Opinion

Unions Without Strikes

Today's labor movement has been built to rely on forms of power that are all going away.

Hamilton Nolan

How Sweeping Tariffs Came to Be and Why It Matters

Targeted tariffs could be an important part of an industrial policy tool kit—but Trump's sweeping tariff policy will harm workers, not help them.

Todd N. Tucker

Trump's Tariffs Have Nothing to Do With Liberation

Trade justice demands systemic reform: binding labor rights, climate protections and democratic accountability. Trump's poorly designed tariffs offer none of that.

Iza Camarillo

Unions as a 21st Century Anti-Fascist Force

Trump and his MAGA movement are conspiring with oligarchs to turn the U.S. into a rightwing authoritarian state. The labor movement can play a key role in fighting back.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

“Do Not Participate”: The Absurd Excuse Notre Dame Gave Me When They Canceled My Talk

What a tragedy when we cannot rely on universities to house our most critical conversations.

Eman Abdelhadi

More Than 1,800 Academics Say They Will Boycott Columbia—and the Number Is Growing

Columbia's acquiescence to Trump was disgraceful. As faculty, we demand better.

Jessica Halliday Hardie and Ajantha Subramanian

Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents

While the Trump administration targets hundreds over their constitutionally protected right to political speech, Democratic leadership and influential media pundits have largely stayed quiet.

Adam Johnson and Sarah Lazare

They Are Disappearing People

Trump is turning deportation into a weapon of mass destruction. None of us—undocumented immigrants, people with papers, naturalized citizens or native-born citizens—are safe.

Sonali Kolhatkar

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

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

The Labor Movement Should Stand Up for Mahmoud Khalil

Unions have a moral imperative to defend against illegal attacks on political speech. That means demanding justice for Mahmoud Khalil.

Jimmy Williams Jr.

The Strange Bedfellows Fighting School Vouchers

In the roiling politics of so-called “school choice,” public school advocates have some unexpected allies on the Right.

Jennifer Berkshire

No, Elon Musk, Social Security Isn’t a “Ponzi Scheme”

Right-wing billionaires have long wanted to shred the safety net. Under Trump, they’re using lies and fears over the deficit to debilitate Social Security.

Max B. Sawicky

Gaping at the Cult of Trump

Trump's address to Congress was a reminder that the school bullies are now in charge.

Hamilton Nolan

MAGA’s Latin American Models

Latin America offers more telling parallels for what to expect from U.S. authoritarianism—and better lessons on how to fight back.

Naomi Braine

Trump's Attack on Science Is an Attack on the Public

The Trump administration is defunding and censoring science to serve corrupt corporate interests.

Basav Sen

The Movement Supporting Public Employees Is Rising

Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of "efficiency," are slashing and burning public services.

Sarah Jaffe

The Democratic Capitulation Point

Hope begins when Democratic Party leadership gives way to the Left. Unions can make it happen.

Hamilton Nolan