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A Nationwide UPS Strike Could Be Weeks Away

“[A strike] could capture the imagination of people who want a union, but want to join something that they feel is fighting for them.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

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“Chicago Is Leading the Way in Advancing a Real Political Alternative”

Brandon Johnson was inaugurated as Chicago mayor on Monday. What makes the Chicago working-class movement that elected him so different is its willingness to wage audacious fights over protecting and expanding public goods that seem unwinnable.

Micah Uetricht

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How Chicago’s Working-Class Movement Elected Mayor Brandon Johnson

In a conversation with Jacobin, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, city councilor Carlos Rosa, and editor and organizer Alex Han discuss how Chicago’s working-class movement elected one of its own as mayor and where that movement goes now.

Micah Uetricht

InterviewPodcast

Writers Are More Powerful Than the Streaming Industry

“If we turn this career into a gig, into a hobby, the people who are going to be able to do it are the people who have generational wealth and privilege and are just doing this for fun.”

Maximillian Alvarez

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How Right-Wing Media Fuels Transphobic Violence

Kayla Denker, a trans woman, war veteran, and legal gun owner, posted a video online toting a gun in response to CPAC’s call to “eradicate” “transgenderism.” She’s become a target of an internet trans panic mob ever since.

Maximillian Alvarez

Interview

The Three Stages of the Church of Trump

Jeff Sharlet on how the cult of Trump metastasizes.

Sarah Posner

InterviewCulture

Jorts The Cat Wants You To Fight Back

We sat down with the labor movement’s favorite feline to talk about intersectional power, using Twitter for organizing and how his co-workers keep him from falling into the trash.

Aparna Gopalan

Interview

“The People of Chicago Run the City”: Brandon Johnson on His Progressive Vision

We spoke with Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson about public safety, the housing crisis and building a movement against the neoliberal status quo.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterview

IT'S OFFICIAL: Reformer Shawn Fain Wins the UAW Presidency, Talks Plans with Steven Greenhouse in Exclusive Interview

“We need to run contract campaigns where we engage the membership and go after their demands. We haven’t done this in my lifetime.”

Steven Greenhouse

Interview

Q&A with Alex Han, New Executive Director of In These Times

Writer, activist and trade unionist Bill Fletcher Jr. puts our new executive director, Alex Han, in the hot seat.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Alex Han

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To Prevent Future Rail Tragedies, We Need to Nationalize the Rail System

“Corporate greed [is] turning railroads into banks to extract billions and billions of dollars from what should be critical infrastructure.”

Sarah Lazare

LaborInterview

The Supreme Court Could Gut the Right to Strike

C.M. Lewis interviews labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner about a case that could have widespread implications for unions across the country.

C.M. Lewis

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“The Lesson Here Is That the System Is Cruel”: Keri Blakinger on Prison Journalism

The formerly incarcerated reporter speaks out on the challenges of prison reporting and her new memoir, Corrections in Ink.

Maggie Duffy

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Democrats Need To Be Even Better on Abortion To Win the “Blue Tsunami” They Need

An interview about the midterms with reproductive justice pioneer Loretta Ross.

Andrea Plaid

FeatureInterview

Why Nina Turner Is Taking on the Establishment Again

On her second run for Congress, the plainspoken progressive is still calling it as she sees it.

Maximillian Alvarez

Interview

What U.S. Organizers Can Learn From Brazil's Landless Workers Movement

In an interview, Rebecca Tarlau explains that 40 years of struggle by Brazil's landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler