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On Inauguration Day, Don’t Go to Work. Don’t Buy Anything. We Need A National Strike to Stop Trump.
A call for a national "Sick Out" on Jan. 20, 2017.
Marianne Hastings
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Seizing the Moment: 40 Years of In These Times
Pushing America Left since 1976.
Jessica Stites
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20 Lessons from the 20th Century on How to Survive in Trump’s America
A history professor looks to the past to remind us to do what we can in the face of the unthinkable.
Timothy Snyder
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An Indigenous Organizer at Standing Rock Speaks on Police Repression, Climate Chaos and Donald Trump
The water protectors at Standing Rock are still defiant in opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Dayton Martindale
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Why Donald Trump’s Election Moved This 19-Year-Old to Tears
A college student reacts to her first election: "We were on the precipice of breaking the glass ceiling."
Samantha Knapp
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A Q&A with Jane McAlevey: “We Can Turn This Thing Around More Quickly Than Most People Think”
The longtime labor organizer reflects on the election and talks about where we go from here.
Kate Aronoff
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Donald Trump’s Election Means We Need a Third Reconstruction in America
Even in this dark moment, we must see our potential for prophetic resistance.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Why Our Universities Must Provide Sanctuary to Undocumented Immigrants
In the age of Trump, it's more important than ever for our learning institutions to join the fight against racism and xenophobia.
Alecia Richards
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Jeff Sessions Is Trump’s Nominee to Head the DOJ. Is Police Reform Doomed?
Trump's DOJ could halt federal efforts to reform police departments, but activists vow to continue the fight at the local level.
Adeshina Emmanuel
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Trump’s Victory Is a Wake-Up Call to the Left
Did we do enough in 2016? And how can we build a broader electoral movement?
Lynn Koh
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The Human Face of Illinois’ Budget Crisis
A new video series from Kartemquin Films and In These Times
Kartemquin Films and In These Times
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How Inequality Guts Democracy, Suppresses the Vote And Keeps the GOP in Power
If you're poor, you're more likely to prefer Democrats, but not vote. If you're affluent, you're more likely to favor Republicans and actually vote.
Theo Anderson
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Donald Trump May Have Won—But This Is No Right-Wing Revolution
What the data can tell us on what went wrong, and how to move forward.
Mike Davis
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“The Death of the Optimism of an Entire Generation”: College Students React to Trump’s Election
Millennials—who overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton—had a range of reactions, from despair to defiance.
Olivia Adams
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President Trump Is Just What the Private Prison Industry Ordered
The president-elect's policies will help not only private prison companies but, as a new report explains, the banks that help finance them.
Charles Davis
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Fighting Trump Isn’t Enough—We Must Also Wage War Within the Democratic Party
Absent our activism, the changing face of the GOP will continue to drag the Democrats further to the right.
Shaun Richman
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Meet the 21-year-old Undocumented Student Who Called Out Rahm Emanuel to His Face Over Immigration
Luis Gomez publicly blasted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Luis Gutiérrez for failing to do enough to protect all immigrants facing the threat of a Trump presidency—and for supporting Hillary Clinton and “stale neoliberal policies” over Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Inside Afghanistan’s Internally Displaced Person Camps
Uprooted by war and rejected by the EU and Pakistan, many Afghans live in ramshackle conditions with little-to-no aid.
Mohammed Harun Arsalai
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After Trump’s Election, I Regret Being Leftier-Than-Thou. It’s Time To Get To Know My Neighbors.
In addition to organizing resistance, progressives should build communities that support and protect the vulnerable.
Frida Berrigan
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Our Movements Are Powerful, the Institutional Left Isn’t the Solution. Here’s What We Should Do Now.
We can't let the failure of the Democratic Party and the liberal establishment confuse us into thinking that our grassroots movements are losing—they're not.
Nicole Carty
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America Is About to Become a Global Pariah
No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, Donald Trump's win means they will now look at us differently.
Neal Gabler
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Trump Won Because the Democratic Party Failed, Not Because the White Working Class Revolted
It’s time to stop uselessly pouring energy into the black hole of the Democratic Party.
Arun Gupta
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Why Rahm Emanuel’s Community Investment Fund Would Be a Blank Check for Financiers
Progressives should oppose the "Chicago Community Catalyst Fund," which goes to a vote in City Council November 16.
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
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Robert Reich: It’s Time to Dismantle the Democratic Party and Start Anew
Trump's victory only confirms that the Democratic Party as it stands is a corporate fundraising machine that doesn't speak to the needs of working people. We need to build a party that actually represents the working class.
Robert Reich
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