Inside ITT

Politics

The Antidote to Fear is Courage

Why we have to be louder and bolder about being against fascism.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Stephanie Guilloud

FeatureInvestigation

“Clever as Serpents”: How a Legal Group’s Anti-LGBTQ Policies Took Root in School Districts Across a State

In Pennsylvania, parents are challenging Independence Law Center policies while trying to avoid a legal case that could go to the conservative Supreme Court.

Kathryn Joyce

DepartmentsHousing

The Rent Is Too Damn High! Time for a Rent Freeze?

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a rent freeze policy, but what does it actually mean?

J. Patrick Patterson

Podcast

Don’t Forget the People of East Palestine

Journalists Maximillian Alvarez and Steve Mellon urge a new approach to journalism as they accept an Izzy award for their work documenting East Palestine.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborClimate

Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers

Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labor, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.

Natalie Donback

Podcast

In Conyers and East Palestine, Residents Face Lingering Effects of Chemical Disasters

From Hawai‘i to Michigan to Ohio, the residents of America’s “sacrifice zones” are comparing notes, and fighting for justice together.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointPolitics

Antifa Everywhere

As Trump revives the war on terror against domestic opposition, what does antifascism mean?

Alberto Toscano

Viewpoint

There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.

As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.

Elizabeth Todd-Breland

Comics

In 2026, Kristi Noem Will Eat a Dog on Live Television

New comics with predictions for the new year and the introduction of MurderKorp, a startup "connecting customers with ordinary people willing to murder someone for them."

Emily Flake, Jen Sorensen, Rob Rogers and Kendra Wells

Podcast

Inside the Fight To Unionize California’s Climbing Gyms

The Touchstone Climbing community unionized five gyms, but now the challenge is demanding a fair contract.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Privatize USPS? Mail Carriers Have a Better Idea

After battling for a fair contract, USPS workers face the threat of privatization, which they warn will harm all Americans.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Uprising of the 20,000

Building worker power has always been an uphill battle. Revisiting history can guide us forward. An interview with Erik Loomis.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Trump Escalates War on Federal Unions

The administration is stripping federal unions of collective bargaining rights, hurting workers and the American people.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Striking Barista on Starbucks' Endgame: “They Don’t Want Working People to Have a Voice"

Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”

Silvia Baldwin

Podcast

“Kill the Cuts”: Federally funded researchers warn DOGE cuts will be fatal

What are workers saying at the front lines of the Kill the Cuts rally in Washington, D.C.?

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education

Educators and organizers from the AAUP how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling higher education as we know it.

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

Union members talk state of the movement and hopes for the future at MULP

Participants at the Minnesota Union Leadership Program chat with Working People on the ground as they refine their skills for the future of the labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Fighting Anti-Queer Backlash with Citizen Archivists

Queer archivist groups like Invisible Histories and the Queer Zine Archive Project are preserving queer history and making it accessible in the face of the federal government's erasure. You can do the same.

Lindsay Eanet