The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Drain the Metaphor: Why the Media Needs to Rethink the Way It Talks About Swamps

Emeline Posner

Labor

This Florida Stealth Offensive Against Unions Could Preview GOP Onslaught in 2018

Michael Arria

Feature

J20 “Not Guilty” Verdict Deals Blow to Trump Admin and Shows the Power of Collective Defense

A defendant on why dissenters everywhere should feel emboldened by the outcome of the first trial.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

#MeToo In the Fields: Farmworkers Show Us How To Organize Against Sexual Violence

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Beyond Vibrator Feminism

Orgasms will not set us free.

Jessa Crispin

Labor

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

Bruce Vail

Feature

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

Feature

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

Feature

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