Election 2024

The Path for Socialism Is Focus

The Left should reject identity politics in favor of an oppositional economic platform and credible, progressive policy solutions.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Why Didn't the Progressive Movement Challenge Kamala Harris?

Recreating the #Resistance of the first Trump administration with such a fragile coalition will be a monumental task.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Scapegoats and Solidarity

Scapegoat politics is a tempting—but harmful—distraction from the real work of solidarity-building.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Don’t Retreat, the Ballot Box Belongs to Working People

Elections aren't the only tool that the working class can use to build power. But as the Right continues to dismantle movement gains, we must use every tool available to us.

Maurice Mitchell

Share Your Thoughts on the Election with In These Times

A space for political community as we continue to process what happened and what's to come.

Jessica Stites

"Why Isn't Everybody Celebrating With Us?"

The bewildered megalomaniac asks why no one is cheering along the 2024 election parade route in a series of new comics curated by editor Matt Bors.

Matt Bors

Out of the Ashes

Democratic failure gave rise to the second round of Trumpism. Collective action is the way out.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

The Power of Dumb

In the Second Trump Era, don't expect reality to be realistic.

Hamilton Nolan

Don't Despair, Organize

Our job on the left is to translate outrage over Trump's agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

What’s The Deal With The Latine Vote?

The diverse Latine experience, shaped by factors like immigration status, race and class, is too often oversimplified—both by outsiders and within our own communities.

Briana L. Ureña-Ravelo

In States Across the Country, Voters Chose to Take On Inequality

In the 2024 election, voters passed ballot initiatives to tax the rich, fund long term care and provide paid leave.

Sarah Anderson

Trump Is Planning a Presidency of, by, and for the Rich

Now that the “pro-worker” GOP led by Donald Trump holds the reins of government, what does it plan to do? A program of handouts for big business and austerity for the rest of us.

Branko Marcetic

Trump's Planned Immigrant Purge Sends Stagnant Private Prison Stocks Soaring

"The GEO Group was built for this unique moment ... and the opportunity that it will bring," said the firm's chair.

Brett Wilkins

What Lesson Should the Dems Take From the 2024 Election? Return to the Working Class

The party should use this inflection point to shift ground—from being the party of well-off college graduates, big corporations, and vacuous “centrism”—to an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.

Robert Reich

Trump 2.0 Poses an Even Bigger Threat to Migrants. Here’s How We Fight Back.

Let’s take concrete action to protect the millions of US residents facing the threat of Trump’s deportation crosshairs.

Silky Shah

7 States Just Enshrined Abortion Rights, as Possibility of a Federal Ban Looms

Many voters backed ballot measures to protect abortion, even as they elected a president who attacks abortion rights.

Lauren Rankin

Trump’s First Term Was Bad for Trans People. His Next Term Promises to Be Worse.

Here are six ways a second Trump administration may try to target trans people. We must organize our resistance now.

Lewis Raven Wallace

Trump's Army of Social Vigilantes Are Coming for Payback

For four years, disciples of MAGA have been waiting for this moment, stewing on the need for social and political retribution. The wait is over—and we need to be ready.

Maximillian Alvarez