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Let's Not Forget the Suffering the United States Has Inflicted on Guatemala

In July 1996, In These Times documented the CIA's myriad abuses during the Guatemalan Civil War. It's a history that Vice President Kamala Harris has conveniently ignored.

In These Times Editors

Dispatch

The GOP Has Declared a War on Protests

Republican state legislators across 34 states have introduced more than 80 bills this year that criminalize protesting or protect those who harm protesters.

Amara Enyia and Jamecia Gray

Rural America

How Cuts to Unemployment Benefits Will Hurt Rural People

Republican governors in at least 22 states are ending federal unemployment assistance. The cuts will hit hard in rural areas and communities of color.

Aallyah Wright

Feature

Secret IRS Files Reveal Just How Little the Wealthiest Pay in Income Tax

Documents obtained by ProPublica show billionaires like Elon Musk contribute a pittance relative to their earnings—and sometimes nothing at all.

Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel

Labor

Democrats Don't Grasp That Unions Can Transform the Electorate

Unions are machines for producing people who wouldn't be satisfied with Joe Manchin's obstinance.

Hamilton Nolan

ViewpointCulture

RIP Jack Terricloth (1970-2021) of the World/Inferno Friendship Society

Raise a glass to toast the life and legacy of an anti-capitalist, cabaret punk iconoclast.

A.M. Gittlitz

Departments

Universal Child Care Could Revolutionize the Economy

The pandemic has exposed the utter lack of support for working parents. Universal child care is a completely workable solution.

In These Times Editors

Rural America

In the Southeast, Climate Change Finds a Landscape Already Ravaged by Inequality

Meet the groups demanding climate justice that fits the region's unique needs.

Paul Gordon

Culture

Toward Radical, Queer, Erotic Movement-Building

A conversation on labor and pleasure with Kemi Alabi and Tina Horn of the Echoing Ida and We Too collections.

Clara Liang, Catherine Henderson, Daniela Ochoa-Bravo, Alex DiBranco and Sadie Morris

Viewpoint

Bezos the Great and Powerful

Beyond the dangers of corporate consolidation, Amazon's acquisition of MGM has exposed an American economy that's mostly make-believe.

Jacob Bacharach

Labor

Death and Texas

Ric Ortiz reflects on his work as the chief medical investigator for Nueces County, and the ways it has influenced his worldview.

Jules Taylor

Viewpoint

Every New Financial Bubble Is a Cry of Desperation

Neither meme stocks nor cryptocurrency will save you from wage slavery. Only politics can.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Joe Biden’s Progressive Economic Turn Was Shaped By Social Movements

Years of grassroots organizing helped create the conditions for Biden to embrace bold policies on government spending.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

LaborClimate

Biden Says He Backs a Just Transition for the Climate Crisis. Advocates Say, “Prove It.”

While the administration has taken some early steps to provide support for energy workers and frontline communities in the transition away from fossil fuels, experts and activists say the crisis demands a more transformative approach.

Rachel M. Cohen

Viewpoint

Don't Fall for the Israel Apologists' Bad-Faith Accusations of Antisemitism

There's no bigotry in defending Palestinian rights. Any claims to the contrary are part of a cynical ploy to deflect from the crimes of an apartheid state.

Jesse Mechanic

Viewpoint

Words That Mean Nothing

Our political discourse is dominated by issues that don't exist

Hamilton Nolan

FeatureClimate

The Perils of an “America First” Climate Policy

To meet his climate promises, Biden will have to abandon the U.S. tradition of hawkish nationalism in favor of global cooperation.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

Why Climate Plans Must Include Farmers of Color

Proposed legislation would give farms resources to fight climate change. Will farmers of color get equal access?

Hadassah Patterson