The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint
Why Bill de Blasio’s Housing Plan Is Nowhere Near Affordable for Low- and Mid-Wage New Yorkers
Expanding New York City's housing supply is not enough to expand affordable housing.
Jonathan Westin

Viewpoint
An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis on My Grandmother and the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement was made up of people whose names never made it into the history books.
Douglas Williams

Feature
This Video Appears To Show Bernie Sanders Being Arrested at a 1963 Civil Rights Action in Chicago
It looks like there's proof of the presidential candidate participating in civil disobedience to end segregation
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor
Friedrichs Is Dead; Labor’s Crisis Is Not. The ‘Scalia Dividend’ Is a Rare Opportunity for Unions.
Shaun Richman

Labor
When Scalia Died, So Did ‘Friedrichs’—And an Even Grander Scheme To Destroy Unions
Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature
Allen Dulles and the Cold War Within the National Security State
Looking back to the origins of the national security state helps us understand its power and scope today.
Joseph Fronczak

Feature
Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, and Nobody Will Take Responsibility
In the Southwest, poisoned uranium workers are still seeking justice
Joseph Sorrentino

Labor
NLRB Ruling Says 2 California Nurses Were Illegally Fired During Union Drive
Peter Dreier

Labor
Presidential Campaigns Need to Start Focusing More on Global Inequality
David Moberg

Feature
You Can Buy a Copy of Marx’s ‘Capital’ Signed by Carly Fiorina on eBay To Benefit Bernie Sanders
But time is running out.
Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint
Bernie Sanders Was Right To Condemn Henry Kissinger. But Why Did He Praise Winston Churchill?
The former prime minister was, indeed, a "fan of regime change," among other things.
Branko Marcetic

Comics
Gloria Steinem, Madeleine Albright and the Curse of the Bernie Bros
Matt Bors

Labor
With 3 Recent High-Profile Walkoffs, Is the Wildcat Strike Back?
Shaun Richman

Labor
Corporate PR Flacks Are Trying To Convince You the Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Benefit Workers
Jim Hightower

Viewpoint
The Negative Campaigning Dilemma for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
When it comes to attacking one another or the Republicans, both Democratic candidates are in a bind.
Peter White

Labor
Retail Means Jobs. But Those Jobs Shouldn’t Mean Poverty.
Carrie Gleason

Feature
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
