This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." Most everyone can agree that Facebook and other social media giants should work to delist and deplatform hate speech, but the essential question as to what constitutes ​hate” receives surprisingly little scrutiny — and even less clarity. A new campaign called #StopHateForProfit was recently by a coalition of progressive groups to pressure large corporations to boycott...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." Most everyone can agree that Facebook and other social media giants should work to delist and deplatform hate speech, but the essential question as to what constitutes ​hate” receives surprisingly little scrutiny — and even less clarity. A new campaign called #StopHateForProfit was recently by a coalition of progressive groups to pressure large corporations to boycott...WW…

Free, government-funded schools were rarely built on reservations—meaning that for many Native families, Catholic mission schools were the only option.The brittle wooden floors creak as we climb the stairs to the long room that served as a dormitory for Ojibwe girls at St. Mary's Mission School on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.“My mother slept here,” says Kathryn “Jody” Beaulieu, 70, my guide and a Red Lake tribal citizen. She points to one end of the narrow room. A few white iron bed frames are still stacked in the corner. “Her sisters slept down at the other end, about 100...…Free, government-funded schools were rarely built on reservations—meaning that for many Native families, Catholic mission schools were the only option.The brittle wooden floors creak as we climb the stairs to the long room that served as a dormitory for Ojibwe girls at St. Mary's Mission School on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.“My mother slept here,” says Kathryn “Jody” Beaulieu, 70, my guide and a Red Lake tribal citizen. She points to one end of the narrow room. A few white iron bed frames are still stacked in the corner. “Her sisters slept down at the other end, about 100...WW…

The pandemic has made clear that we need to provide citizenship for all immigrants, and safe working conditions for all workers.Individuals should be granted citizenship simply because they are human and they are here.The Covid-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to the large number of undocumented immigrants who work in “,” ranging from agriculture to hospital workers. Many of them labor in workplaces like where the virus is notoriously rampant, and few to no protections exist. Close to immigrants currently live in the United States without legal status. About of these affected...…The pandemic has made clear that we need to provide citizenship for all immigrants, and safe working conditions for all workers.Individuals should be granted citizenship simply because they are human and they are here.The Covid-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to the large number of undocumented immigrants who work in “,” ranging from agriculture to hospital workers. Many of them labor in workplaces like where the virus is notoriously rampant, and few to no protections exist. Close to immigrants currently live in the United States without legal status. About of these affected...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." As American families fret over a patchwork set of standards for reopening schools that vary widely by city and state, teachers unions across the country are denouncing the Trump administration’s approach to the issue as ill-advised, life-threatening and unjust. And they’re vowing to do something about it.President Trump has that schools reopen in the fall, and his...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." As American families fret over a patchwork set of standards for reopening schools that vary widely by city and state, teachers unions across the country are denouncing the Trump administration’s approach to the issue as ill-advised, life-threatening and unjust. And they’re vowing to do something about it.President Trump has that schools reopen in the fall, and his...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." As the coronavirus pandemic ripped through the globe earlier this year, it seemed for a moment that the scale of the calamity and the depth of desperation for a cure might force governments and industry to prioritize our health above profiteering.Many other countries have practices in place that help to keep prices of medicines down.Whatever nationalist bluster and...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." As the coronavirus pandemic ripped through the globe earlier this year, it seemed for a moment that the scale of the calamity and the depth of desperation for a cure might force governments and industry to prioritize our health above profiteering.Many other countries have practices in place that help to keep prices of medicines down.Whatever nationalist bluster and...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." On June , Attorney General William Barr announced the of a new task force on ​violent anti-government extremists.” Made up of representatives of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and ​other relevant components,” the task force comes in the midst of a nationwide uprising against racism and police violence. While Barr’s initial statement...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." On June , Attorney General William Barr announced the of a new task force on ​violent anti-government extremists.” Made up of representatives of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and ​other relevant components,” the task force comes in the midst of a nationwide uprising against racism and police violence. While Barr’s initial statement...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." On Wednesday, the ​unity task forces” set up by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden rolled out a set of policy recommendations for the candidate, and, by extension, for the party writ large. Launched in May, the group behind the proposed platform was comprised of a core of establishment-aligned politicos as well as allies of Bernie Sanders, the...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." On Wednesday, the ​unity task forces” set up by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden rolled out a set of policy recommendations for the candidate, and, by extension, for the party writ large. Launched in May, the group behind the proposed platform was comprised of a core of establishment-aligned politicos as well as allies of Bernie Sanders, the...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." The search for ​justice” isn’t easy. The raw politics of achieving it are complex enough. Trying to define it — to find its philosophical and moral underpinnings — is harder still. But there is one very simple rule of thumb that will make this job easier: Anyone who attempts to define ​justice” as ​Whatever allows me to maintain my position atop the cultural hierarchy...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." The search for ​justice” isn’t easy. The raw politics of achieving it are complex enough. Trying to define it — to find its philosophical and moral underpinnings — is harder still. But there is one very simple rule of thumb that will make this job easier: Anyone who attempts to define ​justice” as ​Whatever allows me to maintain my position atop the cultural hierarchy...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." The brittle wooden floors creak as we climb the stairs to the long room that served as a dormitory for Ojibwe girls at St. Mary’s Mission School on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.My mother slept here,” says Kathryn ​Jody” Beaulieu, , my guide and a Red Lake tribal citizen. She points to one end of the narrow room. A few white iron bed frames are...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." The brittle wooden floors creak as we climb the stairs to the long room that served as a dormitory for Ojibwe girls at St. Mary’s Mission School on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.My mother slept here,” says Kathryn ​Jody” Beaulieu, , my guide and a Red Lake tribal citizen. She points to one end of the narrow room. A few white iron bed frames are...WW…

This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." When unidentifiable federal agents began snatching protesters off the streets in Portland, people got nervous. When Donald Trump earlier this week that he wanted to roll out the same strategy to Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and other cities, we got more nervous still. The elected officials in most of those cities urged the feds to stay away — and Philadelphia district attorney...…This Thursday night, join us live online to celebrate 46 years of muck-racking, truth-telling journalism at the In These Times anniversary celebration, featuring Adam McKay, writer and director of "Don't Look Up." When unidentifiable federal agents began snatching protesters off the streets in Portland, people got nervous. When Donald Trump earlier this week that he wanted to roll out the same strategy to Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and other cities, we got more nervous still. The elected officials in most of those cities urged the feds to stay away — and Philadelphia district attorney...WW…