The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Operation Lone Star Has Cost Nearly $4.5 Billion—Here’s What Else It Could Have Been Spent On

Priscilla Lugo

LaborViewpoint

A 4-Day Work Week Could Be Closer Than You Think

Both workers and employers prefer a shorter working week, according to results of a major new study. The next step is taking it mainstream.

Anna Coote

Feature

How Marjorie Taylor Greene Went From a Congressional Joke to a GOP Power Broker

Marjorie Taylor Greene is quickly amassing power at the heart of the Republican Party. That’s bad news for democracy.

Sasha Abramsky, TRUTHOUT

Labor

“A Fierce Devotion to Working People”: What People Are Saying About Alex Han

Bernie Sanders, Sara Nelson, Linda Sarsour and others on our new executive director.

In These Times Editors

Labor

One Way To Protect the Queer Community? Unionize the Nightclubs

Workers at Chicago's Berlin nightclub look to unionize so they "can make people feel welcome, and loved" in a time of homophobic violence.

Lindsay Eanet

Labor

Bernie Sanders Is Putting Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz In the Hot Seat Over Union Busting

Under pressure, Schultz will face questioning in front of a congressional committee headed by Bernie Sanders—the latest in a line of billionaire CEOs to be taken to task for anti-labor behavior.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

Change the World and Watch Public Opinion Follow

How to stop letting our crises go to waste.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Jen Angel Wanted to Abolish Police and Prisons. She Wouldn’t Want Her Death to Be Used to Incarcerate Anyone.

Brooke Anderson

ViewpointRural America

In Coal Country, Young Workers Seek a Sustainable Future

Neither coal companies nor government have a “plan B” for many Appalachian communities. Meet the young leaders determined to find one.

Jonathan Blair