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Feature
CAP Publicly Distanced Itself From the UAE. 8 Months Later, It Was Still Meeting with UAE Lobbyists.
A foreign policy expert at the influential think tank remained close to UAE lobbyists.
Sarah Lazare

Feature
Cities Aren’t Waiting for a Federal Green New Deal
Activists are pushing sweeping climate action at the local level.
Indigo Olivier

Labor
Trump’s North America Trade Deal Is Poised to Worsen Climate Change—But Dems Don’t Seem To Mind
Rachel M. Cohen

Rural America
This Oasis Shows the Diverse History of the Mexico Borderlands. Trump’s Wall Threatens to Destroy It
Jared Orsi

InvestigationGoodman Institute
The “Collateral Damage” of the U.S.’s Unofficial War in Somalia
"Surgical" U.S. air strikes in Somalia affect more than just their targets.
Amanda Sperber

Feature
The U.S. and Other Rich Countries Stonewalled $300 Billion Climate Relief Fund
Furious activists protested, but mandatory measures remained lacking as negotiations continue into the night on Friday.
Christine MacDonald

Viewpoint
What the U.S. Left Can Learn From the Labour Party’s Epic Loss
Liberal pundits say the lesson is that Democrats shouldn’t move left. They’re wrong.
David Adler

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Introducing the Working People Podcast
A podcast by, for, and about the working class today.
In These Times Editors

Rural America
Report: Illinois EPA Staff Has Been Cut in Half and That Risks Public Health
Johnathan Hettinger
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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