Movements

Nonunion Workers Can Save Unions. We Just Need to Reimagine How We Collect Dues.

The case for voluntary payroll deductions to donate to unions.

Shaun Richman

It’s Time for Unions To Let Go of Exclusive Representation

Janus calls for a radical rethinking of labor law.

James Gray Pope, Ed Bruno, and Peter Kellman

A New Native-Led Strategy for Fighting Keystone XL

At a June corn-planting ceremony, the Ponca Tribe took ownership of land in the pipeline’s path.

Justin Perkins

How To End the Tyranny of the Nonunion Workplace

To overcome right to work, we need rights at work.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

After Janus, How to Tilt the Balance of Power Back to Workers

There’s a simple fix to Janus’s “free-rider” problem.

Jessica Stites and Aaron Tang

How Portland Occupiers Shut Down ICE

Protesters kept the facility closed for 10 days. Although federal police reopened it June 28, occupiers say, "The camp is not going anywhere."

Arun Gupta

Cooperative Banking for Black Lives

After facing decades of disinvestment and targeting by powerful financial institutions, African-American-owned credit unions could offer a way to build economic power and grow black wealth.

Valerie Vande Panne

INVESTIGATION: The Troubled History of the Fund Tapped for Rahm’s Controversial Cop Academy

$20 million in West Side TIF money for job creation has sat unspent, and another $36 million was "ported" to other districts. Now more than $10 million is being used for a police academy that will create only 100 temporary jobs.

Rebecca Burns

Trump Promised to Revive Keystone XL—But TransCanada May Not Even Want to Build It Anymore

The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.

Kate Aronoff

The Link Between Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants and Deaths in the Desert

Trump's policies reduce people first to “illegals,” then to deportation statistics, and, finally, to a scattering of bones in an arroyo.

John Washington

Disabled and Disobedient: How ADAPT Activists Blocked the GOP Healthcare Bill

This wasn't their first day at the rodeo.

s.e. smith

Detroit’s Underground Economy: Where Capitalism Fails, Alternatives Take Root

Over decades of poverty, Detroiters have fostered a resilient informal economy based on trust.

Valerie Vande Panne

Puerto Rico’s Longest-Held Political Prisoner Just Walked Out of U.S. Prison

Oscar López Rivera was welcomed home by large crowds in the Chicago neighborhood where he once lived.

Martín Xavi Macías

Interviews for the Resistance: Live From the Spontaneous Protests at JFK Airport

Hundreds gather to protest Donald Trump's refugee and Muslim bans, and to demand the release of those held at the airport.

Sarah Jaffe

With Donald Trump as President, Americans Are Flocking to Socialism

Membership in the Democratic Socialists of America has surged since the election.

Kate Aronoff

State of Rebellion: How California Is Taking on the Trump Administration

On immigration and other issues, the state's legislature has signaled it does not intend to cooperate with the new president.

Hannah Guzik

DOJ: To Address “Defective” Accountability System, Chicago Must Renegotiate Police Union Contracts

The DOJ's damning report found a pattern of racism and unreasonable force, and that contract provisions hinder investigations.

Adeshina Emmanuel

Yale Worker Who Shattered Racist Window: ‘People are Tired of Being Victims’

Corey Menafee tells In These Times what brought him to the breaking point.

Michelle Chen