The Wisconsin Idea

Don't Just Send People Money During a Pandemic—Do It All the Time

The evidence is in: Sending out direct cash payments has been a full-blown success—and we can’t afford to stop.

Jim Pugh

Departments

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