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The Epstein Class Are the Warped Elites They Pretend to Hate
For years, MAGA has attacked minority groups in the name of “protecting women and children.” It turns out the real abusers are the wealthy and powerful.
Sonali Kolhatkar
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Here's What We Know
We know that this is not about Iran’s people, it’s about Iran’s oil and wealth.
Eman Abdelhadi
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It’s the Trump Administration That’s Threatening the World—Not Iran
As the White House takes the U.S. to war, here are five reasons to oppose the attacks on Iran.
Khury Petersen-Smith
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Trump’s State of the Union Ignored the Root Cause of Affordability Problems
Rising inequality hurts families, but taxing the ultra-rich can help. On Tuesday night, Trump steered clear of advocating this effective solution to our economic emergency.
Josh Bivens
ViewpointPolitics
No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of negotiations that had already succeeded.
Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Fought for Economic Justice, Dies at 84
“His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by,” said Jackson’s family.
Jake Johnson
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In the Fight Against ICE, Kids Are on the Front Lines
From tear gas attacks to violent abductions, we are collectively witnessing the mass-scale abuse of children. Young people are fighting back.
Madeline Lane-McKinley
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How Democratic Socialists of America Has Developed Into a "Movement Party"
The rapid growth of DSA in recent decades is part of a global phenomenon of voters and activists from the Left and Right who distrust the political establishment and traditional parties, and have formed what scholar Fabian Holt calls “movement parties.”
David Duhalde
LaborViewpoint
Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too
The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.
Sarah Lazare
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A Magazine and Political Movement Intending to Change the World
The words of In These Times founder, James Weinstein, still ring true 50 years later: “No political movement can be healthy unless it has its own press to inform it, educate it and orient it.”
Alex Han
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Empire of Extortion
The abduction of Venezuela’s president and the plunder of its oil signal a new and dangerous phase in U.S. foreign policy.
Alberto Toscano
LaborViewpoint
"ICE Is Made Up of a Bunch of Cowards"
Artist Margaret Vail Palmquist eviscerates ICE in a series of illustrations over its abduction of a 5-year-old in the Minneapolis area earlier in the week.
Margaret Vail Palmquist
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Read This If You're New and Trying to Find Your Way
Abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba offers youth living through the current crises a renewed perspective on how to move forward.
Mariame Kaba
LaborViewpoint
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now
At first glance it sounds impossible — but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think.
Alex Han
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Capitalism Without Humans
As new technologies (not immigrants) replace human labor, "machine breaking" as a tactic of rebellion is taking on a renewed vitality.
Sarah Jaffe
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"We Will Be Closed: ICE Out of Minnesota"
All the ingredients for a general strike are present in Minnesota.
Luis Feliz Leon
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Want to Fight Fascism? Look to U.S. History.
What Reconstruction, the New Deal and the Rainbow Coalition can teach us about building the broadest possible front to fight the authoritarian Right
Rishi Awatramani
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“Always More Than a Label”: 8 Ways to Be Like King for the Struggle Today—Coretta Scott King, That Is
Jeanne Theoharis
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End Military Action in Venezuela and Help Working Class Americans
Healthcare costs are doubling, food prices are rising and the safety net is shredded. So why are we launching an illegal war to profit oil companies?
Lindsay Koshgarian
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ICE Is the Domestic Terror Threat
The federal agent who killed Renee Nicole Good shot her because he knew he could—because the Trump administration has purposely empowered law enforcement to act with impunity.
Jordan Liz
ViewpointPolitics
Antifa Everywhere
As Trump revives the war on terror against domestic opposition, what does antifascism mean?
Alberto Toscano
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There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
Elizabeth Todd-Breland
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For the First Time in the Trump Era, a Key Opportunity Is Here
This month voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.
Alex Han
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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