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A headshot In These Times editor David Moberg.

David Moberg, 1943–2022 David Moberg, 1943–2022

For over half a century his reports on the labor movement, in The Nation and elsewhere, were a model of activist journalism.

Jul 29, 2022 / Obituary / Peter Dreier

Missouri Senate Hopeful Lucas Kunce Battles Big Money in Both Parties

Missouri Senate Hopeful Lucas Kunce Battles Big Money in Both Parties Missouri Senate Hopeful Lucas Kunce Battles Big Money in Both Parties

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the Senate candidate has the right message to beat the millionaires who seek to dominate politics.

Jul 29, 2022 / John Nichols

Abortion-rights protesters at the Indiana state house

They Don’t Know Us. But They Hate Us. They Don’t Know Us. But They Hate Us.

Victorious abortion foes, most of them male, don’t know how women’s bodies work. And they don’t much care. And therefore some women will die.

Jul 28, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Outside Kyiv, Ukraine, locals stand atop and examine a destroyed Russian tank.

Calls for a Diplomatic Settlement in Ukraine Are Misplaced Calls for a Diplomatic Settlement in Ukraine Are Misplaced

There is not a shred of evidence that suggests Moscow and Kyiv are ready to begin real negotiations.

Jul 28, 2022 / Rajan Menon

Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards

Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards

A new stamp recognizes the proud American radical who was once blacklisted by Joe McCarthy and “a group of American fascists.”

Jul 28, 2022 / John Nichols

Erasing the Constitution

Erasing the Constitution Erasing the Constitution

The Conservative Supreme Court aims to eviscerate some constitutional rights.

Jul 28, 2022 / OppArt / Robin McCarthy

US President Joe Biden

Biden’s Misguided International Crusade Biden’s Misguided International Crusade

The president is promoting alliances abroad while neglecting crises at home.

Jul 28, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Protesters hold up their fists at a Black Lives Matter march in St Paul, Minnesota.

As the World Burns, Organizers Are Burning Out As the World Burns, Organizers Are Burning Out

A new poll is a devastating critique of the state of organizing.

Jul 28, 2022 / Eoin Higgins

Near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Encounters With Adélia Prado Encounters With Adélia Prado

Five new translations of the Brazilian poet’s work by Ellen Doré Watson. 

Jul 28, 2022 / Poems / Adélia Prado and Ellen Doré Watson

Philip Guston’s Philosophy of Doubt

Philip Guston’s Philosophy of Doubt Philip Guston’s Philosophy of Doubt

A delayed, divisive, and long-awaited retrospective finally debuts in Boston. 

Jul 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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