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Elites Are Clueless, and so on

Kurt Vonnegut's words live on.

In These Times Editors

Feature

How Private Equity Gave Rise to a New Power Elite

The dominance of predatory financial firms has allowed a class of super-rich investors to exert vast control over our economic and political lives.

Heather Gautney

Culture

When Cops Tell You Who They Are, Listen

A cartoonist illustrates police union leaders’ statements, in their own words.

Johnny Damm

Feature

As Afghans Suffer, U.S. Stalls on Plan to Return Central Bank Funds

In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan's foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

10 Predictions for Labor in 2023

AI's menace, institutional failures and a labor movement basking in energy not seen in decades.

Hamilton Nolan

ViewpointEn Español

Título 42 fue un desastre. Lo que sigue no se ve mucho mejor.

La terminación ordenada por la corte del Título 42 marca un paso importante hacia la restauración del acceso a las protecciones humanitarias en la frontera. Pero la administración de Biden debe hacer más para luchar contra el legado racista del programa.

Azadeh Shahshahani y Chiraayu Gosrani

Viewpoint

Title 42 Was a Disaster. What’s Next Doesn’t Look Much Better.

The court-ordered termination of Title 42 marks an important step toward restoring access to humanitarian protections at the border. But the Biden administration must do more to fight the program's racist legacy.

Chiraayu Gosrani and Azadeh Shahshahani

Labor

The Biggest Strike in Starbucks' History Is Underway

Starbucks workers at around 100 stores have begun a national three-day walk out, the union campaign’s largest action yet.

Jeff Schuhrke

Departments

Debt Ceiling Deja Vu

Then and now, how does the bipartisan embrace of austerity help working people?

In These Times Editors

Labor

UC Grads' Bargaining Committee Drops Core Demands, Sparking Rank-and-File Activism

Strategic differences come to the fore as the largest higher education strike in the country's history enters its second month

Indigo Olivier

Viewpoint

The Republican Party’s Plan to Fight Inflation Is a Sham

Republicans don’t have a strategy to lower costs for consumers, but they are plotting to slash the safety net.

Max B. Sawicky

Labor

What Today's Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago

Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.

Steve Early

Viewpoint

Inflation Misinformation

Inflation myths only benefit the rich.

Rick Perlstein

Viewpoint

Crypto Predators Wage Class War with a Smile

The cryptocurrency bubble reveals the emperor’s new grift.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Elon Musk’s Takeover Through The Eyes of Twitter’s Janitors

Three weeks before the holidays, Twitter laid off its custodial staff. We spoke to them on what they saw at HQ.

Teddy Ostrow

FeatureInvestigationGoodman Institute

The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

Here’s what happens when a school rethinks punishment.

Andy Kopsa

Feature

Remember El Mozote

On December 11, 1981, El Salvador’s US-backed soldiers carried out one of the worst massacres in the history of the Americas at El Mozote.

Micah Uetricht and Branko Marcetic

ViewpointRural America

Oil Companies Have Plundered Louisiana's Coast. They Owe Us Reparations.

Native and Black communities suffering the most from coastal damage need reparations for past abuse while we fight for systemic change.

Courtney Naquin