The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Four New Books for the Biosphere

Venture into the woods this autumn with books from Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore, Nate Blakeslee, Ashley Dawson and Gleb Raygorodetsky.

In These Times Staff

Labor

Activists in Puerto Rico Want the Jones Act Eliminated—So Why Are Unions Defending It?

Kate Aronoff

Labor

University of Chicago Grad Students, After Being Told Their Labor Isn’t Work, Vote on Union

Daniel Moattar

Feature

From “Me Too” to “All of Us”: Organizing to End Sexual Violence, Without Prisons

To transform the conditions of sexual violence, we must not rely on violent systems of incarceration.

Sarah Jaffe

Rural America

Report: Big Data is Accelerating Corporate Control of the Global Food Supply

Pat Mooney

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Who Owns Puerto Rico’s Debt, Exactly? We’ve Tracked Down 10 of the Biggest Vulture Firms

Financial firms are still fighting to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild.

Joel Cintrón Arbasetti and Carla Minet

Feature

In Myanmar, “Anti-Terrorism” Is Cover for Ethnic Cleansing

A brutal state crackdown against the long-persecuted Rohingya minority has created a humanitarian crisis.

Amar Diwakar

Feature

The U.S. Bombed Afghanistan More in September Than Any Month Since 2010, But the Toll Remains Hidden

In the war on terror, Trump doubles down on a failed strategy.

Emran Feroz

Dispatch

Our Revolution Somerville’s Campaign to Separate the Progressives from the Poseurs

Storming the city council to hold the mayor accountable.

Theo Anderson