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Working In These Times

"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.

• 16 May 12

• Mexico’s Cananea Strikers: Fighting for the Right to a Union

  Jacinto Martinez is the labor secretary of Section 65 of the Mineros, Mexico's union for miners and one of the oldest… MORE »

  BY David Bacon

• 16 May 12

• Shame of the Nation: House VAWA Bill Ratchets Up Attacks on Domestic Violence Survivors

  Women have been under economic assault in Washington for months. Deficit hawks have taken aim at social programs and civil… MORE »

  BY Michelle Chen

• 15 May 12

• Pearls Along the Mississippi: An Unsung Labor Hero Gets Her Due

  MUSCATINE, IOWA—Today the town of Muscatine, Iowa, which overlooks the Mississippi River, looks relatively inconspicuous—one… MORE »

  BY Kari Lydersen

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Duly Noted

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.

• 14 May 12

• No Sympathy for Psychopaths

  Amanda Marcotte on Jennifer Kahn's story on budding child psychopaths: In the piece, Kahn compares psychopathy to autism,… MORE »

• 14 May 12

• Camp Psychopath?

  Jennifer Kahn has a fascinating longform piece in the New York Times magazine about budding psychopaths, children whose utter… MORE »

• 10 May 12

• Red Slime: Scourge of Supermarket Sushi

  You've heard of pink slime, aka “lean finely textured beef,” a bubblegum-colored paste made from the scrapings off cattle… MORE »

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Uprising

Dispatches from the fights against austerity, budget cuts, and general economic instability, mostly by Staff Writer Bhaskar Sunkara.

• 15 May 12

• As Chicago Prepares for NATO, Four Ways That Demonstrators Can Win

  Ahead of this weekend's NATO summit, police have already deployed a massive presence in downtown Chicago. A no-fly zone… MORE »

• 14 May 12

• Beat the Press: The Stupidity of Occupy Assaults on Photojournalists

  I didn't want to believe last week's Gothamist story about Occupy protesters assaulting photographers. But after… MORE »

• 11 May 12

• Is the Revolution Really Going Global?

  On May 12, demonstrations will be held in cities across Europe and the Americas—from Rio de Janeiro to New York to… MORE »

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The ITT List

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.

• 14 May 12

• Arms Shipments to Bahrain Resume, Despite Continued Repression of Pro-Democracy Activists

  Over the weekend, the United States decided to resume part of its arms shipments to Bahrain, more than one year after a $53… MORE »

  BY David Szydloski

• 14 May 12

• Independent Voices: NATO’s Post-Soviet Campaigns for Dominance

  In These Times is proud to partner with the Alternative Press Center, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing public awareness… MORE »

  BY Alternative Press Center

• 11 May 12

• Can Journalists Save Themselves? Free Press President Says They’ll Have to Try

  Media folk love to lament the future of journalism. It's hard not to—evidence of the industry's demise keeps… MORE »

  BY Matt Bellassai

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