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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.

• 22 Feb 12

• Another Victory for Southern Calif. ‘Carwasheros’

  Immigrant “carwasheros,” who often earn below minimum wage with no benefits, scored an historic victory this week by unionizing… MORE »

  BY Kari Lydersen

• 22 Feb 12

• Foreclosure Settlement Opens New Doors for Fighting Fraudulent Banks

  The $25.6 billion settlement on home foreclosures reached between five mega-banks—Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citibank,… MORE »

  BY Roger Bybee

• 22 Feb 12

• In Growing Labor Struggle, Jazz Artists Harmonize Music and Justice

  NEW YORK—Jazz is both America's classical art form and the classic music of struggle. You can hear that duality,… MORE »

  BY Michelle Chen

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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.

• 21 Feb 12

• Santorum: “Liberals Are the Anti-Science Ones”

  Chutzpah alert: GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum accused liberals of being the true enemies of science: Republican… MORE »

• 18 Feb 12

• What are Women For?

  Conservative columnist James Poulos got a lot of flack for his essay “What Are Women For?” and its equally long-winded and… MORE »

• 17 Feb 12

• Bit By a Parrot? There’s a Code for That

  The beak of a parrot can pack 500-700 pounds of pressure per square inch. What happens if it's your finger in that vice… MORE »

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Uprising

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

• 22 Feb 12

• Greek Parliament to Discuss Austerity as Protests Rage

  If Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine has taught us nothing else, it's to expect governments facing overwhelming popular… MORE »

• 21 Feb 12

• 36,000 Quebec Students Strike Over Tuition Hikes

  An estimated 36,000 post-secondary students in Quebec have left their classrooms for strikes planned in response to proposed… MORE »

• 20 Feb 12

• Occupy Continues to Declare Victories

  Recent raids on the Occupy movement's major camps have led some mainstream media outlets to declare that all the camps… 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.

• 21 Feb 12

• Palestinian Detainee Khader Adnan Agrees to End Hunger Strike

  Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan agreed today to end his 66-day hunger strike after his lawyers reached a deal with the… MORE »

  BY Rebecca Burns

• 17 Feb 12

• The Revolution’s Torturers: Systematic Human Rights Abuses in New Libya

  The month of February marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of protests against the now fallen Gaddafi regime in… MORE »

  BY Andrew Bashi

• 17 Feb 12

• Are America’s Taxes More Progressive Than Europe’s?

  A recent online spat between Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine and Veronique de Rugy, a research fellow at George Mason… MORE »

  BY Daniel Hertz

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