"In These Times magazine has charted a staggering rise in inequality and the fall of the American middle class. Here, in a selection from four decades of articles by investigative reporters and progressive thinkers, is the story of our age. It is a tale of shockingly successful corporate...

"The three faces of risk" -- "Another day older and deeper in debt" -- "Locking down an American workforce" -- "Uncle Sam doesn't want you" -- "Making disaster pay" -- "Two gilded ages" -- "American labor and the great depression" -- "The age of acquiescence" -- "The limousine liberal's family...

"From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized...