The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

“Justice Looks Like Abolition”: A Minneapolis Organizer on the Chauvin Verdict

While George Floyd’s killer was found guilty, Miski Noor of the Black Visions Collective says that true justice requires replacing policing with systems of care—and democratic control over public safety.

Alice Herman

Labor

The Urgent Health Crisis Facing Black and Indigenous Communities

Filmmaker Dominique Rémy discusses her new documentary examining the rising maternal morbidity and mortality rates among certain peoples of color.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Hunter Biden Is the Unwitting Poster Boy for Our Sham Meritocracy

"Beautiful Things," a new memoir by the president's son, offers a revealing glimpse into the lives of America's ruling class.

Jacob Bacharach

Labor

Just 3 Democrats Stand in the Way of the PRO Act Coming to the Senate Floor for a Vote

Facing pressure, Sens. Joe Manchin and Angus King have signed on to the landmark labor bill, leaving just three Democratic holdouts: Kyrsten Sinema, Mark Kelly and Mark Warner.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

Rashida Tlaib on Defunding the Police: “Property Should Not Have More Value than Human Life”

The democratic socialist congresswoman explains why the U.S. needs to tackle systemic racism by investing in social programs, arguing that "police can't be the answer to all these ills in our country.”

Rashida Tlaib

LaborClimateDepartments

AOC and Ed Markey Want a Civilian Climate Corps. Here's What It Could Look Like.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey just introduced a new plan to employ millions of Americans in good-paying jobs that respond to climate change. Who's in?

In These Times Editors

Culture

The Neoliberal Fantasy at the Heart of 'Nomadland'

Chloé Zhao's film erases capitalism as the cause of economic pain, instead telling a story of individual suffering.

Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett

Rural America

Caught in the Drain: How a Plan to Reuse Wastewater Could Strangle the Santa Fe River

As climate change tightens its grip on the arid West, water managers are focusing on wastewater as a source of “new” water for cities.

Denise Fort

Viewpoint

Joe Biden's Afghanistan Announcement Is Not What It Appears

The United States may be withdrawing its troops in September, but that doesn't mean it's ending its decades-long military engagement.

Norman Solomon

The Struggle for Unhoused Pregnant Women to Find Shelter

Bad rules keep pregnant women from accessing family shelters.

Candace Y.A. Montague

Letter to the Editor

What Some in DSA Get Wrong About Socialist Alternative

Disagreement is inevitable in any political movement, but a recent In These Times essay examining “entryism's” threat to the Left demands a response.

Grace Fors

Labor

A Debate Over Carbon Capture in the Infrastructure Bill Could Test the Labor-Climate Alliance

President Biden wants to include carbon capture technology in his push for infrastructure investment. While unions are on board, some climate groups are keeping quiet for now.

Rachel M. Cohen

Viewpoint

This Republican "Working Class Party" Thing Is a Clown Show of the Highest Order

Try harder, Ivy League scum.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborFeature

A Worldwide Workers' Revolt Against Amazon Has Begun

Bessemer was just the beginning. Amazon workers from Italy to India are uniting to form a global movement that may have found Jeff Bezos’s Achilles heel.

Luis Feliz Leon

Rural America

Toward a World Without Roadkill: Appalachians Make the Case for Wildlife Crossings

In Appalachia, highways fracture the habitat of bears, elk, deer and other wildlife. Locals are pushing to make roads safer for animals and drivers.

Frances Figart

Labor

Pennsylvania Nurses Near Their Breaking Point

Brandee Brown and Chrissy Newton of Schuylkill Hospital Nurses United explore the challenges of collective bargaining during a global pandemic.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Robert Reich: Don't Buy the GOP's Phony Anti-Corporate Turn

Republicans may lash out at Coca-Cola for being too "woke," but they have no interest in challenging big business' grip on our politics.

Robert Reich

Labor

The Long Struggle Against Giving Up

The failed Amazon union drive in Alabama will be vindicated by history.

Hamilton Nolan