David Moberg
David Moberg, a senior editor of In These Times, has been on the staff of the magazine since it began publishing. Before joining In These Times, he completed his work for a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago and worked for Newsweek. Recently he has received fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Nation Institute for research on the new global economy.![]()
David Moberg has worked with In These Times since its inception in 1976. During that time, he has established himself as one of the country’s leading journalists covering the labor movement.
As a senior editor for In These Times, Moberg has written about new battlefronts for labor, examined the past and present strategy of the labor movement and profiled many labor fights before they were covered in the mainstream media. Additionally, his areas of expertise encompass globalization and trade, economic policy, national politics, urban affairs, the environment and energy.
Moberg has been awarded numerous accolades for his journalism efforts, including the Max Steinbock Award from the International Labor Communications Association, (2003); Forbes MediaGuide 500: A review of the Nation’s Most Important Journalists (1993, 1994), and a Project Censored Award in 1995. He has also received fellowships from organizations such as The Nation Institute (1999-2001) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1995-1997).
Moberg has also written for The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, Salon, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune Magazine, the Chicago Reader, Chicago, The New Republic, Dissent, L.A. Weekly, World Policy Journal, Newsday, the Boston Globe, Utne Reader, Mother Jones, and others.
Moberg has also contributed to a series of books including: Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times (Seven Stories, 2002); The Next Agenda (Westview Press, 2001); Which Direction for Organized Labor? (Wayne State University Press, 1999); Not Your Father’s Union Movement (WW Norton & Company Inc., 1998); Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? (Beacon Press, 2001); Making Work Pay: America After Welfare (WW Norton & Company Inc., 2002); The New Chicago (to be released); Encyclopedia of Chicago History (2004), and others.
In addition to his work at In These Times, Moberg has taught sociology and anthropology at DePaul University, Roosevelt University, Loyola University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northeastern Illinois University. He received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1978.
Articles by David Moberg
- Let Them Eat Free Markets
July 23, 2008
- Our Imperfect Unions
June 24, 2008
- Dismantling the Myth of McCain
June 18, 2008
- Main Street Squeeze
May 23, 2008
- Winning the White Working Class
May 14, 2008
- The Healthcare Union War
April 16, 2008
- Dissent in the Ranks
April 9, 2008
- Actors Union Copies Writers' Script
March 20, 2008
- Obamanomics
March 10, 2008
- All For None
February 13, 2008
- Remembering Mazzocchi
January 28, 2008
- Mr./Ms. Change Goes to Washington
January 14, 2008
- Lights! Camera! Collective Action!
December 12, 2007
- The Democrats' Path to Victory
December 6, 2007
- Treaty of Detroit Repealed
November 13, 2007
- Has the Change Led to Wins?
October 24, 2007
- Obama's in the Eye of the Beholder
September 17, 2007
- The Secret Lives of Plutocrats
August 28, 2007
- Universal Health Care for Wisconsin?
August 20, 2007
- The Unions' Man?
July 23, 2007
- Iraqi Unions Fight the New Oil Law
July 9, 2007
- What Vacation Days?
June 18, 2007
- Whose Subsidy Is It Anyway?
June 4, 2007
- Chicago Unions Flex Political Muscle
May 16, 2007
- Making Trade Work for Everyone
May 7, 2007
- Biofuels: Promise or Peril?
April 11, 2007
- The Health Care Monster Returns
March 7, 2007
- Solidarity Without Borders
February 7, 2007
- Does Andy Stern Talk His Walk?
January 5, 2007
- Organizing the Outsiders
December 20, 2006
- Live At Your Own Risk
November 28, 2006
- What Did the Voters Say?
November 10, 2006
- Semper Fi: The Way to Win
November 6, 2006
- Is Diversity Enough?
October 9, 2006
- Teamsters Face a Contentious Election
October 2, 2006
- The Death of Doha
August 23, 2006
- Nurses Fight to Retain Right to Unionize
July 27, 2006
- Running on Empty
July 3, 2006
- Rot in the Barrel
June 8, 2006
- Delphi Dodges Union Contracts
June 7, 2006
- Troublemakers Are Great--But Are They Enough?
May 25, 2006
- How Do You Define Security?
May 12, 2006
- Hotel Workers Rising Tide
April 19, 2006
- Party of One
February 27, 2006
- In an Illinois Primary, Threes a Crowd
February 22, 2006
- Paradigm Shift
February 8, 2006
- An Imperial President
January 21, 2006
- The Republican Crack-Up
December 28, 2005
- Throw the Books at Them
November 24, 2005
- The Lay of Labors New Land
October 26, 2005
- Climate Change Needed
October 19, 2005
- Imminent Domination
October 12, 2005
- Will History Repeat Itself?
September 9, 2005
- All Apart Now
August 25, 2005
- Gods and Mortals
July 31, 2005
- Labor Split a Mixed Bag
July 24, 2005
- Power to the Pictures
July 19, 2005
- Creative Devotion
July 6, 2005
- Class Consciousness Matters
June 24, 2005
- Three-Dimensional Economics
May 26, 2005
- Union Stations
April 20, 2005
- Which Comes First: Growth or Clout?
March 24, 2005
- Under the Microscope
March 8, 2005
- High-Tech Hijack
January 27, 2005
- Maytag Moves to Mexico
December 29, 2004
- Election Reflection
November 17, 2004
- Millenial Madness
October 27, 2004
- Class Warfare
October 24, 2004
- A Fixer-Upper
September 24, 2004
- Desperately Seeking the Senate
September 22, 2004
- Audacious and Hopeful
September 6, 2004
- Come Together Right Now
August 12, 2004
- There’s No Place Like Home
July 26, 2004
- Deans Permanent Campaign
July 23, 2004
- Forge a Coalition with Labor
July 15, 2004
- Left Turn
July 1, 2004
- The Wal-Mart Effect
June 10, 2004
- Imperial Barbarians
May 25, 2004
- Candidate Conundrum
May 14, 2004
- Downsizing the CEO
April 15, 2004
- The China Syndrome
April 9, 2004
- All Against One
March 16, 2004
- Ghost in the Machine
March 4, 2004
- Plunder and Profit
March 4, 2004
- Jobs Not Well Done
February 24, 2004
- Dems Vie for Star Slot
February 4, 2004
- Poultry Giants Fight Organizers
January 30, 2004
- Questioning Labor History
January 26, 2004
- Magnet Consolidation Threatens Both U.S. Jobs and Security
January 23, 2004
- Organize, Strategize, Revitalize
January 16, 2004
- ‘Full-Tilt Boogie’ in Iowa
December 19, 2003
- Got Drugs?
December 5, 2003
- Manufacturing Discontent
December 3, 2003
- Resisting Globalization
November 10, 2003
- Trés Cheap
October 6, 2003
- Free Trade at the Crossroad
October 1, 2003
- The Road to Citizenship
September 23, 2003
- The WTO’s Broken Promise
September 10, 2003
- Decisions, Decisions
August 25, 2003
- Hung Out To Dry
August 11, 2003
- Blood from a Turnip
August 8, 2003
- Prescription for Privatization
July 21, 2003
- No Reservations
July 15, 2003
- Laws of Empire
July 7, 2003
- Who’s Got the Power?
June 16, 2003
- Hidden Agenda
June 16, 2003
- Meet Howard Dean
June 2, 2003
- When Pigs Can Fly
May 5, 2003
- Stuck in the Middle
May 5, 2003
- The Road from Baghdad
April 4, 2003
- Union Yes, War No
March 20, 2003
- Give Kucinich a Chance
February 28, 2003
- The War at Home
February 24, 2003
- A Maturing Movement
January 31, 2003
- The Real Class War
January 18, 2003
- Unions Against the War
December 6, 2002
- The Agony of Defeat
November 8, 2002
- Breaking the Bank
November 8, 2002
- Remembering Paul Wellstone
November 8, 2002
- What’s Up on the Docks?
October 11, 2002
- Cheap Hotels
August 2, 2002
- Third Time's the Challenge
July 19, 2002
- Not So Fast
May 24, 2002
- Courting Disaster
May 9, 2002
- The Peoples Storyteller
April 12, 2002
- A Scandal Bigger than Enron
February 19, 2002
- Enronomics 101
February 1, 2002
- Appall-o-Meter
January 18, 2002
- Market Magic's Empty Shell
December 22, 2001
- Better Luck Next Year
December 7, 2001
- Show Stopper
October 29, 2001
- Every Breath You Take
October 29, 2001
- GOING DOWN
October 22, 2001
- Never Let Them See You Sweat
October 15, 2001
- In Pursuit of Justice
October 15, 2001
- Burma Inc.
October 1, 2001
- Tear Down the Walls
May 28, 2001
- On the Attac
May 14, 2001
- FTAA, eh?
April 16, 2001






