New York City tenants won a rent freeze. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports that after months of organizing by tenant groups, unions, & rent-stabilized tenants, the Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze rents for 1 million regulated apartments.

Indiana is building a new prison, and it’s already equipped for firing squad executions, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reports.

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A city panel looks set to enact a first-of-its-kind, two-year rent freeze on 1 million+ NYC apartments tonight. @psc-cuny.org was among the labor groups backing the rent-freeze campaign—and wants to see more unions learn to "exercise our power in broader ways." inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

“We’re trying to encourage others to be involved in this kind of work. That involves all unions learning to exercise our power in a broader way.” —Jen Gaboury, talking about @psc-cuny.org's admirable efforts to bring Bargaining for the Common Good to NYC!

Tonight, NYC’s Rent Guidelines Board votes on whether to freeze rents for roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. “Affordable rent should be a central, essential demand of the labor movement as a whole,” says New York Taxi Workers Alliance President Bhairavi Desai.

Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...

SCOOP: ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

We were the only UNIONIZED employees he’d ever had, too. I am broke as hell now, but I’ll never regret saying this: EAT SHIT, YOU PATHETIC TWERP. No matter how much cash you accrue, you’ll never know the joy of solidarity. Your life is empty, and you’ll be remembered as a warning to children.

Update: I have been informed that the country is big and that this is a small fraction of the total multifamily apartment stock. That seems right. Much more impressive is the proportion of men living in the Bay Area whose jobs would appear to consist of repeating this single talking point.

Rental property mergers have been made exempt from antitrust scrutiny, yet 2 companies—AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential—are planning to merge and create effective monopolies in at least seven communities. Co-pubbed with @inthesetimes.com, from Rebecca Burns. prospect.org/2026/06/17/r...

This is weird. An ICE flight on a private jet (operated by Talon Air, owned by Jordache jeans founder Joe Nakash) fell off of both ground and satellite receivers for about 7 1/2 hours this morning. This is NOT NORMAL. 1/

A $69 billion merger between two real estate behemoths is set to create the largest publicly traded apartment landlord in U.S. history. Both have been sued repeatedly over alleged tenant abuses and illegal price-fixing. prospect.org?p=139889

NEW: Can landlords act as a monopoly? We're about to find out: A merger between two real-estate behemoths is set to put nearly 200,000 apartments in the hands of one company. (🧵) inthesetimes.com/article/real...

EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people? theintercept.com/2026/06/10/t...

Earlier this week, Aala Abdullahi and I published a story about the impact of rapid transfers on people that ICE has locked away in detention facilities. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/01/i...

Next weekend in Chicago! After the Labor Notes conference, come through @inthesetimesmag for an afterparty with music, comedy, and a veritable murderer's row of labor journalists. secure.actblue.com/donate/inthe...

In Bozeman, MT, trailer park tenants unionized in 12 days. Now, facing an 11% rent hike and an anonymous investor, @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports, they launched a rent strike — reviving a forgotten history of tenant collective bargaining in the state.

Today, @rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports Washington State passed a millionaire’s tax—and at least eight others will consider new taxes on the ultra-wealthy this year, as organizers set their sights on state legislatures. inthesetimes.com/article/slog...

RESULT: Community organizer Miguel Alvelo-Rivera has ousted state Representative Jaime Andrade in the Democratic primary. This is the Chicago-based HD40, & Andrade has been a longtime target of the Chicago left.

I covered money in politics for years, and a state race playing out in my district is truly one of the most alarming things I've seen. SuperPACs funded by Meta and DraftKings are absolutely hammering voters with positive ads for incumbent Rep. Jaime Andrade... (🧵)

ICYMI, the race in IL HD-40 (where I live) has fully jumped the shark. Instead of red-baiting the challenger to his Left, which hasn't worked in this district, establishment ally Jaime Andrade has doubled down the lie that immigrant rights organizer Miguel Alvelo-Rivera ... supports ICE?

Shorter: Rep. Jaime Andrade is flat out lying.

The law firm that challenged U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino in federal court last fall signals a forthcoming bid for a special prosecutor to "investigate crimes committed by federal agents under Operation Midway Blitz." Press conference Thursday:

There are three state level candidates sponsored by DraftKings - Jaime Andrade, Adam Braun, and Sara Feigenholtz - and all three have either no showed or won't agree to a debate. A pattern emerges.

Very interesting reporting by @matthewccook5.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/debu...

#ILPolitics scoop -- DraftKings is now the largest outsider spender in state races. The sportsbook's new SuperPAC is spending big on candidates like Rep. Jaime Andrade in Illinois' 40th district. @votejandrade.bsky.social is being challenged by community organizer @miguelfor40.bsky.social.

This is basically straight up lying to the voters by Jaime Andrade’s campaign, which is smearing his opponent by false accusing them of supporting ICE. Good campaign truth squadding by @olivia0.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/25/i...

A window into the utter uselessness of establishment Dems from my corner of the world... Last fall, as masked agents kidnapped my neighbors daily, I literally never once saw my state rep. @jaimeandrade.bsky.social. Now, he's sending unhinged mailers accusing his challenger of being pro-ICE (1/6)

The largest rent strike in a century? The Minnesota unions behind the massive Jan. 23 day of action are now backing a potential rent strike to demand an eviction moratorium. At least 10K could withhold rent starting March 1. Here's what to know (1/6) inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Minnesota unions are planning another massive action: this time, by teaming up with a new, Twin Cities-wide tenants union calling for a March 1 rent strike. W/ @sarahlazare.bsky.social and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Terrorized by ICE, unable to pay rent, Twin Cities tenants are undertaking a serious organizing effort to get ready for a rent strike if Gov. Walz doesn't instate an eviction moratorium. They have support from labor unions representing 25,000 workers. New piece by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social and me.

“Hundreds of immigrant mothers” in Texas concentration camp uprising

YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING. 202–224-3121 Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

Samantha Stamps is missing. She has experienced homelessness since her old building — raided by feds in September — was ordered vacated by a judge due to unsafe conditions. Stamps was last seen near the Central Park Pink Line and frequents areas in N. Lawndale. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/14/f...

Important reporting from @sarahlazare.bsky.social on an action that'll be critical to watch, as cities consider how to respond to all-out siege by federal immigration forces.

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

The Chicago City Council just punted again on passing a corporate head tax to help fill a $1.2b gap. Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵) inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

Wrote something in light of the ongoing conversations about the city budget in Chicago. We should demand that large corporations pay their fair share to support the public good! @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

With artificial intelligence sparking a surge in electricity demand, Illinois could be only five years away from chronic shortages and higher monthly bills, according to a report released late Monday by three state agencies.

“You can’t bust our unions — we will not stop organizing.” @rebeccaburns.bsky.social & @thomasbirm.bsky.social report on threats, surveillance & retaliation against members of the Tenant Union Federation and how they are fighting back.

👇👇At 7500 S Shore, tenants still traumatized by the military-style raid on their building are being forced out. Maya's points here are critical, and the problem is likely to get worse given rising financial distress, as discussed here by @cplusc.bsky.social climateandcommunity.org/research/fin...

NEW: From the Bronx to Accra, lives are being rebuilt — or dismantled — under a U.S.–Ghana deportation pact few know exists. In Ghana, I met the people caught in between: the deported, the waiting, the afraid. Read the story: capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-dep...

One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them

“I owe my freedom to being organized."

Private equity landlords are learning from unscrupulous employers: subjecting members of tenants unions to surveillance and harassment, and retaining union-busting firms. Must-read for anyone seeking to understand the terrain of tenant organizing. by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social @thomasbirm.bsky.social

Remember the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building that made national headlines this fall? This is the aftermath: The building's remaining tenants must relocate by Friday. A cycle of speculation-> neglect-> repression-> displacement that may leave traumatized people w/ no place to go

This story by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social & @thomasbirm.bsky.social is wild. Private equity landlords are fighting the growing tenant union movement with all the familiar tools of traditional union busting, and then some—from police harassment & counterprotests to bouncy castles & fake tenant groups.