The Wisconsin Idea
Comics
Comics To Fight Fires In LA
New comics by Jen Sorensen and more.
ViewpointPolitics
Trump Is Already Planning Colossal Tax Giveaways to Corporations and Billionaires
President Trump campaigned on lowering prices for Americans. Instead, his first priority is to cut taxes for the super rich while slashing social programs for working people.
Lindsay Owens
Housing
BREAKING: Seattle Defies Landlord Lobby, Votes to Fund Social Housing
Despite a deluge of corporate cash, the measure to fund an ambitious plan for mixed-income, publicly owned housing appears to have won big.
Rebecca Burns
Investigation
Hearing: New Haven Testifies On Its Mold Crisis
Less than two months after an In These Times investigation on the nation’s unrecognized mold health care crisis, one city at its center shows signs of taking action.
Thomas Birmingham
LaborViewpoint
Amid Lots of Bad News for Working People, a Win in New Orleans Offers Hope
The Workers' Bill of Rights—supported by more than 80% of voters—is the latest tool to reduce labor exploitation.
Sarah Jaffe
Culture
Detty December Brings Euphoria and Hope for Ghana’s Future
President John Mahama’s re-election gave some Ghanaians "cautious optimism" during the festival season.
Ernest Ankomah and Emmanuel Kwame Sarpong
Labor
After Gaza Cease-fire, the Labor Movement Isn’t Done Fighting for Palestinian Freedom
Networks of U.S. union organizers are calling for an end to a system of apartheid in Israel and cessation of all armed conflict in the region.
Jeff Schuhrke
LaborInterview
This Labor Leader Who Nearly Unseated a GOP Senator Wants More Working-Class Candidates to Run
Dan Osborn ran as an independent in Nebraska and came close to ousting a two-term Republican incumbent. He’s not done taking on the billionaire class.
Steve Early
PalestineInterview
Our Fight Doesn’t End at Cease-Fire
A conversation with pro-Palestine organizers looking towards the next phase of struggle: disrupting the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel.
Nashwa Bawab
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