The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Rural America
Democrats Have Gone off the Rails in Rural America. Can a New Report Get Them Back on Track?
John Collins

Labor
Tech Workers of the World, Unite!
Julianne Tveten

Labor
Republicans Are Taking Voter Suppression to the Workplace
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The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr.
King believed that a multiracial working-class movement was required to overcome the failings of capitalism.
Matthew Miles Goodrich

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New York City Sues Fossil Fuel Companies for 200 Years of Climate Destruction
The city is modeling how to take Big Energy to task.
Kate Aronoff

Rural America
This Is Why Carrots Cost More Than Twinkies
John Ikerd

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Why We Must Not Look Away From Trump’s Attacks on Salvadoran Immigrants
While his inflammatory rhetoric dominates the news, Trump is upending the lives of 200,000 Salvadoran migrants and refugees.
Michelle Chen

Labor
Amid Freezing Classrooms, Baltimore’s Teachers Fight to Democratize City’s Schools
Ryan Harvey

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In a Surprising Move, the Anti-Pipeline Movement Is Taking a Page from Hobby Lobby
Religious groups are using First Amendment arguments in efforts to stop pipelines and protect Native lands.
Ben Walker

Labor
Carrier Workers Are Livid After Facing Layoffs Despite Trump’s Promises
Bryce Covert

Feature
Meet Paula Jean Swearengin: The Progressive Who Won West Virginia’s Democratic Senate Primary
West Virginia could soon get a Bernie Sanders supporter—and coal miner's daughter—in the U.S. Senate.
Ed Rampell

Rural America
Dairy Farmer to Donald Trump: “Replace NAFTA, It’s Not Good For Farmers Anywhere”
Jim Goodman

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Displaced After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans Face Awful Conditions in NYC Shelters
People who left Puerto Rico for New York didn’t know about FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, which offers temporary hotel rooms. Instead, they wound up in homeless shelters.
Joel Cintrón Arbasetti

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If Democrats Want the Support of Millennials, They Should Cut Ties with the Fossil Fuel Industry
The Lawmakers elected in 2018 must lead one of the biggest government projects in history—a rapid transition to a 100-percent renewable energy economy.
Varshini Prakash and Stephen O’Hanlon

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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
