The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
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Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and the Kind of Discourse We Need
In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, it's crucial that the Left transcend sectarian squabbles
In These Times Editors
Rural America
Global Financial Fears, Community Resilience, the New Economy, Just Transition and Gig Workers
John Collins
Labor
Justice for South Asian Migrant Workers in the Gulf Requires a New Kind of Solidarity
Paula Chakravartty and Nitasha Dhillon
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Cancer Patients Arrested for Protesting Big Pharma and TPP
Danette Frederique
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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire Wins Show that People Are Sick of the Establishment
It's not about growing extremism. It's about a frustration with the status quo.
Robert Reich
Viewpoint
The More Bernie Sanders Wins, the More Establishment Liberals Will Tell You He Can’t Win
Some thoughts on Sanders' New Hampshire primary victory last night.
Corey Robin
Viewpoint
Without Black Lives Matter, Would Flint’s Water Crisis Have Made Headlines?
The mainstream media learns what 'environmental racism' means.
Susan J. Douglas
Culture
Christopher Hitchens’ Latest, Posthumous Essay Collection Stings Without a Point
Somewhere along the way, Hitchens lost a purpose for his contrarianism.
Mark Dunbar
Labor
Why Did Howard Dean Pretend Unions and Wall Street Are Similar in Power and Influence?
Eli Massey
Labor
On Bill and Hillary Clinton’s First Date in 1971, They Crossed a Picket Line
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
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‘Liberal’? No. ‘Progressive’? Nah. How About ‘Democratic Socialist’?
The democratic socialist tradition that Sanders is invoking may be just what we need.
Leon Fink
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It Goes Way Beyond Flint: America Has a Lead Crisis that Stretches from Coast to Coast
Millions of U.S. children are threatened by lead and other toxins nationwide.
David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz
Labor
A Plan To Defragment the Labor Movement By Rebuilding ‘Federal Locals’ and Central Labor Councils
Douglas Williams and Cato Uticensis
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Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Playbook Against Bernie Sanders Is a Lot Like Her 2008 Playbook Against Obama
Just about every attack that has been lobbed against Sanders thus far in the Democratic race was once hurled against Obama.
Branko Marcetic
Culture
2,054 Days of Solitary Confinement
A punishment that's cruel, but not unusual
Five Mualimm-Ak
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Where Are the Black Panthers and Corporate Philanthropists When We Need Them?
Real change requires that we expand our understanding of what actions are needed on the part of the mayor, the police and any one who claims the mantle of the city’s leadership. Two films that premiered this past fall provide guidance of the kind of leadership that today is missing.
Marilyn Katz
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Not Your Grandfather’s Black Freedom Movement: An Interview with BYP100’s Charlene Carruthers
The 30-year-old radical black queer feminist who's Rahm Emanuel's worst nightmare
Salim Muwakkil
Labor
Why Is SEIU Backing Hillary Clinton When Only Bernie Sanders Backs the Fight for 15 Campaign?
Jason Pramas
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