The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

How a 15-Hour Workweek Could Change Our Lives for the Better

Americans work 200 more hours annually than their British and French peers—but studies show working more doesn't translate into higher productivity.

In These Times Editors

Labor

An Upcoming Supreme Court Ruling Could Starve Public Schools—In Favor of Religious Ones

Alice Herman

Rural America

Our Food System Hurts Farmers, Consumers and the Earth. We Can Build a Movement to Change It

Anthony Flaccavento

Labor

The Multinational Trying To Bankrupt the Dock Workers Union Has a Sordid Past

Ari Paul

Feature

The Trump Administration Just Opened a New Immigrant Prison in Rural Michigan

But a statewide coalition of activists aims to shut it down.

Brian Dolinar

Viewpoint

Amy Klobuchar Says She Wants to Protect Obamacare—But Has Worked to Undermine It

Klobuchar has sold herself as a pragmatist who will expand healthcare while being “fiscally responsible.” But her record is one of siding with big business.

Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint

In His Lies, Joe Biden Is Sounding a Lot Like Trump

While Joe Biden has promised a break from Trumpism, when it comes to his record, the former vice president has shown an utter disregard for the truth.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Joe Biden Thinks Coal Miners Should Learn to Code. A Real Just Transition Demands Far More.

Mindy Isser

Rural America

The Local Foods Movement Has Made Half a Revolution. For the Other Half, We Need a Green New Deal

Anthony Flaccavento

Feature

In Iowa, Rashida Tlaib and the Sunrise Movement Push the Green New Deal—and Bernie Sanders

Ahead of the critical Iowa caucus, climate organizers are stumping for bold action and a presidential candidate they believe will get it done.

David Goodner

Viewpoint

We Need Sanders and Warren to Cooperate in the Primary

The real fight is for progressive power in the Democratic Party.

Julian Brave NoiseCat

Feature

Top Democrats Say They Support the Iran Deal—But Here’s How They’ve Undermined It

How imperial arrogance and veiled racism damned Obama’s signature achievement.

Kumars Salehi and Roqayah Chamseddine

Viewpoint

A Primary Is a Competition. Bernie Should Play To Win.

There's no need to hedge our bets.

Carl Beijer

InvestigationGoodman Institute

10 Years Ago, We Pledged To Help Haiti Rebuild. Then What Happened?

Hundreds of millions in aid went to U.S. corporations and the U.S. military. A fraction went to Haitian institutions.

Isabel Macdonald

Labor

To Build a Left-Wing Unionism, We Must Reckon With the AFL-CIO’s Imperialist Past

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

Climate Activists Can’t Afford to Ignore Labor. A Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Why.

Mindy Isser

Dispatch

Labor 101 for Undergraduate Workers Seeking To Unionize

The Northeast Undergraduate Worker Convention is the nation's first annual convention aimed at training undergrad workers in collective organizing.

Olivia Gieger

Feature

We Need a Strong Anti-War Movement—Yesterday

As we spiral toward a confrontation between the U.S. and Iran, it’s worth reflecting on the failures to rein in U.S. aggression along the way.

Khury Petersen-Smith