The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Rural America

Why a California Dairy Goat Rancher Doesn’t Owe Her Soul to the Company Feed Store

Patty Karlin

Culture

How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Became the Supreme Meme Queen

The psychology behind the 'Notorious RBG' phenomenon.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

The Democratic Party Just Declared Its Opposition to Keystone XL. Was It An Accident?

A DNC email bashing Keystone may force Obama to take a firm position on the issue.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Why the United States Leaves Deadly Chemicals on the Market

A 6-month investigation finds that the revolving door between government and the chemical industry has led the EPA to rely on easily manipulated research. The result? Toxic substances remain in everyday products.

Valerie Brown and Elizabeth Grossman

Viewpoint

A Chemical-Industrial Complex

Why do many hazardous chemicals go unregulated in the United States? An In These Times investigation reveals the answer.

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Rural America In These Times Goes Bioneering

John Collins

Feature

California’s New Crisis Pregnancy Center Law Creates a Roadblock for Anti-Abortion Activists

CPCs have been repeatedly charged with providing misleading or, in some cases completely false, information for pregnant women.

Rachel M. Cohen

Feature

The Black Panther Party and the “Undying Love for the People”

The new documentary The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution is full of insights for today's racial justice activists.

Flint Taylor

Labor

Michigan Transit Workers Fight To Prevent City Bus System From Eliminating Their Pensions

Jeff Smith

Labor

In the Midst of Union Battle, Duquesne University Just Laid Off All but One of Its English Adjuncts

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules for Drivers

Brian Joseph

Labor

Connecting the Dots Between the “Identity Politics” of Black Lives Matter and Class Politics

Ethan Corey

Labor

In Minneapolis, a Strong ‘Fair Scheduling’ Law for Workers Runs Into a Corporate Roadblock

Justin Miller

Labor

Teach Classes in the Morning, Drive Uber at Night: Why Chicago Adjuncts Are Demanding a Union

Lauren Kaori Gurley

Rural America

The Kids Are Not All Right: GE Soybeans Alter Nanny’s Milk and Stunt Growth, Research Finds

Jonathan R. Latham

Feature

Why Canada’s Most Progressive Major Party Didn’t Make Big Gains at the Polls

While the New Democratic Party campaigned on a more progressive platform, the Liberals campaigned to the left just enough to sow doubt about the NDP—while the NDP moved to the center.

Gerard Di Trolio

Feature

Lessons in Nonviolent Palestinian Resistance From the First Intifada: An Interview with Mubarak Awad

Mubarak Awad was one of the main organizers of the nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada and continues to practice strategic forms of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.

Waleed Shahid

Clinton Campaign Will Stop Taking Cash from Private Prison Companies’ PACs and Lobbyists

George Lavender