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Cooperative Acupuncture in the Heartland
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA–In a nondescript strip mall that could be just about anywhere in America, Cait Cain has set up nine…
Beto O’Rourke Swings and Misses with Working-Class Michigan Voters
Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke visited Michigan last week. Shirtsleeves carefully rolled up, he stood on tabletops across metro Detroit…
Money Circles: The most important financial tool you’ve probably never heard of
Nkem Khumbah immigrated to the United States from Cameroon in 1990. The seventh of eight children, he came for an education…
Ditch Corporate Welfare and Fund Agricultural Co-ops
A set of statistics from a new report provides a window into how misplaced economic priorities perpetuate poverty in the…
Detroiters Fear Losing Their Water May Mean Losing Their Kids
As thousands of Detroiters have their water shut off over debt, neighbors are helping each other to access water without…
As Lava Consumes Hawaii, Residents Are Responding with Disaster Communism
From geologists to acupuncturists, community members offer support to the displaced. PAHOA, HAWAI’I—Nearly two months after the Kilauea volcano began…
Rashida Tlaib on Democratic Socialism and Why She Supports the Palestinian Right of Return
The newly elected Democratic nominee for Congress talks about how she plans to help working-class Detroit and why she supports…
Meet Oklahoma’s Anti-Privatization, Pro-Pot Candidate for Governor
OKLAHOMA CITY— Connie Johnson is a former Oklahoma state senator, now the Our Revolution-endorsed candidate for governor. She is known…
Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow
I am honored to report I am an In These Times Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow! I will continue to…
Big Coal Is Using This Small Oklahoma Town as a Toxic Waste Dump
BOKOSHE, OKLA.—On the edge of Bokoshe, population less than 500, sits a hill about 60 feet high, covered partly with…
How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising
OKLAHOMA—On April 2, an estimated 30,000 Oklahoma teachers walked out of schools across the state, some traveling hundreds of miles…