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Jessica Stites

Jessica Stites is In These Times’ Executive Editor. Before joining ITT, she worked at Ms. magazine and George Lakoff’s Rockridge Institute. Her writing has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Ms., Bitch, Jezebel, The Advocate and AlterNet.

There’s a Vanishing Resource We’re Not Talking About

Humans are losing our cultural diversity even faster than we're destroying the planet. Yet that diversity could be key to surviving environmental extremes. MORE

Views · January 31, 2019
Why I’m Sick and Tired of Hearing About Russiagate

Mueller won’t save us from the deep flaws in our democracy that brought us Trump. MORE

Views · October 17, 2018
Why Did We Run an Anti-Abortion Piece in 1979?

A look back at the historical context and where we went wrong. MORE

Views · August 28, 2018
Locking Up Immigrant Kids, Again

Our nation's past treatment of immigrant families doesn’t make the current situation any less horrifying—but we need it to inform our longterm pressure on the Democrats. MORE

Act Locally · July 23, 2018
Beyond Hollywood: Domestic Workers Say #MeToo

Ai-jen Poo on how a new women’s movement is building—from house cleaners to Hollywood stars MORE

Features · February 19, 2018
What We Got Wrong When Covering the Bill Clinton Sexual Abuse Allegations

In this #MeToo moment, looking back at our coverage. MORE

Features · December 4, 2017
Puerto Rico Is a Symptom of America’s Rotting Democracy

We need to rebuild the island and our government. MORE

Views · October 9, 2017
Hulu’s Brilliant Adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Says More About Our Present Than Our Future

For many marginalized women, dystopia is already here. MORE

Culture · April 18, 2017
Seizing the Moment: 40 Years of In These Times

Pushing America Left since 1976. MORE

Features · November 21, 2016
Margaret Atwood on Climate Change, Her New Book and Why Socialists Are Better with Budgets

We asked the speculative fiction writer about this month's Canadian elections and (relatedly?) whether humanity is doomed. MORE

Features · October 9, 2015
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