The Wisconsin Idea

ViewpointPolitics

Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Keeps Contesting for Power

Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke with more than a dozen organizers about what we’ve won, what we’ve learned about power and what’s still to be done to deliver a more equitable city.

Asha Ransby-Sporn

Viewpoint

Forget America First—Under Trump, It's Corporations First

Big corporations donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being dropped.

Rick Claypool

PalestineInterview

The Best Protection For Students Is a Mass Movement

A conversation with Momodou Taal, the Cornell student suing the Trump Administration for repression against students.

Nidaa Lafi and Momodou Taal

Labor

Agreement Around Freelance Contributors to In These Times

LaborViewpoint

Trump's First 100 Days Have Been an Absolute Disaster for Workers

Trump has gutted labor rights, slashed the federal workforce, and opposed a minimum wage hike. But resistance is brewing.

Sarah Anderson

ViewpointPalestine

Mainstream Media’s Anti-Palestinian Double Standard Is On Full Display

Another day, another racist attack on Rep. Rashida Tlaib that our media completely ignores.

Adam Johnson

LaborDepartments

Arms and L’eggs: Workers Organize Around Job Ailments

Revisiting labor reporter David Moberg's 1983 investigation on the physical toll of industrial labor at a Hanes knitwear factory.

David Moberg

ComicsComics

Ai Should Replace Your Boss And Other Comics

New comics by Tom Tomorrow, Mattie Lubchanksy, Jen Sorensen and Sam Wallman.

Tom Tomorrow, Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen and Sam Wallman

LaborViewpoint

Putting Reentry Out of Business

Unions must think beyond reform and seriously consider abolition—the elimination and eradication of carceral institutions that exacerbate violence and underprepare people for reentry.

Calvin John Smiley