April 2025 Volume 49, Issue 03

April 2025
Viewpoint
Notes From an Arab on Surviving Trump
Eman Abdelhadi
Feature
Now Is the Time for Big Ideas
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Chenjerai Kumanyika
Palestine
Will The Zionist Dream of Ethnically Cleansing Gaza Work?
Yousef Aljamal
A Love Letter to the Student Movement
Carrie Zaremba
Dispatch
Environmentalists and Community Members Band Together Against Buc-ee's
Lewis Raven Wallace
Interview
Kaveh Akbar's Narratives of Love
Aina Marzia
Culture
Comics
Oh, I'm Just a $5 Bill and Other Comics
Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen, Eli Valley and Tom Tomorrow
Departments
The Big Idea: Capitalist Realism
J. Patrick Patterson

Comics
Oh, I'm Just a $5 Bill and Other Comics
Comics by Eli Valley and more about the times we're in.
Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen, Eli Valley and Tom Tomorrow

InterviewCulture
Kaveh Akbar's Narratives of Love
An exclusive conversation with the bestselling author of <i>Martyr!</i> on the moral crises we're facing.
Aina Marzia

Dispatch
Environmentalists and Community Members Band Together Against Buc-ee's
The Texas mega-chain is looking to expand across the nation, polluting air and water, crowding small town streets, and paving over cultural sites.
Lewis Raven Wallace

Viewpoint
Notes From an Arab on Surviving Trump
If the evil of this place is just now catching up with your own life, you have probably been one of the more fortunate.
Eman Abdelhadi

Viewpoint
It's Up to the Left to Do What's Right
Executive Director Alex Han urges readers of In These Times to understand and develop strategies against the Right.
Alex Han

Departments
The Big Idea: Capitalist Realism
Capitalism is not the only way to organize our society. To move beyond it, the Left needs to imagine viable alternatives.
J. Patrick Patterson

PalestineDispatch
Will The Zionist Dream of Ethnically Cleansing Gaza Work?
Trump and Netanyahu Want to Clear Gaza of Palestinians. Apparently they haven't met us.
Yousef Aljamal

Palestine
A Love Letter to the Student Movement
Repression of the Palestine movement is now here, so what must be done? Four practical steps for the next phase.
Carrie Zaremba

Culture
Trump’s Reign of Terror on Schools—and How We Fight Back
It’s not enough to be afraid of the laws and rules we don’t want to see in schools. We have to clarify our visions of what we are fighting for.
Eve L. Ewing