The Wisconsin Idea

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Democratic Candidates Flake on Detroit Environmental Justice Forum

Most candidates tout a just transition for “frontline communities” like Detroit, but only Jay Inslee showed up to meet with residents. Four candidates backed out, and 15 others snubbed the event entirely.

Christine MacDonald

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Expanding the Powers of the FBI Is Not the Solution to White Supremacist Violence

The FBI is a racist institution with sweeping powers. Giving it more resources to fight "domestic terrorism" will only make things worse.

Chip Gibbons

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Reclaiming “Send Her Back”: A Call for Black Americans to Voyage to Africa

We need to embrace our legacy as the richest, most generative and creative beings on this earth.

Johnaé Strong

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We Talked with One of the Central Park Five About Netflix’s “When They See Us”

Yusef Salaam on life after exoneration, the need for criminal justice reform and Donald Trump's "bounty placed on our heads."

Chandra Thomas Whitfield

Labor

Chicago Teachers Are Threatening To Strike Against New Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Here’s Why.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

These Hotel Workers Say They Shouldn’t Have to Work Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet

Bruce Vail

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Why Parents Hate Summer Break

The U.S. has a summer childcare crisis.

Chandra Thomas Whitfield

Culture

The Case for Enthusiasm Over “Electability”—Or, Why We Don’t Need Another John Kerry.

"Electability" didn't work in 2004 and it won't work now.

In These Times Editors

Culture

Toni Morrison: White Cultural Achievement Is Built on the Backs of Black People

This 1992 review of Morrison's Playing in the Dark shows how the renowned author interrogated myths of white superiority in American literature.

William E. Cain