The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Shutting Out the Public from the Senate Healthcare Bill Isn’t Just Antidemocratic: It’s Deadly.

These lethal policies would never pass through an accountable, participatory public process.

Ben Palmquist

Feature

Greek Squatters Transformed a Deserted Hotel Into a Sanctuary for Refugees. Now, They Face Eviction.

The left-wing Syriza government is cracking down on squats that house thousands of migrants in Athens.

Patrick O. Strickland

Rural America

Understanding the True Cost of American Food (Part I)

John Ikerd

Labor

Retirement of Boomer Business Owners Could Leave Millions Jobless—Unless Workers Take Over

Alexander Kolokotronis

Feature

“I Question America”: On Juneteenth, Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer’s Testimony About Racist Brutality

Hamer’s speech to the 1964 Democratic National Convention still rings true.

In These Times Staff

Feature

The Fight Against the California Democratic Establishment Has Only Just Begun

Kimberly Ellis lost her bid for the chair of the California Democratic Party, but that has not stopped her fighting spirit.

Theo Anderson

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Armed U.S. Agents Just Raided a Humanitarian Aid Center in the Arizona Borderlands

'No More Deaths' says unprecedented invasion has compromised life-saving operations on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sarah Lazare

Dispatch

Done Waiting for the Mule: Black Activists Seek To Occupy 40 Acres of Land this Juneteenth

In cities across the country, organizers for "Black Land and Liberation" are preparing to reclaim vacant spaces.

Aviana Willis

Feature

Don’t Blame the Left for Political Violence in America: The Problem Lies with the Right

Attempts to place blame on left-wing movements aren't just wrong—they overlook the real scourge of racist violence.

Miles Kampf-Lassin