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Feature
Generals and Cops Trained by the Pentagon Are Staging Coups All Over the World
U.S. trained and educated officers are toppling governments and expanding American proxy power.
Nick Turse
Culture
Heart of Whiteness: The Stories Western Philanthropists Tell Themselves
Why do Western efforts to help the environment and Africa so often fail?
Laura Orlando
Labor
Elon Musk May Be a “Visionary,” But His Vision Doesn’t Seem To Include Unions
Michael Arria
Labor
A Working-Class Strategy for Defeating White Supremacy
Gabriel Kristal
Introducing the New In These Times
A new magazine for new times.
Joel Bleifuss
Labor
Investigation: Illinois’ Wage Theft Bill Actually Made Things Worse
Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer
Feature
Trump Promised to Revive Keystone XL—But TransCanada May Not Even Want to Build It Anymore
The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.
Kate Aronoff
Feature
The Athletes, the Street Artists, the Troublemakers and the Ones Who Say “No”
Excavating the revolutionary history of the Southwest Youth Collaborative.
Page May
Rural America
Youngstown Residents Push to Oust Corporations from Election Campaigns, Cap Contributions at $100
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