The Wisconsin Idea

Climate

CO2 Now at Levels Unseen in 3.6 Million Years

Despite pandemic shutdowns, the NOAA warns that carbon dioxide and methane "continued their unrelenting rise in 2020."

Jessica Corbett

Viewpoint

Is the Biden Administration Quietly Pursuing an Imperialist Foreign Policy?

Pulitzer-winning author Greg Grandin explores how the State Department has adopted a "sleeper Monroe Doctrine" in Latin America.

María Esperanza Casullo

Labor

The Movement to End At-Will Employment Is Getting Serious

Unlike much of the world, the U.S. doesn’t ensure “just cause” employment. This coalition in Illinois hopes to change that.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

Politics Are Momentarily Weird Enough to Take On Global Capitalism

A global minimum corporate tax could have some crossover appeal.

Hamilton Nolan

Departments

Who's Afraid of Critical Race Theory?

Right-wing censorship efforts are reaching new heights with the push to erase any talk of racism from American classrooms.

In These Times Editors

Inside the Covid-Induced Collapse of American Higher Education

SUNY Albany associate professor Aaron Major takes stock of the academic labor movement and its post-pandemic future.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

McGraw Hill Rejects Calls to Stop Charging Its Freelancers a Fee in Order to Get Paid

Labor advocates say the practice is an "outrage," and fear that it will spread.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

What's Really Behind the Opposition to a $15 Minimum Wage

Fifty-seven senators from both parties are determined to preserve an economic system that rewards the rich and punishes the poor.

Joel Bleifuss

Departments

Will Biden Make Good on Obama's Promise to Close Guantánamo?

Twelve years ago, one of our writers outlined what needs to happen to finally shut down Gitmo.

In These Times Editors