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Rural America
Not Covered: Why Our National Flood Insurance Program is (Also) Underwater
Robert W. Klein

Feature
In a Seismic Shift to the Left, Medicare for All Is Emerging as the New Democratic Party Consensus
The historic support for Bernie Sanders’ healthcare bill shows that single payer is becoming mainstream—with or without support of the party establishment.
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature
How Bad Politics and Bad Planning Make Hurricanes Even Worse
To prepare for the impacts of climate change, other cities must learn the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.
Ashley Dawson

Feature
Single Payer Is on the National Agenda—And It’s Thanks to People’s Movements
It’s up to grassroots movements to demand—and win—the healthcare system we need.
Ben Palmquist

Culture
Single-Payer Healthcare In 5 Minutes Or Less
Everyone is getting behind this prescription for a better healthcare system. But what is it exactly?
Dayton Martindale

Feature
The Only Real Solution to the “North Korea Crisis”: A Vibrant Anti-Imperialist Movement
The Okinawan people’s movement against U.S. militarism provides a roadmap for a radical, transnational resistance to war.
Lisa Torio

Rural America
Rural America’s Population Declines for the Sixth Straight Year
John Cromartie

Feature
A Left Strategy for Breaking the Power of Trump and His White-Supremacist Base
It's time for the anti-capitalist Left to bring the fight to the electoral arena.
Max Elbaum

Feature
White Supremacist Violence Is All Too American
Whenever Black Americans make advances, they face a torrent of racist backlash.
Robert Greene II
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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