The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Here’s Exactly Who’s Profiting from the War on Yemen

And how the U.S. could stop weapon sales if it wanted to.

Alex Kane

Feature

When It Comes to U.S. Militarism, Elizabeth Warren Is No Progressive

There's one important issue on which Warren has not veered far from the Democratic establishment.

Sarah Lazare

Dispatch

Rashida Tlaib May Be Under Attack By the Right, But She’s Beloved in Her District

In These Times spent a day with Tlaib in Detroit.

Valerie Vande Panne

Dispatch

Young Democrats Are Furious Over the DCCC’s Blacklist Punishing Insurgents

At a time of rising energy on the Democrats' left flank, the DCCC is giving a crash course in how to alienate young progressives.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Scabby the Rat Is Under Attack

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Dispatch

We Talked with the New Hampshire Family in Andrew Yang’s Universal Basic Income Experiment

The $1,000/month from Yang has changed the Fassis' lives in small ways—and kindled their imaginations.

Andrew Schwartz

Labor

The Teacher Strikes Could Set Off a Private Sector Strike Wave—If We Dare

Joe Burns

Viewpoint

It’s Not Progressive To Fund Medicare for All by Agreeing to a Bloated Military

House Progressives tried to tie funding for bold social programs to the military budget, dollar for dollar. That's timid and wrongheaded.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

Write Black Americans a Check Already

Direct payments to individuals are an important piece of any reparations program.

William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen

Feature

The Crackdown on Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange Is About Protecting U.S. Empire

By publishing information provided by whistleblower Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks shined light on U.S. war crimes. But exposing empire comes at a cost.

Chip Gibbons

Viewpoint

Universal Programs, Not Reparations, Are Needed To Counter Racism’s Effects

The racial wealth gap is real and pernicious, but reparations are not the answer.

Zaid Jilani and Leighton Woodhouse

Viewpoint

The 2020 Candidates Are Dodging the Reparations Question

Here's what they get wrong, and how to get it right.

Janaé Bonsu

Feature

The Alarming Rise of Civilian Deaths in the War On Terror

New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.

Phyllis Bennis

Labor

How Volkswagen Has Gotten Away With Union-Busting

Chris Brooks

Labor

Larry Hanley Was a Transformational Labor Leader. He Will Be Missed.

Larry Cohen

Labor

What People in Kentucky Coal Country Really Think About a Green New Deal

Rachel M. Cohen

Labor

Please Let’s Never Call Uber “The Future of Work” Ever Again

Rebecca Burns

Labor

How the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Won Higher Wages By Playing For Free

Josh Wolf