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Feature
The Last Stimulus Ignored Climate. Activists Are Determined That Won’t Happen in the Next One.
Bruised from the CARES Act, environmental organizations are planning next steps.
Rachel M. Cohen
Viewpoint
Letter to the Editor Regarding Chris Brooks’ April 8 Article
Rory Gamble

Viewpoint
Astra Taylor: Bernie Sanders’ Exit Is an Indictment of Our Broken System—Not His Campaign
Voter suppression was stronger than Bernie Sanders' voter turnout plan. And the pandemic has made things worse.
Astra Taylor

Feature
Joe Biden’s Cowardly Position on Iran Sanctions
The presumptive Democratic nominee is failing to call for sanctions to be lifted, even if just for the duration of the pandemic.
Sarah Lazare

Culture
As a Domestic Violence Survivor, I Don’t Always Feel Safer at Home
Shelter in place orders can remind those of us with C-PTSD of past times we were trapped.
Anna Joy Springer

Viewpoint
The Future Belongs to the Movement Sparked by Bernie Sanders
By advancing a bold left agenda and putting capitalism on trial, Sanders ignited a movement that will redefine American politics.
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Dispatch
Why Alaska Native Villages Were Quick To Self-Isolate
Scarred by a legacy of colonial diseases, Alaska tribes quickly cut off the outside world.
Yereth Rosen

Feature
Bernie Sanders Started the Revolution. The Rest Is Up to Us.
Sanders has laid a path to take on corporate power and win democratic socialism.
Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht

Feature
A Scholar of Pandemics and Inequality Peers Into America’s Future
If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, "all bets are off," says scholar Walter Scheidel.
Hamilton Nolan
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
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Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.