The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Here’s Why Chicago Activists Are Against Rahm Emanuel’s $95 Million Cop Academy

A conversation with Monica Trinidad, a Chicago-based artist and organizer.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Unless You’re Rich, the Economy Is Not Working for You. And the GOP Tax Plan Will Only Make It Worse

Nell Abernathy, The Roosevelt Institute

Culture

What a Century-Old Socialist Newspaper Can Teach Us About the Left

Inside Appeal to Reason, the paper that inspired In These Times

Sharon Carson

Feature

How SWAT Team Expos Are Militarizing Police Departments Across the Country

Instead of disaster preparedness and storm relief, resources are being funneled into violent police trainings and arms exchanges.

Tara Tabassi

Labor

Farmworkers Say “Us Too,” Demanding Freedom From Sexual Violence

Michelle Chen

Rural America

Rural Communities Look to the Past to Defeat the Industrial Agriculture of the Present

John Ikerd

Feature

COP23 Proved That Indigenous Peoples Still Don’t Have a Real Voice in Climate Negotiations

While the Indigenous Peoples' Caucus was given a seat at the climate negotiations table, this role was largely symbolic.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

The House GOP’s Tax Bill Would Make Graduate School Too Expensive For All But the Rich

Jeff Schuhrke

Feature

As the J20 Trial Begins, We Must Not Allow Trump to Imprison Dissenters When They Are Needed Most

A defendant calls for collective defense against repression—and continued resistance.

Olivia Alsip