All 208 articles by Joel Bleifuss

  • 18 Oct 11

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    Our Time Is Now

    The Occupy Wall Street protests present a rare and urgent opportunity to put our uncompromised ideals into action. MORE »

  • 07 Jun 11

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    Cancer Calling, Again

    On May 20, CNN's talking doc, Sanjay Gupta, wrote on CNN.com, "Just about every time I use a... MORE »

  • 25 Mar 11

  • Features

    Fox Populi

    Frances Fox Piven on how to grow the movement, and Glenn Beck-inspired death threats. MORE »

  • 15 Mar 11

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    Let’s Share the Sacrifice

    In state capitols across the country, Republican elected officials are launching major offensives against government employees and their... MORE »

  • 10 Feb 11

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    The Editor Who Kissed Ass

    On January 30, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller published a self-serving essay in The New York Times... MORE »

  • 27 Jan 11

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    We’ve Got a Job to Do

    In August 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told leaders of MoveOn.org that they were "fucking... MORE »

  • 21 Sep 10

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    Learning From the Right

    Ten years ago, too many progressives hitched their wagon to Ralph Nader's quixotic star. Vote for me, said... MORE »

  • 12 Jul 10

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    In an Afghan Hole? Dig Deeper

    Gen. Stanley McChrystal's trash talking and his subsequent sacking by President Barack Obama is a sign: America's foreign... MORE »

  • 06 May 10

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    ITT Community Business

    During the three days after the May 2010 issue of In These Times went to press, I signed more... MORE »

  • 09 Jul 09

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    Block ’Em, Sock ’Em

    Across the country progressive groups are mobilizing to support legislative initiatives, but to what effect? On the climate... MORE »

  • 11 Jun 09

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    Buy Back Our Government

    Porn rentals, duck islands and moat-cleaning are among the frivolities British members of Parliament have charged to their... MORE »

  • 16 Apr 09

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    Bailout Bandits

    In these days of "bank stablization plans" (bailouts for fat cats) and "overseas contingency operations" (wars), Americans who... MORE »

  • 13 Apr 09

  • Culture

    Building Utopia

    A new documentary profiles the rise and fall of a Depression-era utopian experiment in the Bronx. MORE »

  • 04 Mar 09

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    The Audacity of Reform

    For some pundits, President Barack Obama's spectacular fundraising success during the 2008 general election has removed campaign finance reform... MORE »

  • 13 Jan 09

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    The Interactive Presidency

    President-elect Barack Obama owns the names, e-mail addresses and gigabytes of other data on 13 million Americans who signed... MORE »

  • 20 Nov 08

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    We Have Much to Celebrate

    Next year, President Barack Obama and the solidly Democratic Congress can pass legislation that provides universal healthcare, establishes... MORE »

  • 14 Oct 08

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    Demons Out!

    The neocons who sold Americans the Iraq War are working hand in hand with the Christian Right to... MORE »

  • 16 Sep 08

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    United We Fail

    This election year, the bandwagon to fix the healthcare system barrels along. On board is a motley crew... MORE »

  • 19 Aug 08

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    Keep the Heat on Obama

    In 1992, when Bill Clinton won the Democratic nomination, Washington progressives -- the leaders of unions, think tanks and... MORE »

  • 14 Jul 08

  • News

    EPA on Trial

    For more than six years, Hugh Kaufman has been battling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), his employer for 37... MORE »

  • 22 Apr 08

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    Political Vice Squad

    In October 2001, when Congress passed the Patriot Act -- and again when it reauthorized it in 2006 -- the... MORE »

  • 11 Mar 08

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    Red-Boating Obama

    Sen. Barack Obama is many things to the right-wing noise machine: a crypto-Muslim, a drug-addled hoodlum, a snob... MORE »

  • 15 Jan 08

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    Pollsters and Puppets

    For Sen. Hillary Clinton, Iowa and New Hampshire are chapters of a story that began at 10 G Street... MORE »

  • 13 Jul 07

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    The New Children’s Crusade

    Vets like Vincent J. Emanuele and other Iraq Veterans Against the War inherit the reins from the Vietnam era peacenicks before them MORE »

  • 12 Jun 07

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    Thicker Than Oil

    Iraq Veterans Against the War take the baton from their Vietnam-era counterparts MORE »

  • 13 Apr 07

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    Thank You Mr. Vonnegut

    With the April 11 death of Senior Editor Kurt Vonnegut, In These Times lost a dear friend. And the... MORE »

  • 06 Feb 07

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    Thirty More Years

    Back in 1976, when James Weinstein decided to move to Chicago to start In These Times, his inspiration was... MORE »

  • 04 Jan 07

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    Outlawing Legal Bribery

    According to a national exit poll, 42 percent of voters in November's election said that corruption was the most... MORE »

  • 23 Nov 06

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    The E. coli Free Market

    The E. Coli outbreak is caused by the deregualtion and mass production of food by corporate agriculture's economies of scale. MORE »

  • 25 Jul 06

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    If the Paint Sticks, Sling It

    MoveOn uses new "Caught red-handed" ad campaign to highlight Republican congressional candidates who put special interests before the public good. MORE »

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