The Wisconsin Idea

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Brandon Johnson Took on Republican Megadonors—and Won. Is Helen Gym Next?

In These Times Executive Director Alex Han argues that what just happened in Chicago—and what happens next in Philadelphia—sets the table for what’s possible for our country in 2024.

Alex Han

LaborDispatch

France’s Pension Protests Are a Feminist Reckoning

As France heads into its eleventh general strike in three months, one thing is clear: this is not just a retirees' uprising.

Nina Pasquini

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Brandon Johnson Won the Race for Chicago’s Mayor By Loving and Fighting for the City

Johnson defeated a conservative opponent in Paul Vallas and will take office as a strong supporter of progressive politics and workers’ rights.

Kari Lydersen

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None of This Garbage Is Important

Let's not spend the next two years gleefully hypnotizing ourselves, again.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Policing Still Won't Save Chicago

The promise to add more police is a clarion call for the total occupation of poor neighborhoods.

Anthony Ehlers

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Race and Uncertainty as Chicago’s Voters Head to the Polls

Salim Muwakkil

Dispatch

Meet the Activist Coalition That Outlawed Caste Discrimination in Seattle

“This is a recognition of over 2,000 years of oppression."

Saurav Sarkar

Viewpoint

The Hunger Cliff Shows That the GOP Is Pro-Poverty

Millions of people are losing essential food assistance because Republicans want to impose work requirements that benefit corporations—not families.

Jim Pugh

Viewpoint

“He Sold Our Schools off to the Highest Bidder”

A look inside Paul Vallas' history of harming public education and a sampling of the shock doctrine politics, anti-union postures, neoliberal policies and budgetary schemes he brought to school districts around the country—and world—and the havoc they helped create.

David I. Backer and Jason Wozniak