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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

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

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Nowhere to Go: Inside the Texas Boarding Home System Where Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation are Widespread

As the United States faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas presents a frightening vision of the future of long-term care.

Ottavia Spaggiari

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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.

Queen Mother: A Chief of Her People

Uncovering the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.

Eleanor J. Bader

ViewpointPolitics

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."

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Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey Wants You to Wake the F*ck Up Kim Kelly

The Dawn of a Better Day Luis Feliz Leon

Zohran Mamdani Wins and It Is a Celebration of My New York Eman Abdelhadi

A Rare and Beautiful Moment In War Hamilton Nolan

Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left Asha Ransby-Sporn

As Tenants Organize, Landlords Embrace Old-School Union-Busting

Tenant union members say they’ve faced threats, surveillance and retaliation from their private equity landlord, which has retained a notorious “union avoidance” firm.

Rebecca Burns and Thomas Birmingham

Assata Shakur’s Autobiography is the Road Map to Freedom We Still Need

The freedom fighter's complicated life calls us to test our tongues against the burning sting of truth.

Atarah Israel

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Union members talk state of the movement and hopes for the future at MULP

Participants at the Minnesota Union Leadership Program chat with Working People on the ground as they refine their skills for the future of the labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez

Veterans Rally Against Trump Cuts

Trump is a draft dodger who spent millions on a military parade for his birthday while slashing veteran healthcare. Veterans are mad about it.

Maximillian Alvarez

“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.

What’s Really Happening in Los Angeles vs. What You’re Hearing Online

Three journalists on witnessing ICE raids, protests, and police violence on the streets of Los Angeles.

Maximillian Alvarez

How Mamdani Won

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

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A Rare and Beautiful Moment In War

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

ViewpointPolitics

Zohran Mamdani Can Become Our Generation’s Bernie Sanders

Bhaskar Sunkara

Meet the 2025 labor organizers of the year

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Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley

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The Education of a Teamster Rebel: Antonio Rosario

Luis Feliz Leon

Solidarity fist in the air to represent unnamed award winner

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Braving a Campaign of Terror: Unnamed

Maurizio Guerrero

COMICS CURATED BY MATT BORS

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Dick Cheney Will Be Tortured in Hell

An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame, and other Election Day comics!

Matt Bors, Jen Sorensen, Ruben Bolling, Mattie Lubchansky and Keith Knight

NYC Under IKEA Law, Lead-Chugging Gladiators and Other Comics

December comics from Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow, and Jen Sorensen.

Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen

PALESTINE

"If I Must Die," A Poem by Refaat Alareer

A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.

Refaat Alareer

Release Mahmoud Khalil

My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner

A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.

Mahmoud Khalil

Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon

PalestineDispatch

Gaza’s Nightmare

Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk

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La Iniciativa de Chicago para Leyes de Desalojos por “Causa Justa”

Dos Sindicatos de Inquilinos, Una Huelga de Renta

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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

INVESTIGATIONS WITH IMPACT

Eviction By ICE?

Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.

Rebecca Burns

THE WAR ON PROTEST

The War on Protest Is Here

Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action.

Adam Federman

The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders

Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.

Alessandra Bergamin

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As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root

Thomas Birmingham

Photo of a person holding a staple gun, stapling Narcan nasal spray boxes to a tree.

As Fentanyl Overdoses Soar, LA City Crews Toss State-Funded Narcan from Encampments

LaborPalestineInvestigation

U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists

Working In These Times

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

Despite Trump’s Threats, Labor Leaders say They’re Not Going Anywhere

Union leaders David Huerta and Everett Kelley map out unions’ role in the fight against fascism.

Maximillian Alvarez

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Graduate Student Workers Find Unity Amid Intense Repression

Amid Trump’s attacks on higher education and academic freedom, labor leaders are fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Assata Shakur’s Autobiography is the Road Map to Freedom We Still Need

Queen Mother: A Chief of Her People

Eleanor J. Bader

“Art Is A Commons”

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