The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Alias Grace Is Even More Relevant to Trump’s America Than The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale is used as a catch-all feminist allegory. But it's the specificity of Alias Grace, Netflix's latest Margaret Atwood adaptation, that makes it so pertinent.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

The Democratic Socialists Scored Some Big Wins. Here’s What They’re Planning Next.

A conversation with Christian Bowe, national political committee member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

A “Progressive Ticket” Sweeps Helena, Montana’s Municipal Elections

Joseph Bullington

Feature

A New Study Shows That Independent Media Has an Outsized Impact

In These Times and other progressive outlets participated in a five-year study on how news coverage affects the national conversation.

Jo Ellen Kaiser

Labor

How Business Unionism Got Us to Janus

Lois Weiner

Labor

When Unions Lead Education Reform

Rachel M. Cohen

Labor

For Women Restaurant Workers, Sexual Harassment Starts with the Day You’re Hired

Ursula Buffay

Feature

Socialists Just Showed the Democratic Party How to Win Across the U.S.

Tuesday night’s progressive electoral wave is proof that embracing a bold left agenda is the key to victory.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

Pebble Mine: “One More Indicator That We Are Undoubtedly the Dumbest Species on the Planet”

Thomas Linzey