Author Profile
Jessica Stites
Jessica Stites is In These Times’ Deputy 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.
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Puerto Rico Is a Symptom of America’s Rotting Democracy
We need to rebuild the island and our government. MORE
Views · October 9, 2017
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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
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Seizing the Moment: 40 Years of In These Times
Pushing America Left since 1976. MORE
Features · November 21, 2016
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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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The Climate Change-Induced Dystopia of ‘The Water Knife’ Is Not Just Sci-Fi—It’s Already Here
The climate change-induced tragedies The Water Knife chronicles are already happening today; they’re just not happening to us—yet. MORE
Culture · June 8, 2015
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Could Elizabeth Warren Really Run Against Hillary Clinton?
Some are holding out for a progressive alternative to a Clinton coronation. MORE
Act Locally · April 15, 2015
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From Occupy to Ferguson
The two movements are more connected than you think. MORE
Views · December 16, 2014
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Policing After Ferguson
Can we stop the brutality? MORE
Act Locally · September 22, 2014
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The Uses of Enchantment
In Enchanted Objects, David Rose rhapsodizes about the coming Internet of Things. But can high-tech objects really reconnect us? MORE
Culture · July 9, 2014
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Can We Have More Jobs and Less Work?
In an age of overwork and unemployment, economists look at novel ways to solve both problems. MORE
Act Locally · April 30, 2014