The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

Govt. Report: Even After 2013 Texas Fertilizer Explosion, Hundreds of Communities Still at Risk

Elizabeth Grossman

Viewpoint

There’s No Other Way To Spin It: Bernie Sanders Pulled Off a Huge Victory in Iowa

Who would have imagined, even a few months ago, that the Iowa caucus results would be so close?

Marc Daalder

Viewpoint

The 5 Worst Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote To Invade Iraq

Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate's support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn't.

Stephen Zunes

Feature

Bernie Sanders’ Moment of Truth

Bernie's political revolution reaches a decisive moment in the Iowa caucus.

In These Times Editors

Culture

The Lessons of Zapatista Women Activists for Today’s Social Movements

The role of indigenous women in the Zapatista movement is little known.

James Tracy

Viewpoint

LGBTQ Protests Against Israel Are About Justice, Not Anti-Semitism

Israel uses a reductive version of “gay rights” to market itself with a positive, welcoming image—despite its egregious human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Jimmy Pasch

Feature

How Bernie Sanders Put Socialism to Work in Burlington: A Profile from 1983

Sanders sailed to reelection as mayor of Burlington after transforming supposedly conservative issues into left victories, and helping democratize city government. In this 1983 profile, Sanders delves into why he believes “the word ‘socialism’ has value” and “politics is not dissimilar to art.”

David Moberg

Viewpoint

Joan Walsh to Young Bernie Sanders Supporters: Get Off My Lawn

Walsh's anger sounds like a diatribe against a rude, “barely shaving,” teen for not properly respecting his elder.

Matt Bruenig

Feature

Donald Trump and the Aesthetics of Fascism

What a 20th-century Marxist art critic can teach us about a very 21st-century candidate.

Alexander Billet

Rural America

Cattle, Guns, Birds and Boredom: Inside the Oregon Occupation

John Collins

Culture

Forget Techno-Optimism: We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of Inequality

Hillary Clinton's former 'senior advisor for innovation' sees our Uber-ized future through rose-colored glasses

Chris Lehmann

Labor

Loyola Students Face Discipline for On-Campus Protest, Say Univ. Violating Social Justice Commitment

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Did a Virginia School for Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Staff’s Children Fire Teachers for Organizing?

Bruce Vail

Comics

Donald Rumsfeld Has a New App Coming Out. Lord Help Us All.

Matt Bors

Labor

Michigan GOP Gov. Rick Snyder Values Big Business More Than Children’s Lives

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Dispatch

The Group of Artists That’s Winning Fair Pay By Targeting Nonprofits

Organizing artists can be like herding cats. That hasn't stopped WAGE from fighting for fair pay for art.

Tom Ladendorf

Labor

Chicago Window Workers Who Occupied Their Factory in 2008 Win New Bankruptcy Payout

Kari Lydersen

Viewpoint

Paul Krugman Is Wrong About Bernie Sanders—and About How Social Change Works

Bernie isn't some kind of wild-eyed radical. He's actually the most pragmatic candidate in the race.

Gabriel Hetland