The Wisconsin Idea

Labor
Hedge Funds Have Cost Workers Billions. This is How They’re Fighting Back.
Spencer McAvoy

Rural America
Toxic Algae Blooms are Occurring More Frequently and Lasting Longer
Lorraine Chow

Labor
Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector
s.e. smith

Feature
On National Security, Trump and Clinton Found Plenty To Agree On
And it's all terrifying.
Branko Marcetic

Labor
UPS Has a Racism Problem
Joe Allen

Feature
A Ballot “Blank-Out” Is Not a Strategy for Black Power
The Black electorate needs to think far beyond November 8—and to lead the progressive electoral movement.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Feature
This Is the Question That Will Decide the 2016 Election
Clinton talks about incremental change; Trump says the whole system is corrupt.
Theo Anderson

Feature
U.S.-led Airstrikes Have Allegedly Killed Over 850 Syrian Civilians. So Where Is the Outrage?
The U.S. apologizes for bombing unintended targets when it’s politically expedient—otherwise, it prefers to remain silent.
Charles Davis

Labor
No Justice, No Peeps! Workers Walk Off the Job At Pennsylvania Peeps Factory
Mario Vasquez
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.
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