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Viewpoint
10 Years Ago, Connecticut Got Big Money Out of Its Elections. Now Democrats Are Gutting the Program.
The landmark public financing system is under threat.
Adam Eichen

Feature
Sanders Backers Plant Left-Wing Flag in the Massachusetts Democratic Party
The state’s party just passed an incredibly progressive platform.
Theo Anderson

Labor
Interviews for Resistance: Disrupting the System by Demanding Healthcare as a Human Right
Sarah Jaffe

Labor
Trump Talks a Big Infrastructure Game But His Budget Tells a Different Story
Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair

Rural America
The USDA’s Organic Seal Should Not (and Must Not) Apply to Hydroponics
Linley Dixon

Feature
Don’t Retweet Lloyd Blankfein
Goldman Sachs CEOs are not your friends—even if they believe in climate change.
Kate Aronoff

Labor
Veteran Organizer Gives Inside Look at the First $15 Minimum Wage Campaign
Jonathan Timm

Feature
Don’t Blame Montana Voters for Quist’s Loss: Blame the Frailty of Our Democracy
The Montana race exposed the structural impediments to progressive politics.
Joseph Bullington

Feature
The Portland Killings Show Why We Need a Robust Antifascist Movement
It is time to find common cause in anti-fascist action. The stakes couldn't be higher.
Alexander Reid Ross
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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