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"Working In These Times" is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and the struggles of workers to obtain safe, healthy and just workplaces.
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Jane McAlevey Is Right About Labor’s Problem—But Wrong About the Solution
No one who cares about the future of the American labor can disagree with the conclusion of Jane McAlevey’s new book, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age. She calls for… MORE
By Dave Kamper
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Zuckerman Gives Hoffa a Run for His Money in Squeaker of a Teamsters Vote
Teamsters President James P. Hoffa appears to be headed for a narrow victory in his bid for election to a fifth term as head of the 1.3 million-member union. Unofficial vote totals show him beating… MORE
By Bruce Vail
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Think It’s Tough for Labor Now? Just Wait Until Trump Takes Office in January
In 63 days, organized labor is going to find itself in a new political reality, which it seems totally unprepared for. Donald Trump will be president; the Republicans will control the House and Senate and one of… MORE
By Moshe Z. Marvit
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At Duly Noted, Lindsay Beyerstein dives into the news of the day while analyzing politics, media and culture. But it's not all commentary—she'll also rake some muck.
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Elliot Rodger’s War on Women
Like many terrorists, Elliot Rodger picked a symbolic target when he singled out the Alpha Phi Sorority as the focus of his self-declared “War on Women.” “I cannot kill every single female on… MORE
By Lindsay Beyerstein
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By Ridiculing Redskins, Colbert Made Racism ‘Truthy’
Stephen Colbert is not a blowhard right-wing cable news host, but he plays one on The Colbert Report. The Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report is a sexist, racist, egomaniacal jingoist, whom Stephen Colbert the comic… MORE
By Lindsay Beyerstein
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Twitter Is Public. Deal with It.
Last week, Christine Fox (Twitter handle: @SteenFox) asked her 13,000 Twitter followers to describe what they were wearing when they were sexually assaulted. Answers poured in from women raped in their pajamas, in their work clothes, and… MORE
By Lindsay Beyerstein
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17% Of The Prison Population Has Hepatitis C, Here’s How That Could Change
Hepatitis C affects an estimated 1% of the general population but 17% of the prison population. Until relatively recently, treatment for the disease had extremely limited success rates and highly unpleasant side effects. That'… MORE
By George Lavender
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What Are People Saying About the Stanford Case?
“Even if the sentence is light, hopefully this will wake people up,” she said. “I want the judge to know that he ignited a tiny fire. If anything, this is a reason for… MORE
By George Lavender
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Governor Restores Voting Rights To More Than 200,000 Formerly Convicted Virginians
Virginia’s Governor Terry McAuliffe restored the voting rights of more than 200,000 people previously convicted of felonies on Friday. In a statement McAuliffe said: “Too often in both our distant and recent history, politicians… MORE
By George Lavender
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And then there was blogging: The ITT List offers all the news that isn't fit to print, from In These Times magazine's staff, writers and friends.
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Report: Charters Schools Aren’t Improving Student Achievement in Chicago
Judging by a new study put out by the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity (IMO) at the University of Minnesota, Chicago’s charter school experiment has failed. The report indicates that, despite what the program’… MORE
By Kevin Solari
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Today Show Nabs Soldiers Who Scam Thousands, Ignores Corporations That Scam Billions
It was only 7:45 a.m., but I was already feeling surly. Thanks to an insurance snafu, I was now waiting to have my blood drawn. I looked up at the TV. The Today Show was doing… MORE
By Ian Reifowitz
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On Labor Day, A Working Families Party Strategy
“We stand for independent political action.”—UAW President Walter Reuther, 1946, calling for a new progressive-labor party “The left-wing mouse that roared”—New York Times, 2013 , on the Working Families Party The statistics you'… MORE
By Julie Kushner and Rafael Navar
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