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Losing the Plot: The “Leftists” Who Turn Right

What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?

Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet

Labor

They Clean After Holiday Shoppers. But They Don't Get to Celebrate with Their Families.

“In my culture, Christmas Eve is our day to celebrate. ... And I’m going to work like it’s a regular day. It’s hard on the kids.”

Sarah Lazare

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The Right is Prepared For This Moment. Are We?

A conversation between Jamelle Bouie, Alex Han, Nancy MacLean, Tarso Luís Ramos and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on the Left’s role in fighting the Right.

Jamelle Bouie, Alex Han, Nancy MacLean, Tarso Luís Ramos and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Dispatch

How a Trailblazing Tenants Union Forced a Mega-Landlord to the Bargaining Table

In less than two weeks, the Blake Street 16 went from facing eviction court to pioneering the first landlord-tenant negotiations in Connecticut's history.

Thomas Birmingham

ComicsThe Right-Wing Issue

Can Comics Fight the Right? We're Going to Try, Anyway.

Investigation

The White House is Working Overtime to Obscure Weapons Sales to Israel. The Senate Is Aiding and Abetting Them.

Picking up White House language, the Senate supplemental bill would conceal weapons sales from Congress and the American people.

Janet Abou-Elias, Lillian Mauldin and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

ViewpointIsrael & Palestine

This Chanukah Is a Time for Palestine Solidarity, From Fasting to Public Disruption

Remembering that Chanukah means “rededication,” as we light the candles each night, we can rededicate ourselves to solidarity with Palestine for the long haul.

Maya Schenwar

DepartmentsIsrael & PalestineThe Right-Wing Issue

History Didn’t Begin on Oct. 7

Here’s what the press gets wrong on Palestine.

In These Times Editors and Hussein Ibish

ViewpointIsrael & Palestine

Why Journalists Must Speak out About Gaza

Attacks on journalism and media are dangerous to us all.

Aja Arnold, Rae Garringer, Rebecca Chowdhury, Tina Vásquez, Irene Vázquez, Victoria Bouloubasis, Charmaine Lang, Nour Saudi and Lewis Raven Wallace

The Circular, Murderous Logic of Henry Kissinger

Kissinger began his career sounding the alarm on fascism—but as America lurched to the right, he followed faithfully.

Greg Grandin

Henry Kissinger Died a Better Death Than He Deserved

Kissinger died a comfortable death surrounded by his loved ones. His victims didn’t get that luxury.

René Rojas, Bhaskar Sunkara and Jonah Walters

Investigation

How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs

Nearly three years ago, Congress gave Israel a pass to stockpile precision-guided bombs “without regard to annual limits.” An inside source confirms that even more have been transferred since October 7.

Ari Tolany, Lillian Mauldin, Janet Abou-Elias and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency

DispatchThe Right-Wing Issue

2023 Was the Year of Anti-Trans Hysteria

23 states passed laws targeting trans youth, with implications for us all.

Heron Greenesmith

LaborIsrael & Palestine

UAW Endorses Cease-Fire, the Largest U.S. Union to Call for an Immediate End to the Violence

The announcement at a news conference where protesters have been on a hunger strike outside of the White House marks a major development for labor and the larger call for a cease-fire.

Mindy Isser

LaborViewpoint

The UAW Just Challenged the Entire Labor Movement to Get More Ambitious

The United Auto Workers announced a new campaign to organize 150,000 new members at non-union shops. Every other major union should follow suit.

Hamilton Nolan

ViewpointRural America

Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of Populism

To call Trump a “populist” is to desecrate the memory of the 19th century movement that took on robber barons like him.

Tim Brinkhof

DispatchCulture

Striking a Chord for Change: The Poor People’s Campaign for Revolution

In an effort to record their first album of movement songs, the New York State chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign is tapping into an old organizing tradition with hopes of inspiring change.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

DispatchCulture

This Chicago Nightclub is Reimagining Safety Through Community Care

"What's a bigger liability? People using substances … or somebody dying from an overdose in your bathroom when you could have had something to prevent that overdose?”

Sonal Soni