Opinion

Harris Is No Socialist—But Her Economic Plans Are Far Better Than Trump’s

Trump wants to throw more money at the super rich, while Harris is proposing spending on public programs to benefit the working class. While her plans don’t go nearly far enough, they’re superior to the alternative.

Max B. Sawicky

Believe It Or Not, Unions Have Even Bigger Problems than the 2024 Election

With just weeks until Election Day, the current political trends are a warning siren to the labor movement.

Hamilton Nolan

Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Challenging the Cognitive Dissonance of Pro-Israel Liberalism

Coates is taking critiques of Zionism into the mainstream, chipping away at Israel’s increasingly dubious liberal self-image.

Adam Johnson

Big Back Panic: Fatphobia's Rebrand

Anti-fatness is back with a vengeance so aggressive it puts 1990s ​“heroin chic” to shame.

Tee Noir

The Search for Green Common Ground

A capitalist transition to electric cars pits auto workers, transit riders and frontline communities against each other. What happens when they sit down together?

Emmett Hopkins

A Fascist Specter Is Haunting America

Electoral appeals to the American worker are fueling racism against immigrants.

Alberto Toscano

Louisiana’s CRT Ban Continues the Long History Suppressing Black Education

Throughout history, those in power have labeled antiracist pedagogy and the education of Black people as dangerous and inflammatory.

Jesse Hagopian

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