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Public Pension Funds—the Next Battleground for Human Rights

Public Pension Funds—the Next Battleground for Human Rights Public Pension Funds—the Next Battleground for Human Rights

As the fight in Oregon to divest from the Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware shows, pension funds can use tools like proxy votes and responsible contractor policies to hold pr...

Aug 3, 2022 / Sravya Tadepalli

A headshot In These Times editor David Moberg.

David Moberg, 1943–2022 David Moberg, 1943–2022

For over half a century his reports on the labor movement, in The Nation and elsewhere, were a model of activist journalism.

Jul 29, 2022 / Obituary / Peter Dreier

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

Why would some of the world’s leading economists overstate driver incomes?

Jul 22, 2022 / Doug Henwood

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler speaks at the American Federation of Teachers convention

Why Is This Union Leader Schmoozing With the Enemy? Why Is This Union Leader Schmoozing With the Enemy?

Liz Shuler, the head of the AFL-CIO, thinks it’s OK to open a conference alongside the would-be architects of labor’s destruction.

Jul 20, 2022 / Jonathan Rosenblum

Library sign

You Can’t Buy These Books You Can’t Buy These Books

In their attack on libraries, megapublishers roll a Trojan horse into the courts.

Jul 18, 2022 / Maria Bustillos

Worker with Wind Turbines

This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics

Inflicting pain on workers to fix inflation isn’t just unfair. It’s stupid, ineffective, and completely unnecessary.

Jul 13, 2022 / Zack Exley and Robert Hockett

Harvard University

Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money

The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.

Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI

The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI

Declarations of sentience are wildly premature. But the dangers AI poses to labor are very real.

Jun 24, 2022 / Dwayne Monroe

The Government’s Investigation Into a Brookings Ex-President Should Worry Think Tanks

The Government’s Investigation Into a Brookings Ex-President Should Worry Think Tanks The Government’s Investigation Into a Brookings Ex-President Should Worry Think Tanks

Accepting foreign government funding may have just gotten harder.

Jun 23, 2022 / Eli Clifton and Benjamin Freeman

What Do We Do About the Davos Class?

What Do We Do About the Davos Class? What Do We Do About the Davos Class?

Peter S. Goodman dissects the morally bankrupt philosophy of the global financial elite in Davos Man, offering a damning picture of the wealthy's influence on world politics.

Jun 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nick Serpe

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