In These Times (publication)

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In These Times
OCLC
60620754

In These Times is an American

socialist. It investigates alleged corporate and government wrongdoing, covers international affairs, and has a cultural section. It regularly reports on labor, economic and racial justice movements, environmental issues, feminism, grassroots democracy, minority communities, and the media
.

Weinstein was the publication's founding editor and publisher; its current publisher is Christopher Hass.[2][3] As of 2017, it had a circulation of over 50,000.[4] As a nonprofit organization, the magazine is financed through subscriptions and donations.

History

In 1976, Weinstein, a historian and former editor of Studies on the Left, launched the politically progressive journal In These Times. He sought to model the newsweekly on the early-20th-century socialist newspaper the

centrists
.

During the 1980s, the publication became well known for its investigative reporting of the

mad cow disease
.

During the 1980s, and up to 1992, it was a biweekly newspaper and a democratic-socialist competitor to the National Guardian, which was a biweekly newspaper that was closer to Marxism–Leninism.[6][7]

Senior editor

African-American men, and on the trend toward privatization of the prison system
.

The magazine was awarded the Utne Reader's Independent Press Award for Best Political Coverage in 2006.[8]

Contributors

Two of the magazine's longest-running columns are Salim Muwakkil's The Third Coast, covering race relations, and Susan J. Douglas's Back Talk, a critical review of the mass media.

David Moberg has reported on labor and political economy for the magazine since its inception in 1976.

Joel Bleifuss was editor from the mid-1980s until April 2022.[9] More stories from his column, The First Stone, have been included in Project Censored's "Top 25 Censored Stories of the Year" than of any other journalist.

Other columnists include H. Candace Gorman, Laura S. Washington and Terry J. Allen.

Senior editors include Allen, Patricia Aufderheide, Douglas, Moberg, Muwakkil and David Sirota.[10]

Notable contributors to the magazine have included:

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-942961-28-7
    . Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "In These Times - MASTHEAD". In These Times.
  3. ^ "CHRISTOPHER HASS". In These Times.
  4. ^ Bleifuss, Joel (August 9, 2017). "Introducing the New In These Times". In These Times.
  5. Chicago Sun Times
    . November 15, 1976.
  6. ^ The Guardian of New York, NY, not the Manchester Guardian. Peter Miller, "Carl Davidson: From SDS and The Guardian, to cyRev and CyberRadicalism for the 21st Century"
  7. ISBN 1-85984-617-3
    . In These Times was the latest in a series of vehicles launched by James Weinstein to regain the initiative for left social democracy. ... ITT's immediate objective was to supplant the Guardian as the country's pre-eminent left newspaper.
  8. ^ "Political Coverage: In These Times: 2006 UIPA Winners" Archived January 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Utne Reader. January / February 2007.
  9. ^ Bleifuss, Joel. "Dear Reader: A Farewell Message". In These Times. In These Times. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  10. ^ "About In These Times". In These Times.

External links

  • inthesetimes.com, the magazine's official website (a portion of its content is available free of charge; yearly subscriptions are available for the full print edition)
  • Fire on the Prairie – podcast (active 2003–2006) with interviews and speeches from progressive leaders
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