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Culture
How Fallout 76 Can Help Us Rebuild West Virginia
In the post-apocalyptic video game, millions of players will imagine an Appalachia reborn from the ashes.
Elizabeth Catte

Viewpoint
Why Did We Run an Anti-Abortion Piece in 1979?
A look back at the historical context and where we went wrong.
Jessica Stites

Feature
Why the DNC’s Superdelegate Reforms Were a Major Victory for the Sanders Wing
From stripping power from superdelegates to enforcing financial oversight, backers of Bernie Sanders scored a number of huge wins at the DNC summer meeting. And they could have a major impact in 2020.
Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint
How to Prepare for a Post-Roe America
Roe will fall. We must be ready for it.
Robin Marty, Farah Diaz-Tello and Loretta J. Ross

Labor
Southern Cities Are Passing Paid Sick Leave—But Republicans Won’t Let Them Have It
Bryce Covert

Feature
In the 1968 DNC Protests, Did the Left Self-Sabotage?
50 years after the infamous demonstrations, participants and historians reflect.
In These Times Writers

Feature
The Growing Movement To Grant All Prisoners the Right To Vote
Formerly incarcerated activists say that taking away voting rights because of felony convictions is racist and undemocratic, period.
Eli Day

Culture
The Philanthropy Racket or: How The People Destroying the World Anoint Themselves Its Saviors
How the global elite cast themselves as do-gooders.
Chris Lehmann

Culture
How Young Black Radicals Put the World on Notice
Charlene Carruthers’ new book, Unapologetic, showcases a queer women-led black liberation movement that’s upending past paradigms.
Salim Muwakkil
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