The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Is China’s Labor Federation Willing to Stand Up for Workers Against Walmart?

Bruce Vail

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Should Progressives Support Soda Taxes?

Cities from Chicago to Philadelphia have experimented with a tax on sweetened beverages. Tom Philpott, Max B. Sawicky and Melina Packer debate the merits.

In These Times Writers

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Challenging Capitalism Can’t Be The Only Focus of the Class Struggle

Bob Herbert’s Against All Odds considers the elusiveness of racial progress when capitalism is looked at in a vacuum.

Ryan Bell

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How a Vegan’s Experience with Disability Is Helping Her Heal the Divide Between Two Movements

Sunaura Taylor's new book finds solidarity with blind dogs and abused chickens.

Troy Vettese

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It’s Time to Nationalize the Internet

To counter the FCC's attack on net neutrality, we need to start treating the Internet like the public good it is.

Julianne Tveten

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The GOP Tax Bill Opened a New Front in the Class War

Republicans just sold out the poor and middle class to enrich the wealthy elite. Next year is an opportunity to take back what's rightfully ours.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

The Trump Labor Board Just Made It Harder for Fast-Food Workers to Hold Corporate Bosses Accountable

Michael Arria

Labor

“We Will Be Out in the Streets”: What’s Next in the Fight Against the GOP Tax Bill

Sarah Jaffe

Rural America

Dollar General: The Store for Rural America’s “Permanent Recession”

Peter Funt