The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Queen Mother: A Chief of Her People

Uncovering the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.

Eleanor J. Bader

Culture

“Art Is A Commons”

An exclusive conversation with aja monet on organizing from a place of love, the legacy of the Maroons and the urgency of art in these times.

Fatima Jalloh

Comics

NYC Under IKEA Law, Lead-Chugging Gladiators and Other Comics

December comics from Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow, and Jen Sorensen.

Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen

Politics

How Movement Organizers In Office Are Responding to the Rise of Authoritarianism

Elected leaders with Local Progress discuss how they are moving progressive policy forward while defending against the assaults of the Trump administration.

Michael Whitesides

LaborFeature

Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class

Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration

Sarah Lazare

Politics

What Socialism Got Right

Writing "The Red Riviera" taught me that even flawed socialist systems offered insights into equality, solidarity, and the dignity of everyday life.

Kristen R. Ghodsee

LaborDepartments

Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations

In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.

In These Times Editors

Podcast

Trump Cuts Leave VA Hospital Nurses and Veteran Patients in a Crisis

Already burdened by years of funding cuts and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis as the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce take effect.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointPalestine

Mamdani Won. Now What?

After two years of a genocide committed by the Israeli government in Gaza, Israel’s grip on the political narrative is slipping.

Nashwa Bawab