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How the Child Welfare System Is Silently Destroying Black Families

24. maj 2022 In These Times
A single call from an anonymous tipster is all it takes for the government to take children from their families

If Banks Want to Be Seen as Climate-Friendly, They Need to Exit Fossil Fuels

23. maj 2022 In These Times
The climate movement is stepping up pressure on banks to stop the flow of cash to the oil and gas industry.

These Are The Workers Who Took on Amazon, and Won

23. maj 2022 In These Times
Against all odds, Amazon workers in New York organized a successful union against one of the biggest companies in the world. Here's how.

Overturning Roe Would Be an Economic Catastrophe for Millions of Women

20. maj 2022 In These Times
Abortion rights are economic rights.

HBO’s DMZ Fails to Invent a Truly Revolutionary Society

20. maj 2022 In These Times
The miniseries stars Rosario Dawson in a depoliticized dystopia

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Pregnancy: It’s Often Hell

19. maj 2022 In These Times
Abortion bans force people to endure often harrowing experiences, and even risk their lives.

The Radical Immigrant Farmers Who Helped Defeat the Robber Barons

19. maj 2022 In These Times
Beginning in the 1840s, revolutionary German immigrants introduced agrarian radicalism to Texas and shaped the U.S. tradition of rural socialism

During the Pandemic, Poor Areas Have Had Twice the Death Rates of Rich Ones

19. maj 2022 In These Times
A new report shows the U.S. response to the Covid pandemic has been defined by inequity—and poor and low-income communities are bearing the fatal cost.

Overcoming an Onslaught of Dark Money Attacks, Progressive Summer Lee Declares Victory

19. maj 2022 In These Times
The Pennsylvania representative faced down millions of dollars in negative ads from pro-Israel groups and took on the Democratic establishment by running on a bold left agenda.

The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead

18. maj 2022 In These Times
No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale.

How the Construction Industry Preys on Workers Newly Released From Prison

17. maj 2022 In These Times
They're required to work as a condition of release from prison. Then the construction industry targets them for exploitation.

At Global Covid-19 Summit, Biden’s Silence on Pharmaceutical Monopolies Speaks Volumes

12. maj 2022 In These Times
The White House appears to have no plans to break Big Pharma's stranglehold on intellectual property for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.

At Global Covid-19 Summit, Biden’s Silence on an Intellectual Property Waiver Speaks Volumes

12. maj 2022 In These Times
The White House appears to have no plans to break Big Pharma's stranglehold on global Covid-19 vaccines.

The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself. It Won’t Save You.

12. maj 2022 In These Times
Squandering our national moment of opportunity at capitalism's casino.

Rapid Grocery Delivery Service Buyk Accused of Wage Theft by Former Workers

11. maj 2022 In These Times
Before the Russian-funded delivery startup collapsed, Buyk sold itself as a way for workers to escape the gig economy. Former workers say it failed to deliver.

“It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis Afflicting Black Farmers

11. maj 2022 In These Times
Farming is a stressful occupation. Black farmers face the additional burdens of racism, debt and fear of displacement.

50 Years of Class War in Wisconsin

10. maj 2022 In These Times
A conversation with veteran educators and organizers Frank Emspak and Adrienne Pagac about the conditions that paved the way for the Wisconsin Uprising.

The Right Doesn’t Care About Covid Protections Unless It’s to Crack Down on Immigration

10. maj 2022 In These Times
Biden is making a long-overdue effort to end a cruel Trump-era immigration policy, and the Right is melting down.

India and Pakistan Are Baking, and Every Powerful Institution Is to Blame

9. maj 2022 In These Times
Indians know they can’t rely on elites to save them from catastrophe. That’s exactly what could make a climate movement there so powerful.

No Half Measures, We Need Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt

9. maj 2022 In These Times
The Debt Collective has successfully pushed Biden to extend the pause on student loan payments. Now we’re organizing to make the White House cancel all student debt.

The New Labor Movement Is Young, Worker-Led and Winning

9. maj 2022 In These Times
From Starbucks and Amazon to political campaigns and digital media, workers in historically unorganized occupations are forming unions—and breathing new life into the U.S. labor movement.

The Food Crisis Didn’t Begin with the War in Ukraine

6. maj 2022 In These Times
Even as the failures of industrial agriculture become obvious, U.S. agribusiness aims to force it on the rest of the world.

One Year Ago, Biden Promised to Support Generic Vaccines for the World. That’s Amounted to Nothing.

5. maj 2022 In These Times
A conversation with South African public health advocate Tian Johnson about outrageous global inequalities in access to Covid vaccines, tests and treatments.

Abortion Rights are Workers’ Rights

4. maj 2022 In These Times
The Supreme Court's plan to strike down reproductive freedom is an attack on workers everywhere. The labor movement should treat it that way—by taking urgent action.

Revisiting 1990s Critical Race Theorists

4. maj 2022 In These Times
To understand America, we must listen to what Black scholars have been saying about what it means to be white.

Chris Hayes on the Cost of Sanctions on Iraq

4. maj 2022 In These Times
Sixteen years ago, Chris Hayes weighed the impact sanctions had on the lives of Iraqis. What lessons can we glean from this today?

Most Price Increases from Inflation Have Gone to Corporate Profits, Not to Labor

3. maj 2022 In These Times
The inflation panic is causing some Democrats to pivot from social spending to deficit reduction. That's exactly the wrong approach.

Yes, Protest Can Influence the Supreme Court

3. maj 2022 In These Times
Now is the time to mobilize against the Supreme Court's attack on abortion. History shows it works.

Amazon Workers Are Deciding Whether to Unionize a Second U.S. Facility

2. maj 2022 In These Times
One month after making history by organizing the first U.S. Amazon warehouse, workers could form a union at another facility in New York.

New York and California Experiment with Giving Workers a Say in Industry Standards

1. maj 2022 In These Times
Less than 3 percent of fast food workers and less than 1 percent of nail salon workers are unionized. Workers' councils could give them a seat at the table.

I’m a Black, Queer Woman Working as an Adjunct Professor—And I’m Going on Strike

28. april 2022 In These Times
My story mirrors the lived conditions of Black and brown folks in academia nationwide. It’s time to demand better pay and conditions on the job.

How To Stand in Solidarity with Ukraine

28. april 2022 In These Times
The Left has an opportunity to support the people of Ukraine and connect international struggles, without endorsing American militarism.

Where Are All the “Pro-Worker” Republicans Now?

27. april 2022 In These Times
While employees at Amazon and Starbucks win historic unionization campaigns, the “populist” wing of the GOP has been noticeably silent.

How to Jujitsu the Culture Wars

27. april 2022 In These Times
It's time to make Republicans regret that they ever posed as anti-elites.

A New Podcast Opens Portals Into Queer History

27. april 2022 In These Times
"Unboxing Queer History" straddles space and time to explore LGBTQ narratives—from lesbian smelt fishing to gay liberation.

The School Privatization Movement’s Latest Scheme to Undermine Public Education

26. april 2022 In These Times
A wave of bills to install a new form of school vouchers called “education savings accounts” are spreading across the country.

One Simple Trick to Protect Workers from Inflation

26. april 2022 In These Times
Union contracts could ensure economic stability among the working class amid inflation.

The All-Seeing Eye of Homeland Security

25. april 2022 In These Times
From robot dogs to face recognition to e-shackles, Big Brother is watching migrants.

The Gig Economy Needs Worker-Owned Apps

22. april 2022 In These Times
Platform co-ops could cut out the Silicon Valley middlemen

The Campus Workers Withdrawing Their Consent

21. april 2022 In These Times
A conversation with student and graduate employees about why workers are simultaneously on strike at two universities.

Speed Grocery Delivery Workers Are in a Dangerous Race

21. april 2022 In These Times
A new industry of venture-capital-backed startups claim their workers are fast. Are they faster than regulations?

Truce or Not, Congress Must Urgently Bring About a Real End to the War on Yemen

21. april 2022 In These Times
Congress needs to pass a War Powers Resolution to end U.S. complicity in the chaos and suffering in Yemen.

The U.S. Spent 7.5 Times More on Nuclear Weapons Than Global Vaccine Donations

20. april 2022 In These Times
Since the pandemic started, the United States has prioritized funding for nuclear arms and the military over global vaccines.

The Nurses Who Wouldn’t Come in From the Cold

20. april 2022 In These Times
How holding out for the common good led to the longest strike of 2021

The Troubling Gap Between What’s Offered by Our Social Safety Net and What’s Received

19. april 2022 In These Times
The people most in need often don’t receive public benefits. Here are some ways to fix that.

Why Nina Turner Is Taking on the Establishment Again

19. april 2022 In These Times
On her second run for Congress, the plainspoken progressive is still calling it as she sees it.

A Hotline Garment Workers Can Call When They Face Harassment on the Job

18. april 2022 In These Times
When women who sew clothes for famous brands are harassed, there is a new place for them to turn.

The GOP-Funded Campaign Trying to Recall SF’s Progressive DA Chesa Boudin

18. april 2022 In These Times
A Republican billionaire is behind the effort to oust San Francisco's criminal justice reform-minded District Attorney.

Starbucks Keeps Failing at Union-Busting, While Workers Keep Winning

15. april 2022 In These Times
"After being shut out in four union votes this week, Howard Schultz and Starbucks should be embarrassed and should accept reality: Starbucks workers overwhelmingly want a union."

What U.S. Organizers Can Learn From Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement

15. april 2022 In These Times
Forty years of struggle by Brazil's landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.

The LGBTQ Rights Group That Helped Launder Amazon’s Image

14. april 2022 In These Times
Human Rights Campaign gave Amazon a perfect score on workplace equality—while Amazon was donating to the organization.

If You Like the Idea of a 4-Day Workweek, You’ll Love the 5-Hour Workday

14. april 2022 In These Times
Some companies are implementing shorter workdays while others are opting for shorter workweeks increasing productivity.

Amazon Workers Defied Conventional Wisdom—And Won a Union

14. april 2022 In These Times
The Amazon Labor Union broke many of the traditional rules of labor organizing, while making history.

Bad Prison Food Can Cause Health Problems that Linger After Release

12. april 2022 In These Times
Due to unhealthy food, people in prisons and jails experience high rates of diabetes, heart disease, mental health issues and illnesses related to foodborne pathogens.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Now a Supreme Court Justice—And Progressives Are Thrilled

8. april 2022 In These Times
"At a time when the Supreme Court is preparing to make decisions on reproductive health, climate change, voting rights, and workers' rights, Justice Jackson's perspective has never been more necessary."

The Incredible, Winding Path of a Working-Class Nurse in Wisconsin

7. april 2022 In These Times
A conversation with long-time artist, activist, and registered nurse Susan Simensky Bietila in Milwaukee.

The Weapons Industry Sees the War in Ukraine as a Goldmine

7. april 2022 In These Times
Arms companies are exploiting Russia's invasion to push a military spending frenzy.

A Former Sundown Town Passed Reparations and Rent Control. Now It’s Fighting to Keep Them.

5. april 2022 In These Times
Culver City’s first Black Mayor, Daniel Lee, wants to make California the bastion of progressive politics some imagine it to be.

Student Loans are a Burden for Black Educators. Cancel Them.

5. april 2022 In These Times
Why the Chicago Teachers Union is demanding that Biden permanently cancel all student debt.

What Happens After Movement-Backed Politicians Take Office

4. april 2022 In These Times
As the “co-governance” model gains traction, here’s a look into the promises and pitfalls—and how organizers are reimagining electoral politics.

The Amazon Union Campaign Won By Following the Lead of Workers

4. april 2022 In These Times
Amazon Labor Union shows us an essential ingredient of successful union campaigns: democratic autonomy.

How Workers Used Amazon’s Captive Audience Meetings Against the Company

4. april 2022 In These Times
Workers flipped the script on the e-commerce giant by turning anti-union tactics into organizing opportunities.

The Big Idea: Clean Slate

1. april 2022 In These Times

Under Biden, Private Detention Isn’t Ending—It’s Changing Form

31. marts 2022 In These Times
The Biden administration promised to end private prisons. Instead, it has allowed them to be converted into immigration detention facilities.

Amid Rolling Blackouts, Energy Workers Fight For Clean Public Power In South Africa

31. marts 2022 In These Times
Can South Africa transition from a reliance on coal to clean power while maintaining jobs? The energy workers fighting for a just transition think so.

The Real Scandal at the Oscars Was When Celebrities Crossed a Picket Line

30. marts 2022 In These Times
Forget the Will Smith and Chris Rock altercation—hospitality workers got thrown under the bus when a host of Hollywood elites entered an Oscars night party at a hotel under union boycott.

Why Workers Picketed the Southern Poverty Law Center

30. marts 2022 In These Times
Employees and union activists say the civil rights organization mistreats its lowest-paid and most marginalized workers.

How To Build Fierce and Worker-Centered Unions

29. marts 2022 In These Times
A Q&A with an organizer about her new book and on building worker power through resilience.

Striking Workers Say Brooklyn Oil Terminal Is a Safety Disaster Waiting to Happen

29. marts 2022 In These Times
United Metro Energy employees out on strike say that management replaced them with workers who weren’t certified to operate the terminal, increasing the risk of an oil spill.

A New Generation of Palestinian Organizers Has Arisen From the Ashes of the Oslo Accords

29. marts 2022 In These Times
From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza to inside Israeli prisons, Palestinians are increasingly embracing collective resistance.

Biden Is Using the Ukraine Crisis to Justify Dangerous Investments in Nuclear Weapons

28. marts 2022 In These Times
The president's budget calls for $50.9 billion in nuclear weapons spending.

How Deindustrialization Shaped My Working-Class Family

28. marts 2022 In These Times
And why it took my father 40 years to see the ocean

Like a Moth to To a Flame, Workers Unite

25. marts 2022 In These Times
The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire continues to inspire and motivate current labor movements 111 years later.

Republican Attacks on SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Show “Total Bankruptcy” of the GOP

25. marts 2022 In These Times
Critics say the "childish political theater" is intended to keep the Republican base "in a constant state of frothing-at-the-mouth" so they show up at the ballot box.

The Mirror of War

24. marts 2022 In These Times
The war in Ukraine pits America's capacity for self-reflection against our love for self-deception.

Howard University Faculty Win Tentative Agreement Just Hours Before Planned Strike

23. marts 2022 In These Times
After nearly four years of bargaining with the university to get their first union contract, lecturers at Howard University narrowly avert a strike at the 11th hour.

In Appalachia, the Mine Cleanup System Has Collapsed

23. marts 2022 In These Times
Coal companies are declaring bankruptcy. State regulators are failing to hold them accountable. And residents are left to suffer the environmental fallout from abandoned mines.

For the First Time in History, Public Television Workers in Chicago Are Out on Strike

22. marts 2022 In These Times
Technicians for the local PBS affiliate WTTW have walked off the job to make sure their workplace remains a union shop.

A More Progressive Response to the Ukraine Crisis

22. marts 2022 In These Times
U.S. progressives should condemn Russia’s invasion—and oppose NATO.

Facts Over Ideology, Peace Over War

21. marts 2022 In These Times
Russia is responsible for invading Ukraine, and we have to recognize that.

Starbucks Workers Are Facing Down One of the Most Intense Union-Busting Campaigns in Decades

21. marts 2022 In These Times
Workers at more than 100 Starbucks stores in 27 states have filed union petitions for elections. In response, the company has launched a relentless anti-union effort.

With Biden’s Agenda Stalled, Progressives Have a Plan for Executive Actions to Benefit Working People

18. marts 2022 In These Times
"Taken together, these actions will have an immediate and meaningful impact on people's lives," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Wisconsin’s Labor Movement Was Forged in Fire

17. marts 2022 In These Times
Scholars Harvey J. Kaye and Jon Shelton talk about the strikes and uprisings that paved the way.

Biden Throws Labor a Bone, When We Need Steak

17. marts 2022 In These Times
A White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment suggests stronger laws are needed for fundamental change in labor movement.

New “Compromise” on an IP Waiver for Covid Vaccines Is Worse Than No Deal, Activists Say

16. marts 2022 In These Times
A tentative agreement between India, South Africa, the United States and the European Union only waives intellectual property for Covid vaccines (not tests or treatments).

St. Louis’s Movement-Backed Mayor Promised to Close an Infamous Jail. What’s the Hold Up?

16. marts 2022 In These Times
St. Louis’ mayor promised to empty the city’s most infamous jail within the first 100 days of her tenure. Activists and constituents are wondering why it isn’t fully closed yet.

Surging Wheat Prices and Fertilizer Shortages: How the War in Ukraine Could Impact U.S. Agriculture

16. marts 2022 In These Times
Both Ukraine and Russia are major exporters of agricultural products. In a market that’s “incredibly global,” U.S. farmers will feel the effects of war and sanctions.

A Progressive Response to Ukraine

14. marts 2022 In These Times
[W]e ought to be able to criticize U.S. empire without denying other bad state actors exist, each with their own objectives.

“We Will Win”: For the First Time in 50 Years, Minneapolis Teachers Are Out on Strike

14. marts 2022 In These Times
In an interview, one striking teacher explains how community support is providing energy and optimism on the picket line.

This Is How Starbucks Workers Won a Union in Mesa, Arizona

11. marts 2022 In These Times
Starbucks Workers United is now three for four in union elections held so far—and more are on the way.

“Solidarity Is How We Win”: After Years of Fighting Toxic Scrapyard, Activists Celebrate a Victory in Chicago

11. marts 2022 In These Times
By protesting and going out on hunger strike, environmental justice advocates helped stop a controversial metal scrapper from being built on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

Democrats Quietly Cut $5 Billion in Global Covid Aid—With Biden Already Behind on Vaccine Donations

10. marts 2022 In These Times
The Biden administration would actually have to increase its donations 50% to meet its pledges.

The Wisconsin Teachers Still Trying to Rebuild Unions After Scott Walker Gutted Them

10. marts 2022 In These Times
A conversation with K-12 teachers in Hortonville and union organizers with the American Federation of Teachers.

How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex

10. marts 2022 In These Times
Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavor—backing the efforts of war.

The Fight to Reclaim Colorado’s Privatized Rivers for the Public

10. marts 2022 In These Times
A fisherman’s lawsuit pushes back against a tide of wealth-driven privatization that seeks to deny public access to waterways and other public resources.

“Don’t Work” and Other Lessons From the Marxist Feminism of Meridel Le Sueur

8. marts 2022 In These Times
The radical fiction of this Depression-era writer is painfully relevant to the present.

The Existential Danger of Using the Ukraine Invasion to Ramp Up Fossil Fuel Production

7. marts 2022 In These Times
Just as scientists warn we must drastically shift away from fossil fuel extraction, the Biden administration is pressing for more oil production.

A New Law Promised Debt Relief for Black Farmers. Instead, Some Got Collection Notices.

3. marts 2022 In These Times
The American Rescue Plan included $4 billion in debt relief for farmers of color, but a lawsuit has thrown the program, and the farmers who need it, into limbo.

Left Challengers Running for Congress Snap Their Losing Streak

3. marts 2022 In These Times
In Texas, democratic socialist Greg Casar cruised to victory in his primary while Jessica Cisneros forced a longtime conservative incumbent into a runoff—welcome news for those taking on the Democratic Party establishment.

Workers Say They Breathe Polluted Air at “Green” Insulation Facility

3. marts 2022 In These Times
Kingspan employees in Santa Ana, California are demanding improved health protections—and a fair process to organize.

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