New comics with predictions for the new year and the introduction of MurderKorp, a startup "connecting customers with ordinary people willing to murder someone for them."
Emily Flake, Jen Sorensen, Rob Rogers and Kendra Wells
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
Elizabeth Todd-Breland
- In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education
- Striking Barista on Starbucks' Endgame: “They Don’t Want Working People to Have a Voice"
- The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
- Privatize USPS? Mail Carriers Have a Better Idea
- The Jewish Diaspora Movement
- Dispatch from the Employer Offensive: Mauser Teamsters Strike Back
Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”
Silvia Baldwin
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For the First Time in the Trump Era, a Key Opportunity Is Here
This month voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.
Alex Han
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Brad Lander on Mamdani's Win: "It’s not only on Zohran. It’s on all of us."
In an op-ed for In These Times, Lander writes that in response to looming threats from Donald Trump, "We’ve got to rise to the challenge together—as New Yorkers."
Brad Lander
Culture
Fighting Anti-Queer Backlash with Citizen Archivists
Queer archivist groups like Invisible Histories and the Queer Zine Archive Project are preserving queer history and making it accessible in the face of the federal government's erasure. You can do the same.
Lindsay Eanet
Inside the Fight To Unionize California’s Climbing Gyms
The Touchstone Climbing community unionized five gyms, but now the challenge is demanding a fair contract.
Mel Buer
Privatize USPS? Mail Carriers Have a Better Idea
After battling for a fair contract, USPS workers face the threat of privatization, which they warn will harm all Americans.
Mel Buer
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Uprising of the 20,000
Building worker power has always been an uphill battle. Revisiting history can guide us forward. An interview with Erik Loomis.
Mel Buer
Trump Escalates War on Federal Unions
The administration is stripping federal unions of collective bargaining rights, hurting workers and the American people.
Maximillian Alvarez
How Mamdani Won
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A Rare and Beautiful Moment In War
Hamilton Nolan
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Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor
Luis Feliz Leon
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How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual
Dania Rajendra and Rebecca Vilkomerson
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Zohran Mamdani Can Become Our Generation’s Bernie Sanders
Bhaskar Sunkara
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Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley
Kim Kelly
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The Education of a Teamster Rebel: Antonio Rosario
Luis Feliz Leon
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Braving a Campaign of Terror: Unnamed
Maurizio Guerrero
COMICS CURATED BY MATT BORS
An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame, and other Election Day comics!
Matt Bors, Jen Sorensen, Ruben Bolling, Mattie Lubchansky and Keith Knight
December comics from Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow, and Jen Sorensen.
Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen
PALESTINE
LaborInterview
Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon
Sarah Lazare
PalestineDispatch
Gaza’s Nightmare
Yousef Aljamal
Palestine
Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk
Tyler Walicek
Translations
Housing
La Iniciativa de Chicago para Leyes de Desalojos por “Causa Justa”
Rebecca Burns
Housing
Dos Sindicatos de Inquilinos, Una Huelga de Renta
Rebecca Burns
FeaturePalestine
التحولات التي شهدها مجتمع المسلمين في الولايات المتحدة بعد 20 عامًا من التاسع من أيلول وكيفية تجليها بعد السابع من تشرين الأول
إيمان عبد الهادي
More investigations
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As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root
Thomas Birmingham
Investigation
As Fentanyl Overdoses Soar, LA City Crews Toss State-Funded Narcan from Encampments
Jack Ross
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U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
Shane Burley
LaborPolitics
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
Kim Kelly
LaborInterview
“There Is a War Against Us”: Worker Leader, Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out
Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area.
Sarah Lazare
LaborPodcast
Off the Rails: A Mega-Merger Between Rail Giants Would Be a Disaster for Workers and Communities
Railroad workers warn of devastating consequences if Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific merge.
Maximillian Alvarez
Culture
Assata Shakur’s Autobiography is the Road Map to Freedom We Still Need
Atarah Israel
Culture
Queen Mother: A Chief of Her People
Eleanor J. Bader
An exclusive conversation with aja monet on organizing from a place of love, the legacy of the Maroons and the urgency of art in these times.
Fatima Jalloh
