The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Interview

How Chicago’s Working-Class Movement Elected Mayor Brandon Johnson

In a conversation with Jacobin, Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates, city councilor Carlos Rosa, and editor and organizer Alex Han discuss how Chicago’s working-class movement elected one of its own as mayor and where that movement goes now.

Micah Uetricht

Viewpoint

Helen Gym Has Won Big for Working People

Critics claim that Helen Gym has no track record of tangible accomplishments. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

David I. Backer

InterviewPodcast

Writers Are More Powerful Than the Streaming Industry

“If we turn this career into a gig, into a hobby, the people who are going to be able to do it are the people who have generational wealth and privilege and are just doing this for fun.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The WGA Strike Is More Than an Issue of Pay—it’s Part of the Battle for Diversity and Inclusion in Hollywood

For the first time in 15 years, 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 2, mostly asking for higher pay and better employment terms. But that’s not the end of the story.

Jireh Deng

Police Unions Are Spitting in the Face of Solidarity

A Florida anti-union bill reminds us why we need to kick cops out of the labor movement.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Private Jets Are Dirty Luxuries for the Ultra Rich. Let’s Tax Them.

The private jet industry is destroying the climate and intensifying inequality. Rather than providing subsidies, we should tax the hell out of it.

Kalena Thomhave and Omar Ocampo

Labor

Airline Pilots in the U.S. Are Barreling Closer to a Possible Strike

American Airlines pilots have voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job over substandard working conditions—and pilots at Southwest are now conducting their own strike authorization vote.

Jeff Schuhrke

Interview

How Right-Wing Media Fuels Transphobic Violence

Kayla Denker, a trans woman, war veteran, and legal gun owner, posted a video online toting a gun in response to CPAC’s call to “eradicate” “transgenderism.” She’s become a target of an internet trans panic mob ever since.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpoint

My Great-Uncle Was Shot at the Memorial Day Massacre. Why Was This Working Class History Silenced?

In 1937, police killed striking steel workers in Chicago, but the story behind the tragedy was repressed. No more.

Carol Quirke

Sabotage for the Planet?

A review of the "cool heist film" How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

Daniel Schindel

Departments

This Season’s Hottest Trend: Anti-Consumption

Deinfluencers are inviting us to consume less—is it just a fad?

In These Times Editors

Labor

"The Companies Have Broken This Business": Hollywood Writers Begin Strike

Over 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike Tuesday, demanding fair compensation and employment guarantees from major studios and streaming giants.

Jon Queally

Viewpoint

Democrats Shouldn’t Fall for McCarthy’s Debt Limit Ransom Attempt

Republicans are threatening to tank the global economy if President Biden doesn’t agree to slash spending on social welfare programs. It’s a trap.

Max B. Sawicky

Labor

At UFCW, A Reform Movement Rises

Can essential workers follow auto workers and revolutionize their union?

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

The Complicated Case for Gender Equality in Football

Is equal opportunity brain damage really a feminist win?

Frankie de la Cretaz

LaborPodcast

Working People Podcast: University of Michigan Tried to Stop a Strike. It Didn't Go How They Planned.

Unable to stop the strike through the courts, university administrators have resorted to calling campus police, docking pay, and pressuring faculty to report on strikers, organizers say.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

The Upsurge Podcast: UPS Contract Negotiations Have Begun ... Sort Of.

While CEO Carol Tomé has insisted that the company and the union are "not far apart on the issues," some workers feel that their behavior at the bargaining table paints a different picture.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Viewpoint

Democrats Should Run on Progressive Approaches to Public Safety. Here’s Proof.

Brandon Johnson’s victory in Chicago and the failure of attacks on bail reform in Illinois show that voters want to address the root causes of crime. Democratic Party, take notice.

Will Tanzman and Tanya Watkins