The Wisconsin Idea

Feature
Is This What “Liberation” Looks Like? U.S. Airstrikes Have Devastated Mosul.
ISIS may be on its way out, but the Iraqi city has a long road ahead.
Phyllis Bennis

Feature
Spare Us Your Technocratic Handwringing Over Single Payer: This is Life and Death
The battle for single payer in California is an opportunity to make historic investments in both healthcare and education. We can't pass it up.
Douglas Williams

Labor
Boston Nurses Are Bringing Back the Strike
Sarah Betancourt

Feature
A New Deal for Wall Street
Trump's plans for mass privatization are a colossal giveaway to the 1%—and Democrats helped pave the way.
Rebecca Burns

Feature
A New Deal for Wall Street: Trump’s Plans for Mass Privatization Are a Colossal Giveaway to the 1%
Trump wants to sell off our infrastructure—and Democrats helped pave the way.
Rebecca Burns

Rural America
Civil-Rights Complaint Details Horrific—Even Deadly—Discrimination Against Native Kids
Stephanie Woodard

Feature
The South Korean Government Tried to Ban This Peace Activist. Here’s What She Has to Say.
Christine Ahn calls for a real end to the Korean War—and for women to lead the way to peace.
Sarah Lazare

Feature
Meet the Organizers Pursuing a Progressive Takeover of the Republican Party
‘Brand New Congress’ is going after red states and Republican voters with left populism.
Theo Anderson
Dispatch
How a Maryland Town Is Turning Its New Deal Past Into a New Economy Present
Greenbelt residents are organizing cooperatives and other community initiatives aimed at building a better world.
Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers UnionWU, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.