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Is Economic Populism the Key to Winning Over Rust Belt Voters?

A new study from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that voters in battleground states want fairness, accountability and immediate relief from rising costs. The results could point the way forward for a Democratic Party stuck in the wilderness.

Jared Abbott

Rural America

In North Carolina, Immigrants Resist the U.S. “Language Graveyard”

Speakers of Hñähñu, an Indigenous language from what is now Mexico, are banding together to preserve their culture.

Anya Petrone Slepyan

Politics

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street

Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.

Michael Beyea Reagan

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