The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Chicago Teachers Suspect Mayor Lightfoot Tried To Fire Them for Opposing a New Scrapyard

Chicago Public Schools targeted two teachers involved in a campaign to stop the relocation of a dirty General Iron metal shredder to Chicago’s Southeast Side. The union and the community fought back.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointRural America

Salmon or Dams? The U.S. Might Finally Pick Salmon.

The Biden administration has recognized that removing dams is an issue of tribal justice and the only way to save endangered salmon.

Rocky Barker

Departments

Why People Say There's a "Nonprofit Industrial Complex"

Rather than building mass movements, talented organizers get funneled into staff and admin jobs just to keep the charity running.

In These Times Editors

FeatureCover StoryClimate

How Far Would You Go to Stop Climate Change?

A landmark legal victory opens the door to direct action.

Jack McCordick

Labor

500 Days Into the Warrior Met Coal Strike, Where Are Joe Biden and the Democrats?

As Alabama miners fight for their rights, Democratic leaders are largely absent.

Feature

What Soaring Rent Prices Mean for Florida's Working Class

One St. Petersburg woman's struggle to survive the crushing weight of housing inequality.

McKenna Schueler

Viewpoint

The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa.

A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Now That the IRA Is Law, the Climate Movement’s Fight Has Just Begun

After President Biden’s signing of a “historic” climate bill, environmental organizers have plenty of work ahead to undo the IRA’s worst provisions while keeping fossil fuels in the ground.

Mitch Jones

Labor

Ask a Railroad Worker: How Did Railroad Jobs Get So Bad?

As a national rail shutdown over mounting labor disputes looms in the US, it’s worth asking how we got here from the folks who know best—the workers themselves.

Maximillian Alvarez