The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Why Many Uber Drivers Couldn’t Afford To Stay Home During Australia’s Fires

Uber's business model is built to exploit workers. In 13 major U.S. markets, drivers are paid below minimum wage.

In These Times Editors

Labor

Trump’s NLRB Quietly Makes It Riskier To Wear Union Schwag at Work

Michael Arria

Rural America

Dicamba on Trial: Peach Farmer’s Case Against Bayer, BASF Set to Begin Monday

Johnathan Hettinger

Viewpoint

Young People Don’t Support Biden. Why Does the Establishment Still Think He’s the Most “Electable”?

Don't believe arguments about "electability" coming from the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

How a Little-Know Virginia Law Has Been Used to Uphold White Supremacy and Undermine Local Democracy

Simon Davis-Cohen

Viewpoint

James Thindwa, a Man Who Did What Needed to Be Done—And Said What Needed to Be Said

In These Times lost a friend. But his words live on.

Joel Bleifuss

Viewpoint

The Latest Perversion of Martin Luther King Jr.? Invoking His Legacy to Defend Means-Testing.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a committed democratic socialist. If you want to honor his legacy, join the fight for universal social programs.

Eli Day

Feature

A Group of Homeless Black Mothers Just Took On a Giant Real Estate Developer—And Won

In Oakland, Moms 4 Housing occupied for a vacant home for two months—and now the corporate owner has agreed to sell it to a community land trust. But the moms say they’ll continue fighting to make sure housing is a human right.

Julia Clark-Riddell

Feature

Is Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez the Future of Texas?

The Latina labor organizer out to unseat GOP heavyweight Sen. John Cornyn.

Steven Greenhouse