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Trump's Tariffs Have Nothing to Do With Liberation

Trade justice demands systemic reform: binding labor rights, climate protections and democratic accountability. Trump's poorly designed tariffs offer none of that.

Iza Camarillo

LaborViewpoint

Unions as a 21st Century Anti-Fascist Force

Trump and his MAGA movement are conspiring with oligarchs to turn the U.S. into a rightwing authoritarian state. The labor movement can play a key role in fighting back.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

ViewpointPalestine

“Do Not Participate”: The Absurd Excuse Notre Dame Gave Me When They Canceled My Talk

What a tragedy when we cannot rely on universities to house our most critical conversations.

Eman Abdelhadi

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More Than 1,800 Academics Say They Will Boycott Columbia—and the Number Is Growing

Columbia's acquiescence to Trump was disgraceful. As faculty, we demand better.

Jessica Halliday Hardie and Ajantha Subramanian

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Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents

While the Trump administration targets hundreds over their constitutionally protected right to political speech, Democratic leadership and influential media pundits have largely stayed quiet.

Adam Johnson and Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

They Are Disappearing People

Trump is turning deportation into a weapon of mass destruction. None of us—undocumented immigrants, people with papers, naturalized citizens or native-born citizens—are safe.

Sonali Kolhatkar

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Notes From an Arab on Surviving Trump

If the evil of this place is just now catching up with your own life, you have probably been one of the more fortunate.

Eman Abdelhadi

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It's Up to the Left to Do What's Right

Executive Director Alex Han urges readers of In These Times to understand and develop strategies against the Right.

Alex Han

LaborViewpoint

The Labor Movement Should Stand Up for Mahmoud Khalil

Unions have a moral imperative to defend against illegal attacks on political speech. That means demanding justice for Mahmoud Khalil.

Jimmy Williams Jr.

ViewpointPolitics

The Strange Bedfellows Fighting School Vouchers

In the roiling politics of so-called “school choice,” public school advocates have some unexpected allies on the Right.

Jennifer Berkshire

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No, Elon Musk, Social Security Isn’t a “Ponzi Scheme”

Right-wing billionaires have long wanted to shred the safety net. Under Trump, they’re using lies and fears over the deficit to debilitate Social Security.

Max B. Sawicky

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Gaping at the Cult of Trump

Trump's address to Congress was a reminder that the school bullies are now in charge.

Hamilton Nolan

ViewpointPolitics

MAGA’s Latin American Models

Latin America offers more telling parallels for what to expect from U.S. authoritarianism—and better lessons on how to fight back.

Naomi Braine

Viewpoint

Trump's Attack on Science Is an Attack on the Public

The Trump administration is defunding and censoring science to serve corrupt corporate interests.

Basav Sen

LaborViewpoint

The Movement Supporting Public Employees Is Rising

Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of "efficiency," are slashing and burning public services.

Sarah Jaffe

LaborViewpointPolitics

The Democratic Capitulation Point

Hope begins when Democratic Party leadership gives way to the Left. Unions can make it happen.

Hamilton Nolan

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Our Storytelling Will Meet the Moment

Executive Director Alex Han underscores In These Times' commitment to community-based storytelling that paves a path forward for the Left

Alex Han

LaborViewpoint

Federal Workers Rise up Against Musk, Trump and Drastic Cuts

"These guys are trying to take a torch to the entire concept that we should care about each other as humans.”

Sarah Jaffe

LaborViewpoint

Here are the Ways the Trump Admin Is Already Trampling on Workers’ Rights

Weeks into Trump's second term, one thing is clear: billionaires are being prioritized over working people.

Margaret Poydock

Viewpoint

In the Face of Overwhelm

We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by the billionaire Right.

Asha Ransby-Sporn

LaborViewpoint

It’s Time for a United Front to Take on Billionaire Rule

The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.

Luis Feliz Leon

ViewpointRural America

The Latest Plot To Privatize Public Lands

With no provisions to address the affordability crisis for locals, a new plan to open public land to housing developers would only speed the wealthy's takeover of the West.

Joseph Bullington

ViewpointPolitics

They're Not Done Gutting the Programs We Rely On

Trump’s attempt to freeze federal funds for government services was an effort to steal our tax dollars to enrich billionaires. And he’ll try again.

Karen Dolan

ViewpointClimateRural America

Betrayed by Green Capitalism, Here’s How We Can Build a Livable Future

The mainstream climate framework is utterly failing to solve the climate crisis. What could a real solution look like?

Peter Gelderloos