MAY DAY COVERAGE FROM IN THESE TIMES
It wasn’t just a day of protest, boycott or celebration—May Day showed that we, the workers, are all on the same glorious team.
Hamilton Nolan
The International Workers’ Day protest targets Elbit America, a subsidiary of the largest weapons company in Israel, now supplying munitions used in Lebanon.
Sarah Lazare
Why we celebrate May Day
This May Day, support media that serves the working class, not billionaires.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Rural AmericaHousing
This May Day, Montana Trailer Park Tenants Are Going on Rent Strike
As surging housing costs push workers out of Bozeman, tenants are confronting rising rents with collective action.
Rebecca Burns
LaborViewpoint
Why Democratic Socialists Are Taking to the Streets This May Day
The legacy of May Day is a fight for working-class power against the ravages of capitalism. Democratic Socialists of America is organizing to keep that proud tradition alive in 2026.
Will Bloom
LaborViewpoint
Mayday, Mayday, May Day
Maya Ragsdale
LaborViewpoint
Why It’s More Important Than Ever To Learn About May Day
Jackson Potter
Viewpoint
The Legacy of Jewish Worker Organizing That Brought Us to This May Day
Ann Toback
ViewpointCover Story
The Rupture at Hand
Facing down a billionaire-backed authoritarian blitz, the Left isn't waiting for Democratic elites to join step with the party's base.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Politics
The Axis of Chaos
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is sowing the seeds for state collapse and unending violence across the region.
Alberto Toscano
Labor
The Planes Across the Tarmac
At a civilian airport in a progressive city, the machinery of global war meets the question of who controls infrastructure.
Alex Press
After an industrial plant explosion from chemical dumping, the government is slow to take action.
Maximillian Alvarez
Columnists
Why Mayors Across the Country Are Signing On To a Haymarket Declaration This May Day
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson explains why a coalition of mayors has come together to commemorate the legacy of May Day and defend workers from attacks by the Trump administration.
Brandon Johnson
Remembering Amisha Patel, a Lifelong Organizer for Justice
Amisha Patel was a trailblazing leader in the ongoing fight to transform our city, society and communities for the better. Her legacy will live on in Chicago and beyond.
Madeline Talbott and Keith Kelleher
Ai Weiwei on the “Catastrophic Status Quo” of Censorship
A conversation with the renowned artist on life in exile and his new book
Nick Hilden
What Organizers Today Can Learn From the Socialist Jewish Labor Bund Movement
Artist and journalist Molly Crabapple discusses the lessons she learned while writing her new book “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund.”
Shane Burley
U.S.-Israeli War on Iran
ViewpointFeature
As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In On a Permanent War State
From blood banks to food insecurity, a snapshot of a country whose raison d'etre is increasingly open sadism and violence
Sarah Lazare
Viewpoint
The U.S.-Iran War Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters.
If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.
Phyllis Bennis
Viewpoint
Women Pay the Highest Price for U.S. ‘Wars of Liberation’
As an Iraqi, I’ve spent my life fleeing, surviving, and bearing witness to wars justified by lies. In Iran, we’re seeing yet another.
Dena Al-Adeeb
MORE CONTEXT ON TRUMP'S ILLEGAL WAR ON IRAN
Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world
Sarah Lazare
Remembering Jesse Jackson
Viewpoint
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
Viewpoint
Before Bernie, There Was Jesse
For a brief moment 30 years ago, it looked like our first black president would be the leader of a multiracial working-class coalition.
Salim Muwakkil
Feature
Jesse Jackson Keeps Pushing
30 years after his first presidential run, Jackson talks Obama, Civil Rights and the black vote.
Joel Bleifuss
ICE OUT!
Politics
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
Sharon Zhang
Viewpoint
In the Fight Against ICE, Kids Are on the Front Lines
Madeline Lane-McKinley
LaborPodcast
“ICE Messed With the Wrong Profession”: The Country’s Largest Nurses’ Union Honors Alex Pretti
Maximillian Alvarez
DepartmentsPolitics
I Love You, Madame Librarian
Kurt Vonnegut expresses admiration for one of the last promising places in America for people to feel: libraries and the people who work there.
In These Times Editors
ViewpointPolitics
Antifa Everywhere
As Trump revives the war on terror against domestic opposition, what does antifascism mean?
Alberto Toscano
How Mamdani Won
DispatchPolitics
A Rare and Beautiful Moment In War
Hamilton Nolan
LaborViewpoint
Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor
Luis Feliz Leon
ViewpointPalestinePolitics
How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual
Dania Rajendra and Rebecca Vilkomerson
ViewpointPolitics
Zohran Mamdani Can Become Our Generation’s Bernie Sanders
Bhaskar Sunkara
COMICS CURATED BY MATT BORS
An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame, and other Election Day comics!
Matt Bors, Jen Sorensen, Ruben Bolling, Mattie Lubchansky and Keith Knight
New comics from Mattie Lubchansky, Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen and Brian McFadden.
Mattie Lubchansky, Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen and Brian McFadden
FeatureLabor Organizer of the Year
Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley
Kim Kelly
FeatureLabor Organizer of the Year
The Education of a Teamster Rebel: Antonio Rosario
Luis Feliz Leon
LaborFeatureLabor Organizer of the Year
Braving a Campaign of Terror: Unnamed
Maurizio Guerrero
PALESTINE
LaborInterview
Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon
Sarah Lazare
PalestineDispatch
Gaza’s Nightmare
Yousef Aljamal
Palestine
Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk
Tyler Walicek
Translations
Housing
La Iniciativa de Chicago para Leyes de Desalojos por “Causa Justa”
Rebecca Burns
Housing
Dos Sindicatos de Inquilinos, Una Huelga de Renta
Rebecca Burns
FeaturePalestine
التحولات التي شهدها مجتمع المسلمين في الولايات المتحدة بعد 20 عامًا من التاسع من أيلول وكيفية تجليها بعد السابع من تشرين الأول
إيمان عبد الهادي
More investigations
FeatureInvestigation
As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root
Thomas Birmingham
Investigation
As Fentanyl Overdoses Soar, LA City Crews Toss State-Funded Narcan from Encampments
Jack Ross
LaborPalestineInvestigation
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
Shane Burley
LaborPodcast
Community Persists for USPS Letter Carriers While Conditions Worsen
USPS mail carriers strive to hold onto community relationships as a contract battle looms for the struggling service.
Maximillian Alvarez
LaborInvestigation
After Decades of Quiet Rumbling, an Epidemic Is Erupting Among California Stoneworkers
The engineered stone industry is worth nearly $30 billion. But the workers at its core are falling sick and dying from an illness called silicosis. Now these workers—most of whom are young immigrants—are suing manufacturers.
Kayla Yup
LaborViewpoint
Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them
A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.
Jake Triola
InterviewCulture
Ai Weiwei on the “Catastrophic Status Quo” of Censorship
Nick Hilden
Culture
Iranian Culture Will Not Be Erased
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel
