The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature
The Specter of Reagan Haunts the GOP’s New Tax Plan
A brief history of how the GOP taxes the poor to reward the rich.
Joel Bleifuss

Labor
“You’re Taking Our Homes”: Ben Carson Shouted Down by Angry Chicago Residents
Tanner Howard

Labor
Florida Prisoners Are Preparing to Strike Against Unpaid Labor
Michael Arria

Culture
Best Books of 2017: In These Times Staff and Reader Picks
From Naomi Klein to Roxane Gay, the reads that made 2017 bearable.
In These Times Staff

Feature
Fire and Fury Signifies Nothing
We must not pretend this book will solve anything, especially the problem of the Trump presidency.
Kate Aronoff

Labor
HR Has Never Been on the Side of Workers. #MeToo Is More Proof.
Sarah Lazare

Culture
Centrist Think Tanks Won’t Save Our Cities
Economic democracy must come from below.
Gar Alperovitz

Rural America
Can Hunters and Activists Team Up to Phase Out Lead Bullets?
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Viewpoint
Democrats Can’t Win By Courting Conservative White Voters
It’s time to follow the lead of Black grassroots organizers.
James Thindwa

Rural America
Ag-Gag Update: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Idaho’s Ban on Private Surveillance
Dan Flynn

Feature
The War on Drugs Is an Abject Failure. Jeff Sessions Just Ramped It Up.
The tide is finally turning against marijuana criminalization. But Sessions just took a giant leap backwards.
Jesse Mechanic

Feature
How Wisconsin’s Progressive Revival Could Help Randy Bryce Unseat Paul Ryan
A surge of grassroots organizing mixed with anger at Trump and the GOP could pave the way for Bryce to take down the House Speaker.
Kate Aronoff

Labor
We’re Number One! America Leads the Way in CEO-Worker Income Gap
Jessica Corbett

Feature
Move Over, Corporate Democrats. A New Wave of Left Populists Is on the Rise.
It's 2018. Candidates don't need the establishment anymore.
Theo Anderson

Feature
Trump and the Neocons Are Exploiting an Iran Protest Movement They Know Nothing About
Iranians are protesting conditions worsened by U.S. policies, but Washington's hawks see only an opportunity for regime change.
John Feffer

Labor
Here’s Why These 3 Rank-And-File Union Members Are Running for Maryland Public Office
Bruce Vail

Labor
How Organizers in Rural North Carolina Plan To Build Working-Class Power in 2018
Sarah Jaffe

Rural America
The ANWR Drilling Conflict: Why “No Stable Compromise Exists”
Scott L. Montgomery
