The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

IATSE Entertainment Workers Are on the Verge of Their First National Strike

Workers are targeting the streaming industry, which has profited massively during the pandemic.

Alice Herman

Labor

Hollywood’s Overworked Crews Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize a Strike

IATSE members discuss how workers in the entertainment industry have been run into the ground—and why they're fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez

Feature

Minneapolis Is About to Vote on Whether to Dismantle the Police

Will the city at the center of last summer's racial justice protests decide to remake public safety? We'll soon find out.

Logan Carroll

Labor

Why Are Major Unions Undermining the Progressive Strategy on Reconciliation?

Labor leaders from the AFL-CIO and AFT are undermining left Democrats in the reconciliation fight. But members are pushing back.

Jeff Schuhrke

Departments

It's Time to Democratize City Budgets

"Ordinary citizens" are perfectly capable of allocating public money wisely. They should be given the power to do so.

In These Times Editors

Culture

30 Years After the ADA, We're Still Fighting for Disability Justice

Without inclusion, none of us will be free.

A.A. Vincent

A Quarter of Rural Wisconsinites Lack Adequate Internet Access

How communities are closing the digital divide.

Anya van Wagtendonk

Viewpoint

The Budget Reconciliation Fight Isn't Really About Progressives Vs. Moderates

Don’t believe misleading media coverage of the standoff in Congress. Here’s what’s actually going on.

Max B. Sawicky

Dispatch

An Upstream Paddle To Save the Salmon

As salmon swim toward extinction, northwest tribes and environmental activists continue a decades-long battle to restore the Snake River.

Christy Carley

Feature

Report Reveals the IMF's Hidden Fees, and How Desperate Countries Pay the Most

Little-known "surcharges" are adding to cash-strapped countries' mountains of IMF debt.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

The Mind-Blowing Political Potential of a College Football Players Union

A union of college athletes could become one of the strongest progressive institutions in the South.

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

"People Are Running Out of Patience with the Capitalist System”: Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez on Governing as a Socialist

With municipal socialism on the rise around the country, we spoke to Rodriguez Sanchez about her role on the Chicago City Council's Democratic Socialist Caucus.

Halsey Hazzard

Labor

Hoffa’s House Divided: The 2021 Teamster Election, Explained

A rank-and-file Teamster describes what's at stake.

Andy Sernatinger

Feature

Meet the New Generation of "Sidewalk Socialists"

Once elected, how do socialists govern?

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Jennifer Abruzzo, the NLRB's General Counsel, Is Labor's Best Legal Friend

In an interview, Abruzzo discusses independent contractors, penalizing bad employers and what she might do to make good faith bargaining a reality in America.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

“It’s Time to Turn This Tortilla Around”: El Milagro Workers Walk Out, Demanding Fair Treatment

Alleging abusive conditions and staff shortages amid the pandemic, workers at the iconic Chicago tortillería walked off the job—only to to be locked out by management.

Jeff Schuhrke

Rural America

Rural Areas Struggle to Compete for Nurses as They Face Dire Shortages

Covid has overwhelmed hospitals, prompting many overburdened nurses to change careers or retire early. The shortages have hit rural areas particularly hard.

Aallyah Wright

LaborFeature

For Many, the Pandemic Was a Wakeup Call About Exploitative Work

The unemployment expansion showed us what work could be like if it was freely chosen.

Marie Solis