Interview
LaborInterview
After Biden Blocked Their Strike, Railroad Workers Weigh the Lesser of Two Evils
“I don’t think the screwing that we got in 2022 [is playing] any factor today,” one locomotive engineer says. “I can’t imagine any worker voting for Donald Trump.”
Maximillian Alvarez
Interview
Refusing to be Forgotten in Environmental Sacrifice Zones
Ohioans from East Palestine and Toledo are still imagining and fighting for a healthier future, free from toxic waste and poisoned water.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterview
The Hidden Human Labor Behind AI
A discussion with Craig Gent and James Muldoon about the colonial history of tech infrastructure, its human and environmental costs, and how workers around the world are fighting back.
Sarah Jaffe
PalestineInterviewCulture
Poetry Against Imperialism
Mosab Abu Toha, Safia Elhillo, José Olivarez and Jake Skeets discuss the power of poetry in genocidal times.
Porsha Olayiwola
LaborInterview
Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon
In a special interview, UE President Carl Rosen demands an end to U.S. military aid "because our country is the one that enables Israel to do what it’s doing.”
Sarah Lazare
LaborInterview
Union Buttons are Living Labor History
A conversation with Isaac Silver on his upcoming exhibition, Emblems of Solidarity: Union Buttons & Labor History.
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
FeatureInterview
As All Eyes Are on Chicago This Week, Don't Forget What This City is About
A pivotal teachers’ strike, decades of movement building, and a surprising mayoral victory: Chicago organizers built a mass movement that has transformed the city. A roundtable with Alex Han, Katelyn Johnson, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Jesse Sharkey, Tania Unzueta and J. Patrick Patterson.
J. Patrick Patterson
LaborInterview
Debt Is Wage Theft, Debt Steals Leisure Time, Debt Can Suppress Strikes: Debt Is a Labor Issue
A conversation with organizers across industries on how debt shapes the fight for worker power.
Jason Wozniak, Sara Nelson, Brittany Alston, Olivia Schwob, Jackson Potter and Teresa Romero
Interview
“It’s a system that’s rigged. It’s messed up, and we’re the ones that have to bear that burden."
At a jubilee in Leimert Park, Debt Collective spoke with residents from across Los Angeles about their debts. What we found was solidarity and resistance.
Maddy Clifford
FeatureInterview
What Is the World We Are Imagining Beyond Debt?
A special roundtable on debt abolition and racial capitalism—and how we can organize for a future beyond accumulation. Featuring Stacy Davis Gates, Alex Han, Robin G. Kelley, René Moya and Derecka Purnell.
Jalil Mustaffa Bishop
LaborInterviewPodcast
“Patients should not be treated like commodities”: Baltimore Nurses Are Fighting for a Transformative First Contract
Understaffing leaves nurses pulled in multiple directions and unable to offer optimal care. These nurses are fighting to change that.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Flooding in Brazil Has Displaced More Than 600,000 People From Their Homes as States Slash Prevention Funding
“Underneath is this deep-seated trauma that will last for years and decades and sometimes lifetimes for people.”
Maximillian Alvarez
InterviewCulture
Goodbye Julia Brings Sudan Front and Center
Director Mohamed Kordofani discusses how the film became a powerful exploration of injustice and reconciliation.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
LaborInterviewPodcast
Liz Oliva Fernández on Life in Cuba Under U.S. Embargo
“I didn't know how the sanctions affected me or my friends.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
South Baltimore Residents Have Had Enough of Rail Giant Pollution
Curtis Bay residents rallied at the CSX rail terminal with a simple demand: “We have to remove CSX for the health of our communities.”
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
How Big Business Made a Sacrifice Zone out of South Baltimore
Longtime Baltimore residents on the fight for environmental justice and what it feels like to be "sacrificed" by industry.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInterviewPodcast
Baltimore Longshoreman on the Key Bridge Collapse: “It’s not surprising that this ship lost power.”
Veteran longshoreman John Blom on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the slow recovery ahead for port workers.
Maximillian Alvarez
Interview
Adoption Is Not a Solution to Broken Abortion Law
“An underlying factor for all of the adoptions in my study is that most mothers that I interviewed didn’t want to be relinquishing in the first place.”
Kathryn Joyce
LaborInterviewPodcast
In Ohio's Cancer Cluster, Workers Fight for Justice—and Transparency
“They hired the healthiest workers because it takes us longer to get sick.”
Maximillian Alvarez
PalestineInterview
"This Is in the Spirit of Our Tradition": The First Jewish Biden Appointee Resigns Over Gaza
"It's time for us to stand up against what is happening to Palestinians in our name," Lily Greenberg Call says in an interview with In These Times.
Ari Bloomekatz
ViewpointPalestineInterview
“It's a Statement About Who the University Belongs to”
A roundtable about resistance to privatization and the corporate governance of universities with Eman Abdelhadi (Univ. of Chicago), Calvin John Smiley (Hunter), Layla Hedroug (Yale), Owen Levens (DePaul), and an organizer from National Students for Justice in Palestine.
Nashwa Bawab
LaborInterviewPodcast
East Palestine is a Labor Issue
“Norfolk Southern has not kept their promise to the whole community to make it right.”
Maximillian Alvarez
PalestineInterview
“This Is a Movement of Hope": Wisconsin's Uninstructed Campaign Has Momentum
The Uncommitted national movement has reached Wisconsin, perhaps the most critical swing state in the country, for the April 2 primary. To learn more, In These Times interviewed Wisconsin organizers Reema Ahmad and Kyle Johnson, as well as elected officials Francesca Hong and Ryan Clancy.
Riley Roliff
LaborInterviewPodcast
Organizers Call on Biden to Issue a Major Disaster Declaration for East Palestine
Over a year after the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, residents are struggling to access critical healthcare. A coalition of activists from across the country is urging the Biden administration to take action.
Maximillian Alvarez
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