The Wisconsin Idea
  
      
          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                  
            
    
  
      
          Rural America                  
            
        How a Rural Colorado Community Self-Organized a Successful Vaccination Effort
      
                    Immigrant community groups, forced to organize by the constant threat of ICE, have played a central role as vaccine information networks.
                          
                      Dave Marston                  
            
    
  
      
          Labor                  
            
        Citing Unfair Labor Practices, 1,300 Steelworkers Strike in Five States
      
                    United Steelworkers members claim Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is refusing to provide essential bargaining information.
                          
                      C.M. Lewis                  
            
    
  
      
          FeatureInvestigation                  
            
        Biden's Treatment of Asylum-Seekers Looks a Lot Like Trump's
      
                    Migrants are being whisked away in the night, without a hearing, on “public health” grounds.
                          
                      Tina Vásquez, Prism                  
            
    
  
      
          Dispatch                  
            
        Nina Turner Hopes to Move Ohio Left
      
                    The "daughter of Cleveland" and former Bernie Sanders surrogate is running for Congress on a platform that includes a $15 minimum wage, recurring stimulus checks and free public college.
                          
                      Nuala Bishari