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Culture

What Noam Chomsky Got Right About NAFTA

In 1994, writing for In These Times, Noam Chomsky predicted the trade deal would cause “rural misery and a surplus of labor” and “the fading of meaningful and democratic processes.”

In These Times Editors

Labor

Yes, a Jobs Guarantee Could Create “Boondoggles.” It Also Might Save the Planet.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Why These Immigrants Are Shutting Their City Down This May Day

Sarah Jaffe

Rural America

From Punk Rock to Ultramarathons, Diverse Economies Are Taking Shape in Coal Country

Nico Gendron

Feature

How Politicians Are Using Faux Progressive Arguments to Lock Up Young People

For six years, Seattle activists battled with policymakers who are pushing for a costly new youth jail and court project.

Dean Spade

Feature

The Historic Korean Peace Declaration Was Made Possible By Social Movements, Not Trump

A conversation with peace activist Christine Ahn.

Sarah Lazare

Feature

The Visa Loophole That Big Ag Construction Firms Love To Exploit

How hog barn builders are importing labor at low wages and leaving local workers in the dust.

Stephen Franklin et al.

Labor

University of Iowa Faculty Are Showing How Labor Can Organize Under Right-to-Work

Daniel Moattar

Feature

Lead Is a National Crisis: We Need to Fight for Clean, Publicly Owned Water Before It Is Too Late

Four years after the Flint water crisis began, our nation remains plagued by unsafe drinking water. The solution is a massive public investment in infrastructure.

Rep. Keith Ellison and Wenonah Hauter