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Class and Gaza Contradictions on Display at the DNC as Harris Looks to Labor to Defeat Trump
"In this struggle to compel the Democratic party, the progressive wing—along with organized labor—are making a run at the platform," says the CTU's Stacy Davis Gates.
Jacqui Germain
ViewpointElection 2024
To Beat Trump, Harris Should Talk About Harris
It is a way to share who they are, reminding us of who we are, and why we must choose to act now—a story of self, a story of us, and a story of now. And this year, the outcome of the election could well depend on whether Kamala Harris can tell us this story.
Marshall Ganz
PalestineElection 2024
Spurned by the DNC, the Uncommitted Movement Staged a Sit-in
The Democratic Party refused the request to allow a short, vetted speech by a Palestinian on the main stage.
Eman Abdelhadi
ViewpointPalestineElection 2024
Genocide and the English Language
The disjunction between our political language and political reality reveals the vacuum of thought in the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Alberto Toscano
ViewpointElection 2024
Kamala Harris Can Do Better Than This
The most striking thing about the Democratic nominee’s economic platform is its timidity. She could go much further to lift up the working class.
Max B. Sawicky
ViewpointPalestine
It's Not a Question. To Win in November, Harris Needs to Break From Biden and Trump on Gaza.
Harris must immediately break from disastrous policies that put the demands of warmongers and war profiteers over human rights and justice.
Ramah Kudaimi
LaborInterview
Union Buttons are Living Labor History
A conversation with Isaac Silver on his upcoming exhibition, Emblems of Solidarity: Union Buttons & Labor History.
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
ViewpointElection 2024
Kamala Harris Should Run on Ending the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers
As the DNC convenes in Chicago, Democrats should follow the city’s lead by embracing a pro-worker policy that ends a legacy of discrimination and exploitation.
Nataki Rhodes and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
And the Band Played On
Pia Guerra
ViewpointElection 2024Rural America
Republicans Will Weaponize Rural Suffering as Long as Democrats Ignore It
JD Vance is a poser, but he’s telling a dangerously compelling story about rural America that Democrats are doing nothing to defuse.
Joseph Bullington
Election 2024Comics
Get Your DNC Bingo Card Here!
Fox News freaks out? Tim Walz tells a dad joke? Random delegate becomes a viral sensation? The Chicago Tribune throws a tantrum?
Brian McFadden
"Sex work is work / My body is my business / #Decrim" reads a large red sign held by a marcher
LaborElection 2024
What Sex Workers Want from Kamala Harris
In an open letter, sex workers laid out how a Harris administration could rein in danger and criminalization.
Kim Kelly
ViewpointPalestineElection 2024
Democrats Shouldn't Isolate Abortion Access
Democratic leaders appear set on siloing abortion access from other critical issues—including the genocide in Gaza. That’s a mistake.
Anne Rumberger
ViewpointPalestineElection 2024
"And Now They Want Our Votes"
Eman Abdelhadi's speech from the "Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws" demonstration on Aug. 18 in Chicago.
Eman Abdelhadi
10 Things To Do in Chicago That Aren't Taking Pictures at the Bean—and Don't Involve Giving Money to Large Corporations
If you're coming to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention or live here and want to know more about your city, forget The Bean and check out these important spots.
In These Times Editors
FeatureInterview
As All Eyes Are on Chicago This Week, Don't Forget What This City is About
A pivotal teachers’ strike, decades of movement building, and a surprising mayoral victory: Chicago organizers built a mass movement that has transformed the city. A roundtable with Alex Han, Katelyn Johnson, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Jesse Sharkey, Tania Unzueta and J. Patrick Patterson.
J. Patrick Patterson
FeaturePalestineElection 2024
How to Listen to Michigan at the DNC in Chicago
From Dearborn to Benton Harbor, working people in the Great Lakes State are building progressive power. One of the efforts that emerged transformed into the Uncommitted national movement.
Eman Abdelhadi
ViewpointElection 2024
4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus
As the Democratic National Convention descends on Chicago, protesters are taking to the streets demanding an end to U.S. support for the genocide in Gaza. Don’t buy the arguments of those criticizing them.
Adam Johnson
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