Liberation Theology—a movement born in Latin America—reads Church teachings through a Marxist lens. @leftiecowboy.bsky.social breaks it down: 🔗 inthesetimes.com/article/libe...

"The real solution, then, is not deportations but full rights for all workers. That means not only citizenship rights but labor rights, too." inthesetimes.com/article/farm...

In a state with one of the most challenging referendum processes in the nation, organizers gathered more than double the number of required signatures to give voters a chance to defeat an anti-union bill. inthesetimes.com/article/utah...

NYC used ranked-choice voting in it's mayoral primary. Read about how it works: inthesetimes.com/article/rank...

"Hunger strikes have deep roots in Chicago—and across the country—as escalations in campaigns for justice." inthesetimes.com/article/jewi...

"If we don’t use this opportunity to build lasting power, then we’re just blowing off steam," @ufcwforward.bsky.social told reporter @lfelizleon.bsky.social Luis reported on protests in six cities and what's next after the 5 million strong nationwide mobilization inthesetimes.com/article/no-k...

By engaging in this very public, and risky, protest tactic, the hunger strikers are picking up on a long tradition of calculated starvation as a method of forcing a public confrontation with crises." @shaneburley.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/jewi...

My essay about the brilliant, pioneering & shockingly forgotten showrunner-pioneer Gertrude Berg, who invented the family sitcom (pre-Lucy!), then got eaten by the blacklist in the 1950s — a story with disturbing modern parallels www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

SEIU was already stepping up for immigrants, but the Los Angeles raids and David Huerta's arrest propelled it to the forefront of the fight against authoritarianism. read @lfelizleon.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/davi...

I recently wrote about the importance of just-cause eviction laws, but this is a powerful reminder that renters don’t have to wait on lawmakers to take action. The power to organize—and win—is already in our hands. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/rent...

"Landlords have a lot of power over tenants’ living conditions, and just-cause laws shift some of that power back into the hands of renters, promoting housing stability and better quality of life." @leftiecowboy.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/big-...

From draconian laws, FBI intimidation & trumped-up RICO charges to online doxing campaigns, defunding & deportation threats, the Trump admin is attacking protesters from all sides. But activists refuse to back down. Read Adam Federman’s new cover story @inthesetimes.com & @typeinvestigations.org.‬

“They’re destroying the port that gets fuel in and destroying the port that gets food in. That’s a recipe for famine. I can’t even think of words to use to describe what’s going to happen.” inthesetimes.com/article/no-w... by @sarahlazare.bsky.social

This article is a joint publication of @inthesetimes.com and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social. You can see the Workday Magazine version here. Thanks so much to @leftiecowboy.bsky.social for the excellent edits!

“I feel like alders are missing the fact that teens need a space, a space that is welcoming and a space that doesn’t really limit them. There are rules everywhere, but I feel like there should be a space where teens can meet up and not be watched by 100 policemen.”

India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.

Two years ago today, middle-school-teacher-turned-union-organizer Brandon Johnson was sworn in as mayor. @asha-rrs.bsky.social writes about what Chicago's left movement has won and what’s still to be done to deliver a more equitable city. ⤵️

Yesterday, thousands of workers hit the streets and joined picket lines—but unions like UAW and CTU have their sights set on May Day 2028. @leftiecowboy.bsky.social breaks down the plan. ⤵️

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.” So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

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The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

As @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains, it's hard to imagine a world without capitalism. To move beyond it, "the Left needs to occupy new political terrain and offer people solutions to the problems that capitalism creates."

You hate to see this because it could inspire copycats here in the US. Awful

"Affordable housing — which typically involves giving tax breaks to real estate developers — isn’t working so well." As @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains, social housing offers a permanently affordable solution for working people.

“I knew we could do better in the U.S. because I had seen better elsewhere—we don’t have to cut from whole cloth to build the world we need.” — @natashakimiz.bsky.social

even snowing and with temperatures near zero c, chicago turning out to protest the reduction in trans care at seneca park in front of lurie children's

As housing costs and homelessness surge in the West, the HOUSES Act would turn the fire hose of luxury development on public land—up to 681,000 acres of it.

Ranked-choice elections, which allow voters to express their preference for third-party candidates without “splitting the vote,” could help bring disillusioned Americans back to the ballot box.