The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

Is Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez the Future of Texas?

The Latina labor organizer out to unseat GOP heavyweight Sen. John Cornyn.

Steven Greenhouse

Labor

R.I.P. James Thindwa, Friend and Comrade

Lee Sustar

Viewpoint

Yes, Joe Biden Has Long Pushed Cuts to Social Security. End of Story.

Bernie Sanders is right to call out Biden’s objectionable record on cutting Social Security—no matter what Paul Krugman says.

Max B. Sawicky

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

The U.S. Spend Billions to "Rebuild" Haiti After the 2010 Earthquake. So How Did Conditions Get Worse?

U.S. corporations and the U.S. military got the lion's share of the aid. 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