The Wisconsin Idea

Feature
An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders on Turning His Campaign Into a Movement
If Bernie's campaign is going to become the catalyst for long-term transformation that many hope it will, some changes are in order.
Erik Forman

Feature
With 19 Arrests and More Planned, Students Just Upped the Ante for Fossil Fuel Divestment
The new round of demands for divestment have taken place at nine universities, and more are coming.
Kate Aronoff

Dispatch
Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights
While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights
Jennifer Ball

Comics
Don’t Take the Subway During Election Time
Matt Bors

Rural America
What the Candidates are Saying About Agriculture
John Collins

Labor
New Report: 90 Percent of the World’s Domestic Workers Lack Social Security Protection
Elizabeth Grossman

Labor
After Contract Talks Break Down, Nearly 40,000 Verizon Workers Set To Strike Tomorrow
David Moberg

Feature
How Bernie Sanders Can Harness the Kind of Momentum Transforming British Politics
British activists could offer lessons for Americans who are feeling the Bern about how to transition from a political campaign to a long-term, mass movement.
Kate Aronoff

Viewpoint
The Paradox of Bernie Sanders and the Black Voter
Despite Sanders' historic election, we still don’t seem any closer to resolving the rancorous intra-left debates about race and class.
Salim Muwakkil
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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