Opinion

Eric Adams Allegedly Took Bribes to Erase the Genocide That Killed My Ancestors

The mayor’s silence on the Armenian genocide mirrors his refusal to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Jesse Hagopian

In the Shadow of the Obama Center, Chicago Residents Fight Displacement

Investors are snapping up homes in the South Shore neighborhood, but a new tenants union is fighting back.

Fran Quigley

The Warning Signs for Kamala Harris's Campaign Are Flashing Red

With only weeks left until Election Day, Harris can go from underdog to frontrunner by winning over working-class and anti-war voters.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Jews and Democrats Are Not Sending Hurricanes to Kill Trump Supporters

How climate change conspiracy theories are shifting attention from systemic causes to convenient scapegoats.

Shane Burley

Winning Worker Rights Requires Fixing U.S. Democracy

Gerrymandering and the filibuster are holding back wage increases, the right to unionize and other benefits for workers. 

Paul Sonn

School Curriculum Supports the Genocide. Here’s How Teachers Can Push Back.

Bill Bigelow

What Happened to Protest Music?

The success of Macklemore's "Hind's Hall" offers hope for a resurgence of protest music.

Ivie Ani

A Fateful Year: How It Feels to Lose Gaza

A year after October 7, In These Times contributor Yousef Aljamal reflects on the complete destruction of Gaza and the deaths of so many friends and family members.

Yousef Aljamal

A SWANA Space to Exist

As we pass one year of genocide, Salon Kawakib will not be silenced and we will celebrate our own anniversary: two years of cultural organizing and building community in Chicago.

Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel

The High Stakes of Mapping the Midwest

How can a state continue to be deadlocked with a legislature controlled by Trumpian Republicans when it’s been busy electing not just Democrats but, in many cases, progressive Democrats?

John Nichols

Faux Populism Takes Center Stage at Vice-Presidential Debate

Tuesday’s debate offers Democrats a warning about how much more appealing Trumpism can be when presented in an equally mendacious but more competent way.

Akil Vicks

Citibank Is Bankrolling The Largest Offshore Oil Facility In the U.S.—Just Miles From My Home

As part of the historic Summer of Heat campaign, I went to Citibank’s headquarters to demand climate justice—where dozens of protesters were arrested.

Sue Page

The Disturbing Reason Trump and Vance Peddle Lies About Immigrants

The influx of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio is a success story, not a scandal. But when powerful people don’t want to share prosperity, they lie.

Peter Certo

"We Can’t Arrest Our Way to Liberation"

After the Palestinian Nabala Cafe was attacked, owner Eyad Zeid decided not to turn to police. Instead, he found strength and support in community.

Eyad Zeid

Feminism, Debt and Organizing Against Argentina’s Far Right

Debt is a Crucial Organizing Avenue Against Argentina’s Far Right.

Verónica Gago and Lucí Cavallero

New York Times Repeats U.S. Government’s Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part of Iranian Plot

Where is the actual evidence that Iranian operatives “posing as students” are helping organize and fund campus protests over the war on Gaza?

Adam Johnson

The Weird and Stupid Teamsters Non-Endorsement Fiasco

Refusing to endorse a presidential candidate will do nothing to stop Trump and the GOP’s war on workers.

Hamilton Nolan

Exiting Prison With No Money, No Credit and No Way to Avoid Debt

How the consequences of incarceration and reentry create financial–and social–debt.

Calvin John Smiley