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The Food Crisis Didn’t Begin with the War in Ukraine

Even as the failures of industrial agriculture become obvious, U.S. agribusiness aims to force it on the rest of the world.

Jim Goodman

Feature

One Year Ago, Biden Promised to Support Generic Vaccines for the World. That’s Amounted to Nothing.

A conversation with South African public health activist Tian Johnson about outrageous global inequalities in access to Covid vaccines, tests and treatments.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Abortion Rights Are Workers' Rights

The Supreme Court's striking down of reproductive freedom is an attack on workers everywhere. The labor movement should treat it that way—by taking urgent action.

Kim Kelly

Culture

Chris Hayes on the Cost of Sanctions on Iraq

Sixteen years ago, Chris Hayes weighed the impact sanctions had on the lives of Iraqis. What lessons can we glean from this today?

Christopher Hayes

Departments

Revisiting 1990s Critical Race Theorists

To understand America, we must listen to what Black scholars have been saying about what it means to be white.

In These Times Editors

Viewpoint

Most Price Increases from Inflation Have Gone to Corporate Profits

The inflation panic is causing some Democrats to pivot from social spending to deficit reduction. That's exactly the wrong approach.

Max B. Sawicky

Feature

Yes, Protest Can Influence the Supreme Court

Now is the time to mobilize against the Supreme Court's attack on abortion. History shows it works.

Eric Stoner

Labor

Amazon Workers Decide Not to Form Union at a Second U.S. Facility—But Organizers Pledge to Fight On

One month after making history by organizing the first U.S. Amazon warehouse, workers voted against forming a union at another facility in New York.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborDispatch

New York and California Experiment with Giving Workers a Say in Industry Standards

Less than 3 percent of fast food workers and less than 1 percent of nail salon workers are unionized. Workers' councils could give them a seat at the table.

Amy Qin