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Now Comes the Difficult Work of Pushing the Biden-Harris Ticket Left | Introducing “In the Gap,” a Podcast About the Gender Pay Gap and Black Women

15 August 2020

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Now Comes the Difficult Work of Pushing the Biden-Harris Ticket Left

If Biden’s VP pick Kamala Harris is a “weather vane,” then it’s up to progressives to change the weather.

BY NATALIE SHURE

Introducing “In the Gap,” a Podcast About the Gender Pay Gap and Black Women

In These Times presents In The Gap, a 12-episode podcast series.

BY CHANDRA THOMAS WHITFIELD

U.S. Sanctions Are Strangling a Lebanon in Crisis

As Lebanon faces multiple, overlapping catastrophes, U.S. policies are making them worse.

BY BILAL EL-AMINE

Mijente Stayed Out of the 2016 Election. Here’s Why It’s Going All In This Time.

Hispanic voters will comprise 13% of the electorate this year—the largest nonwhite demographic group of eligible voters. Mijente’s “Fuera Trump” campaign aims to mobilize them for the November election.

BY RAY LEVY-UYEDA

The Pandemic Is Exposing the Rotten Core of Our Industrial Food System

While industrial farms have been thrown into chaos, local agriculture has proved to be a more resilient model.

BY JOSEPH BULLINGTON

The Largest Private-Sector Strike of the Year Is Headed for Union Victory

After nearly seven weeks on the picket line, Machinists union members will soon vote on a contract that includes everything they’re fighting for.

BY JEREMY GANTZ

WORKING IN THESE TIMES

The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What's Stopping the AFL-CIO?

Union support for the Green New Deal is growing. It’s time for America’s largest labor federation to get on board.

BY MINDY ISSER

RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES

Animals and Plants Are Relocating Because of Climate Change. Should They Be Considered Invasive?

In the past 100 years, the planet has warmed in the range of 10 times faster than it did on average over the past 5,000.

BY JENNY MORBER


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