The Wisconsin Idea

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Ron DeSantis Has Every Reason to Be Scared of the Dream Defenders—They Are Building Racial Justice

By linking his opponent Andrew Gillum to a group he claims has a “hateful and dangerous ideology,” Florida’s Republican gubernatorial candidate is again employing racist dog whistles—a longtime strategy of the Right.

Eli Day

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Announcing: Bingo for a Blue Wave

Use this list of progressive ballot initiatives and candidates and play election night bingo with In These Times!

Amelia Diehl

Dispatch

For 40 Years, Alaska Has Modeled a Universal Income. Now That’s in Peril.

Is the way to save the dividend through taxing the rich or slashing state services?

Yereth Rosen

Labor

Meet the Janitors Taking On Big Pharma to Win a Livable Wage

George Fish

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How Ordinary Americans Can Welcome Migrants and Refugees With Open Arms

In 2015, ordinary Europeans welcomed refugees with open arms. Will we do the same with the caravan from Central America?

Khury Peterson-Smith

Dispatch

On Tuesday, Oaklanders Will Decide Whether Landlords Can Evict Them for No Reason

In a city that has become ground zero for gentrification, black working-class tenants are leading a fight to stay in their homes.

Eli Day

Feature

A New Crop of Candidates, Refusing Industry Money, Vows To Halt Fracking in Pennsylvania

15 candidates for state legislature have promised to stop fracking and the construction of pipelines, which are tearing up rural Pennsylvania.

Jen Deerinwater

Labor

Nearly Half a Million U.S. Homes Are About to Become Unaffordable

Tanner Howard

Labor

Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History

Rebecca Burns