The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Culture

Building an Alternative to Capitalism From the Ground Up

A primer on the solidarity economy.

Dayton Martindale

Feature

The Tax Bill Battle Shows the Left Needs a “Single Payer of Fiscal Policy”

A conversation with Michael Kink, executive director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition.

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Fascism in the United States Can’t Be Defeated Without a Mass Movement

A broad-front approach means drawing from a range of social movements—all those harmed by the reactionary right.

Shane Burley

Culture

Viewing the USSR Through Red-Tinted Glasses

The writings of Svetlana Alexievich cut through the fog of propaganda surrounding the Soviet Union.

Jane Miller

Feature

After the Keystone XL Approval, Here’s What’s Next for the Climate Movement

The battle is far from over—and has already transformed the way environmental campaigns are waged.

Kate Aronoff

Dispatch

Trial by Peace Circle: How a Chicago Community Is Pursuing Jail-Free Justice

West Side residents are creating alternatives to traditional, punitive courts.

Sarah Conway

Feature

How Democratic Socialists Took On Centrists and the Right Wing at the Ballot Box

David Duhalde, deputy director of the Democratic Socialists of America, discusses the group's recent electoral success—and what they have planned for 2018.

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Here’s Why Chicago Activists Are Against Rahm Emanuel’s $95 Million Cop Academy

A conversation with Monica Trinidad, a Chicago-based artist and organizer.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Unless You’re Rich, the Economy Is Not Working for You. And the GOP Tax Plan Will Only Make It Worse

Nell Abernathy, The Roosevelt Institute

Culture

What a Century-Old Socialist Newspaper Can Teach Us About the Left

Inside Appeal to Reason, the paper that inspired In These Times

Sharon Carson

Feature

How SWAT Team Expos Are Militarizing Police Departments Across the Country

Instead of disaster preparedness and storm relief, resources are being funneled into violent police trainings and arms exchanges.

Tara Tabassi

Labor

Farmworkers Say “Us Too,” Demanding Freedom From Sexual Violence

Michelle Chen

Rural America

Rural Communities Look to the Past to Defeat the Industrial Agriculture of the Present

John Ikerd

Feature

COP23 Proved That Indigenous Peoples Still Don’t Have a Real Voice in Climate Negotiations

While the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus was given a seat at the climate negotiations table, this role was largely symbolic.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

The House GOP’s Tax Bill Would Make Graduate School Too Expensive For All But the Rich

Jeff Schuhrke

Feature

As the J20 Trial Begins, We Must Not Allow Trump to Imprison Dissenters When They Are Needed Most

A defendant calls for collective defense against repression—and continued resistance.

Olivia Alsip

Dispatch

The Pope May Speak About Climate Justice, But in L.A., the Church Leases Land to an Oil Company

Oil and holy water don’t mix.

Charles Davis

Feature

Bernie Sanders Is Now Backing Randy Bryce—Which Could Be Very Bad News for Paul Ryan

Sanders' endorsement of Bryce comes at a time when the former union organizer and steelworker is rising in the polls in his bid to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Marc Daalder