15 August 2020
TOP STORIES
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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