The Wisconsin Idea

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

Viewpoint
From Broad City to the Era of the Single, Independent Woman: Female Solidarity Has Gone Mainstream
Amy Schumer, Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister herald a new epoch of female independence
Susan J. Douglas

Labor
Labor Notes Conference Gathers Over 2,000 ‘Troublemaker’ Workers and Organizers in Chicago
David Moberg

Feature
To Reform the Police, We Have To Expand Democratic Power Over Them
Technocratic tinkering will not solve the American problem of police brutality and community distrust of law enforcement.
Ben Rosenfield
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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