The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Rural America
The USDA’s Organic Seal Should Not (and Must Not) Apply to Hydroponics
Linley Dixon
Feature
Don’t Retweet Lloyd Blankfein
Goldman Sachs CEOs are not your friends—even if they believe in climate change.
Kate Aronoff
Labor
Veteran Organizer Gives Inside Look at the First $15 Minimum Wage Campaign
Jonathan Timm
Feature
Don’t Blame Montana Voters for Quist’s Loss: Blame the Frailty of Our Democracy
The Montana race exposed the structural impediments to progressive politics.
Joseph Bullington
Feature
The Portland Killings Show Why We Need a Robust Antifascist Movement
It is time to find common cause in anti-fascist action. The stakes couldn't be higher.
Alexander Reid Ross
Rural America
“I’m as Poor as Shit”: A Look at Downward Mobility in Lancaster, Ohio
Lauren Kaori Gurley
Feature
A Climate Scientist On Why Trump Pulling Out of the Paris Accord Won’t Be the End of the World
Trump's announcement certainly is not good, but all hope may not be lost.
Kate Aronoff
Feature
An Unelected Board May Be Implementing Austerity in a City Near You
Fiscal control boards are taking control over the finances of cities across the United States.
Joel Cintrón Arbasetti and Carla Minet
Labor
Interviews for Resistance: New Progressive Coalition Calls for “Millions of Jobs”
Sarah Jaffe
Feature
Under the Shadow of Trump, Dismantling Obama’s Deportation Machine
Communities are fighting back against an immigrant prison in rural Georgia.
Sarah Lazare
Feature
How to Solve Budget Crises? Tax the Rich and Make Banks Pay
The alternative to austerity is bold progressive economic policy.
In These Times and Kartemquin Films
Feature
Don’t Believe the Israeli Government: Palestinian Hunger Strikers Won Important Victories
Palestinian prisoners forced Israel to the negotiating table and inspired a global outpouring of support.
Tamara Nassar
Feature
Wisconsin May Bring the Koch Brothers One State Closer To Rewriting the Constitution
Legislators are debating whether to call for a constitutional convention, a prize of corporate interest groups.
Kate Aronoff
Dispatch
Turning Capital Against Capitalism
Experiments in funding an equitable economy.
Chris Merriam
Rural America
Our Chemical-Dependent, Profit-Driven, Industrial Ag Complex is Not Going Quietly
John Ikerd
Feature
Daycare Centers Are the Latest Casualty in the War on the Poor
The budget crisis in Illinois has taken an outsized toll on kids in low-income families.
In These Times and Kartemquin Films
Feature
Democrats’ Waffling on Abortion Rights Isn’t Just Wrong, It’s a Huge Political Mistake
The party needs an uncompromising moral vision that will energize its base: pro-choice women.
Kathleen Geier
Feature
Why “Pay for Success” Financing Could Cost Taxpayers More Than They Bargained For
Cash-strapped governments are increasingly turning to Wall Street to fund social services. Will the model be a Trojan horse for privatization?
Rachel M. Cohen
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