The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature
A New Mother’s Day Tradition: Fighting for Moms Behind Bars
Mother's Day is the perfect opportunity to join the growing movement to support—and to free—incarcerated mothers.
Elizabeth Adetiba

Labor
Want To Speak Out About Politics at Work? Here Are 3 Things You Need to Know.
Sam Wheeler and Leo Gertner

Feature
Resister’s Digest: Getting Radical in the Heartland
Upcoming conferences and actions aim to tap the power of progressives.
Theo Anderson

Rural America
NSAC: New USDA Plan Abandons Rural Development Priorities in Favor of International Trade
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Dispatch
The Folk Singer vs. the Millionaire: A Berniecrat Aims for Montana’s House Seat
Rob Quist's House campaign draws on Montana's populist spirit.
Joseph Bullington

Labor
The Chicago Reader Staff Just Voted Unanimously To Authorize a Strike
Joseph Bullington

Labor
23 Grad Student Workers Arrested as Yale Hunger Strike Continues
Theo Anderson

Labor
Amid “Constitutional Crisis,” Bernie Sanders Urges Workers To Seize Means of Production
Kate Aronoff

Feature
Mothers of the World, Unite!
A new Mother's Day Proclamation.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor
Wage Theft Is Costing Workers $50 Billion a Year in Stolen Pay
Eli Horowitz

Culture
The Milquetoast Militants of Showtime’s “Guerrilla”
The protagonists' middle-class naiveté rolls off them in waves.
Eileen Jones

Labor
Immigrant Nurses Demand Equal Pay—And Win
Samantha Winslow

Rural America
Wendell Berry Defends Rural America Against an Attack by New York Review of Books Writer
John Collins

Feature
Meet the Pittsburgh Mayoral Candidate Who Wants to End Inequality
John Welch believes he can turn hearts and minds—and turn out voters.
Theo Anderson

Feature
Interviews for Resistance: Why the Fight for Single-Payer Is More Important Than Ever
A physician talks about the House vote on Trumpcare and what should happen next.
Sarah Jaffe

Feature
Resister’s Digest: Trumpcare Bill Unleashes the Fury of the Left
Donations pour in to target vulnerable Republicans after House vote.
Theo Anderson

Labor
Reviving Manufacturing Would Help All of Us—Not Just White Men
Liza Featherstone

Viewpoint
French Voters Must Heed the Lessons of Donald Trump and Reject Marine Le Pen
The similarities between Trump and Le Pen are striking—but France still has a chance to avoid the mistake made in America.
Tom Ladendorf
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
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