Democrats get elected. What do they have to show for it?
Diana Babineau
Dispatch
Fighting Asthma with Compost
The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.
Jesse James DeConto
Feature
U.S.-Assisted Raid in Somalia Killed Two Civilians, Villagers Say
The testimony provides a rare window into U.S. ground operations in Somalia
Amanda Sperber
Rural America
When Ecosystems Suffer, So Do Humans: To Heal People We Need to Heal the Planet
Amaya Mikolič-Berrios
We need to be united in the fight against fascism and repression.
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