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Can Unions Rebuild Our Democracy?

Our institutions have failed to protect democracy. Can unions take up the fight?

Alex Han

Departments

Meet Your Landlord’s Worst Nightmare: Tenants Unions

Nearly half of all renters in 2019 were spending more than 30% of their income on rent and utilities. Tenants have had enough—and they're doing something about it.

Dayton Martindale

ViewpointPalestine

Aaron Bushnell's Sacrifice Was a Deeply Loving Act

War resister Rory Fanning reflects on Aaron Bushnell's legacy.

Rory Fanning

PalestineCulture

Digital Resources for a Free Palestine: A Roundup

In the face of Israel's attacks on Palestinian cultural institutions, we've compiled a list of resources to center and honor Palestinian culture.

Iman Husain

LaborDepartments

Before Shawn Fain, There Was Jerry Tucker

Tucker, a UAW member and union leader, called for a union in solidarity with its workers, not businesses.

In These Times Editors

LaborInterviewPodcast

Uvalde Father Brett Cross Is Fighting so That No One Else Has to Bury Their Child

“At this point, it's not a matter of if it's going to happen to you, it’s a matter of when.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Trump Plans to Make His Massive Tax Cuts for the Rich and Corporations Permanent

The 2024 election will help decide whether the U.S. extends provisions of the Trump tax cuts, which allow the wealthy to steal from the public.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Viewpoint

The Mega Grocery Merger That Workers Would Pay the Price For

The Kroger-Albertsons merger is a threat to grocery workers everywhere. Let’s join the fight to stop it.

Ann Larson

Feature

Unequal Before the Law

Native Americans serve astoundingly longer prison sentences—because they are Native.

Stephanie Woodard

Viewpoint

Biden Talked Rent in the State of the Union—Now He Needs a Real Plan to Deal with the Rent Crisis

The Biden administration can take immediate steps to protect tenants and lower the rent. Here’s how.

Tara Raghuveer

LaborViewpointEn Español

La Historia Laboral Más Importante en Este Momento Está en Minnesota. Podría Ser El Modelo Que Todos Necesitamos.

Una alineación estratégica de redes de sindicatos y grupos comunitarios en Minnesota ha trabajado durante más de una década para aprovechar su poder colectivo.

Sarah Jaffe

Culture

One Portrait Was Too Many. Now There Are 110.

Nayana LaFond’s Portraits in RED series centers the “silent crisis” facing Indigenous women

Sherell Barbee

Departments

Trump's Faux-Populism Is Straight out of the Fascist Playbook

Revisiting Trump's demagoguery on the campaign trail.

In These Times Editors

LaborInterviewPodcast

Rail Jobs Don't Have to Be Deadly

Railroad corporations are packing schedules and loosening workplace safety standards. Workers are paying for it with their lives.

Maximillian Alvarez

Palestine

Your State May Not Count Your "Uncommitted" Vote

Different states have different ways voters can lodge protest votes, if they choose to. We’ve compiled a list of state primary rules below.

In These Times Editors

The Uncommitted Campaign Plans to Send Biden a Message This Super Tuesday

Michigan was just the start. Efforts are underway in multiple states today to tell Biden he must change his policy of unflagging support for Israel’s brutal war on Gaza.

Julia Conley

LaborDispatch

Minnesota's Labor Week of Action Is a Bold Experiment in Social Justice Unionism

A coalition of unions and community groups are uniting to build worker power and win community demands in what's being hailed as a model for social movement unionism.

Amie Stager

LaborViewpoint

The Era of Abundant Labor Reporting Is Coming to an End

Either the labor movement will support journalism, or the good times are finished.

Hamilton Nolan