The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Comics

Trump Hulk Smash Democracy!

New election and cease-fire comics, curated by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Bors

Niccolo Pizarro, Jen Sorensen, Brian McFadden and Tom Tomorrow

Trump’s Plan to Deport Millions of Immigrants Would Be a Nightmare for Workers and the Economy

Mass deportations could spike inflation, lower the GDP and lead to massive job losses for U.S.-born workers.

David Dyssegaard Kallick and Daniel Costa

ViewpointCultureDepartments

The Ways We Show Up After November 5

My sights are set on lifting up art that pushes for a world with disability justice and abolition and queer liberation, a future in which Palestine and Sudan and the Congo are free.

Sherell Barbee

PalestineElection 2024

Uncommitted Co-Founder Says Trump Is "Preying on the Pain of Arab and Muslim American Voters"

Abbas Alawieh says he will vote for Harris "as a Democratic strategist and as someone who’s in a swing state," but is "still terrified by the vacuum that she’s leaving."

In These Times Staff

DispatchRural America

Not in Our Nursing Homes

In Wisconsin, seniors are leading the charge to protect their own healthcare.

George Goehl

PalestineElection 2024

Project for the Old American Century

What Harris’ embrace of the Cheneys tells us about Democrats’ worldview.

Alberto Toscano

Labor

Waffle House Workers, At the Front Lines of Disasters, Demand More

The 24-hour chain famously stays open come hell or high water (inspiring FEMA’s Waffle House Index), but pays workers as little as $3 an hour.

Kim Kelly

Interview

Refusing to be Forgotten in Environmental Sacrifice Zones

Ohioans from East Palestine and Toledo are still imagining and fighting for a healthier future, free from toxic waste and poisoned water.

Maximillian Alvarez

DispatchRural America

Can Native Voters Carry Montana?

From Billings to Fort Peck, organizers are working to register Indigenous voters—and believe they might shift the needle.

Joseph Bullington

Labor

Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse.

The Right has given us plenty of indications of the dangers a second Trump term could pose to labor. To see how bad things might get, we can look to another example of a brutally anti-labor presidency: Ronald Reagan’s.

Chris Bohner

ViewpointPalestine

“The Children,” James Baldwin Wrote, “Are Always Ours, Every Single One of Them"

Saqib Bhatti laments the unbearable task of parenting during genocide—from the United States to Gaza.

Saqib Bhatti

ViewpointElection 2024

Democrats Don't Need a Coach, They Need a Teacher

The choice to campaign as "Coach" Walz may be as tactically bankrupt as it is morally so: if Americans truly want an American football coach, isn’t that the "you're fired" persona Trump already embodies?

Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva

LaborFeature

Chicago Teachers Have an Ally As Mayor—Now They’re Fighting for a Historic Contract

The Chicago Teachers Union is working to use its newfound political power to win a broad set of “common good” demands while realizing a vision of world-class public education.

Kari Lydersen

Comics

Ugh, the Election. If Only It Didn't Matter.

New comics curated by two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Matt Bors

ViewpointElection 2024

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

FeatureInvestigation

As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root

Chronic mold has become an epidemic as severe as lead paint, but neither cities nor landlords are taking responsibility.

Thomas Birmingham

LaborInterview

The Hidden Human Labor Behind AI

A discussion with Craig Gent and James Muldoon about the colonial history of tech infrastructure, its human and environmental costs, and how workers around the world are fighting back.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

The Right Believes It Has the Supreme Court Votes to Overturn Labor Law

Unions need to plan a response now.

Shaun Richman