The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

LaborPalestine

In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000

The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.

Hannah Bowlus

Rural America

An EPA Plan to Curb Pollution Could Dump More of It Into Black Neighborhoods

A Biden Administration rule could remove "forever chemicals" from our drinking water—by incinerating them in low-income sacrifice zones.

Adam Mahoney

LaborCulture

Weaving a Feminist Movement

Women in Bengaluru are unraveling patriarchy, stitch by stitch, song by song.

Panthea Lee (李佩珊)

Palestine

New Poll Shows Biden Risking 20% of Voters in Key Battleground States

“We found that across all five states, a critical margin of voters—roughly one in five [or more]—are less likely to vote for Biden on account of his handling of the war in Gaza.”

Christina Lieffring

ViewpointPalestine

Education in Gaza Has Been Decimated, but the Spirit of Refaat Alareer Will Prevail

The student encampments and other protests like the "Fund Education, Not Genocide" rally in Washington D.C. this week are the expressions of solidarity and activism we need.

Yousef Aljamal

Labor

In Tough Loss, the High-Profile UAW Campaign at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama Falls Short

“This is probably the most strategic and organized union busting campaign in decades,” said one Mercedes-Benz worker.

Sarah Jaffe

Departments

Prioritizing Pleasure in our Movements

Embracing joy can give insight into the type of world we want to live in—and the motivation to work toward it.

J. Patrick Patterson

LaborInterviewPodcast

In Ohio's Cancer Cluster, Workers Fight for Justice—and Transparency

“They hired the healthiest workers because it takes us longer to get sick.”

Maximillian Alvarez

PalestineInterview

"This Is in the Spirit of Our Tradition": The First Jewish Biden Appointee Resigns Over Gaza

"It's time for us to stand up against what is happening to Palestinians in our name," Lily Greenberg Call says in an interview with In These Times.

Ari Bloomekatz

Labor

Casino Workers Are Fighting for the Air They Breathe

“Why are our lives less important than every other employee in the state of New Jersey?”

Kim Kelly

LaborViewpoint

Union Power Can Change Campus Protests Forever

A strike authorization vote at the University of California over repression of Gaza protesters hints at labor's political potential.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

AI Is Already Being Used to Kill Palestinians in Gaza

Artificial intelligence is currently being deployed by the Israeli military in its brutal assault. The tech isn’t a future threat—it’s here.

Saqib Bhatti

Palestine

“We Are Going to Rally an Army”: Christian Zionists and Far-Right Zealots Are Actually Trying to Take Over Colleges

Aidan Orly

DispatchRural America

Oklahoma Tribes Are Fighting Corporate Consolidation of the Cattle Industry—and Building Food Sovereignty

“Food is power, and having control over your food sources is the difference between independence or subjugation.”

Ben Felder

DispatchRural America

In Texas, SpaceX's Rocket Facility is Blocking Public Beach Access

A proposed land trade would hand over even more of Boca Chica to SpaceX.

Joseph Bullington

ViewpointElection 2024

Unable to Defend Biden’s Gaza Policy on Its Merits, Elite Pundits Turn to Anti-Zoomer Psychobabble

According to mainstream commentators, kids these days are opposing U.S.-backed mass killing because of Chinese psyops, rigid groupthink and social contagion.

Adam Johnson

ViewpointPalestineElection 2024

Antifascism After Gaza

Genocide abroad—and growing political repression at home—prove that the “fascism question” goes far beyond Trump.

Alberto Toscano

ViewpointPalestineInterview

“It's a Statement About Who the University Belongs to”

A roundtable about resistance to privatization and the corporate governance of universities with Eman Abdelhadi (Univ. of Chicago), Calvin John Smiley (Hunter), Layla Hedroug (Yale), Owen Levens (DePaul), and an organizer from National Students for Justice in Palestine.

Nashwa Bawab