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Palestine
Recognizing Palestinian Statehood Is the Floor. Liberation Must Be the Ceiling.
One by one, nations formally recognized the State of Palestine. But what does that mean with Gaza reduced to rubble?
Hend Salama Abo Helow
LaborPolitics
The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back
"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”
Maurizio Guerrero
FeatureCover Story
American Narcissus
Pete Hegseth is a modern-day Narcissus: preoccupied with image, extravagantly unqualified for his position yet extraordinarily self-assured, morally bankrupt, intellectually barren and as empty as a shattered amphora.
Kim Kelly
Dispatch
Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Protesting His Abduction
“I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.”
Sarah Lazare
Politics
Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?
People from across the country marched. Now what?
Luis Feliz Leon
LaborDepartments
Pensions: "Captives of Wall Street"
We revisit Marc Weiss' take on pensions and power in this 1979 review of the book The North Will Rise Again by Rifkin and Barber.
In These Times Editors
Dispatch
“They’re Not Welcome”: How Chicago Residents Are Resisting Trump’s ICE Invasion of the City
As ICE wreaks chaos and violence in neighborhoods across Chicago, teams of rapid responders are protecting residents and challenging Trump’s attempted occupation by fighting fear through solidarity.
Danny Postel
ViewpointPolitics
Charlie Kirk and the Free Speech Hoax
The Right doesn't really care about free speech, and their reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk proves it.
Shane Burley
Politics
The Urgent Healthcare Crisis at the Heart of the Government Shutdown
Healthcare costs are about to skyrocket for working Americans, but Republican lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy.
Karen Dolan
LaborViewpoint
A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires
The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.
Sare Myklebust and Saqib Bhatti
LaborCulture
Weathering Backlash with Care Infrastructure
The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.
Briana M. Bivens
FeatureInterview
The Pain and Possibility of Pensions
A roundtable discussion with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, CalPERS board member and SEIU Local 521 President Mullissa Willette and Evan Sutton of #TeslaTakedown
J. Patrick Patterson
Labor
The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy
The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.
Conor Lynch
Culture
The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
In a new biography, Susana M. Morris reflects on the devolution of American empire through the lens of Butler’s life
Aina Marzia
Departments
More Than Social Security; Universal Retirement Access for All
Every worker, no matter the job, should have a reliable way to build a nest egg.
J. Patrick Patterson
Palestine
Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk
Global activists aim to halt the Gaza genocide by interrupting the flow of arms to Israel.
Tyler Walicek
InterviewClimate
Transitioning Out of Capitalism Towards a Green Future
A conversation with the authors of "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future" about what it will take to build a livable world for all.
Sarah Jaffe
LaborViewpoint
Unleashing Retirement Scammers
The Trump administration has reopened a loophole that allows investment brokers to enrich themselves at clients' expense.
Bryce Covert