The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Rural America

America’s Dairy Farmers are Struggling and Unsupported

Debbie Weingarten

Labor

The Janus Decision Was Never About the First Amendment. It Was About Destroying Labor.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Feature

“A Bittersweet Victory”: MOVE Member Debbie Sims Africa on Being Released After 39 Years in Prison

Debbie is the first of the MOVE 9 to be freed from prison. But her family is still locked up.

Emily Abendroth

Labor

The Anti-Union Janus Ruling Is Going to Hit Black Women the Hardest

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

There’s a Simple Way To Neutralize Janus—If State Legislators Have the Will

Aaron Tang

Labor

Janus Is Here—But Don’t Ring the Death Knell for the Labor Movement

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

Ben Jealous’s Victory Is Proof the Democratic Party’s Left Flank Is Winning Concrete Power

Jealous's victory in Maryland shows the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party is ascendant—and that bold progressive ideas are the path to victory.

Theo Anderson

Feature

A Socialist Woman of Color Just Turned the Entire Democratic Party Upside Down

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's shocking upset is the surest sign yet that the Democratic Party's future lies in its left flank—and in challenging capitalism head-on.

Kate Aronoff

Culture

A Brief Case for Cancelling All Student Loan Debt

It isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s smart economics.

In These Times Editors

Labor

Planned Parenthood’s Union Busting Could Have a Chilling Effect for Workers Everywhere

Rebecca Burns

Feature

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Wants to Abolish ICE and Upend the Democratic Party

In an interview, the left primary challenger discusses everything from how Democrats have failed to protect working class interests to the need for a Marshall plan for Puerto Rico and why her democratic socialist message is catching on.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

Navajo Candidate Kicked Off Utah Ballot Files Suit

Stephanie Woodard

Feature

Philly’s Progressive New DA Is Testing the Limits of Change from Within

Decarceration activists put Larry Krasner in office. Now they’re demanding that he empty the city’s jails.

Max M. Marin

Feature

These Private Prison Companies Are Already Profiting Off of Trump’s Order on Family Separation

By ordering that immigrant families be detained together indefinitely, Trump has provided a windfall to private prison operators.

David Dayen

Feature

This Latina Democratic Socialist Could Unseat One of the Most Powerful Democrats in Congress

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is waging an insurgent challenge to incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York—and her bold left message is gaining steam.

Amir Khafagy

Labor

Guatemala’s Campesinos and Indigenous Communities Fight Rampant Government Corruption

Heather Gies

Labor

Jobs Guarantee or Universal Basic Income? Why Not Both?

Alyssa Battistoni

Dispatch

An Indigenous Cooperative Is Dodging Bullets To Defend Their Land

In Cuetzalan, Mexico, environmentalists are risking their lives to fight destructive energy projects.

Ethan Bien