"It’s a pretty bleak state of affairs... if, even at the 'best' job available, you can’t get stable hours & your bosses can crush you when you dare ask for better." A bargaining delegate for @sbworkersunited.org, explains why almost 4K baristas are on strike.

"While Trump’s threats to name protesters as domestic terrorists are legally dubious, the FTO designation carries enormous discretionary powers, especially when it comes to allegations of material & financial support." @alfatau.bsky.social breaks it down.

Residents of East Palestine, OH, and Conyers, GA, are still living with the fallout of chemical disasters. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social of the Working People Podcast speaks with organizers demanding accountability within America’s “sacrifice zones” from Ohio to Hawai‘i.

"For many of us who work in policy and international affairs, war and Christmas inevitably leads to the story of the Christmas Truce, an event of more than 100 years ago that bridges history and myth."

This is perhaps the signal event that set off an already existing fracture to widen. With Kirk's death, the right set about to assault the left and instead have come under each other's ire as each side claims the legitimacy of his legacy. @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/char...

“Christmas Eve is our day to celebrate. ... And I’m going to work like it’s a regular day. It’s hard on the kids.” In 2023, @sarahlazare.bsky.social wrote about how the United States doesn’t guarantee any paid time off. inthesetimes.com/article/clea...

The World War I phenomenon of the Christmas Truce of 1914 should remind us of the urgency to end the mass killings—and to help us realize that a cease-fire to stop the violence is within reach.

You don’t need to let Coca-Cola or Amazon define and exploit a holiday that is your right to treasure. Valerie Vande Panne writes, "Santa has become the embodiment of our culture’s capitalistic fervor." inthesetimes.com/article/we-c...

🚨 EPISODE 231! 🚨 In today’s episode, we discuss the piece “They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They’ve Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.” by @sarahlazare.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com (and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social).

In March, on a post-inauguration roundtable hosted by @haymarketbooks.org, @keeanga.bsky.social stated, "Everyone knows this kind of criminal administration will follow through on the threats of deportation, the threats to funding." inthesetimes.com/article/haym...

In March, @astra.bsky.social of @debtcollective.bsky.social spoke about future threats: "...the Trump admin is going to mean more debt...when you attack labor, when you take away public jobs, when you take away public goods...people are going to have to borrow." inthesetimes.com/article/haym...

"Just to be clear about these attacks on our students, the goal is to outlaw protest. They’re weaponizing antisemitism to go after pro-Palestinian protestors. They want to see how far they can take this. Just yesterday they floated deporting US citizens...the goal is to shut us up.

What does antifascism mean when the state defines it as terrorism? As Trump revives the “war on terror” against domestic opposition, @alfatau.bsky.social writes, antifa becomes the pretext for a sweeping crackdown.

"Designating antifascist organizing as foreign terrorism could unleash a limitless repressive arsenal, and the government is happy to apply the label to the most diverse targets—from Greek anarchists to Americans blowing whistles at immigration raids.” New from @alfatau.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com

Before folks chime in with the obvious "but how can a Latino man like Enrique Tarrio be a white nationalist," it would be useful to read essays like this about the complicated nature of the emerging "multi-racial right." inthesetimes.com/article/mult...

My recent article about the growth of a diasporist, anti-Zionist Judaism across the U.S. A new network of Jewish institutions are forming outside of the American Jewish Establishment

@inthesetimes.com killed it on the cover of their most recent issue.

Miners are just props.

Check out the latest from @rob-rogers.bsky.social, who contributes an illustration on the clarity of Trump's messaging. inthesetimes.com/article/kris...

"Our stores are understaffed while baristas want more hours." Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for @sbworkersunited.org, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”

"Just to be clear about these attacks on our students, the goal is to outlaw protest." Todd Wolfson, President of the @aaup.org, speaking on the current threats on campus with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social for the Working People Podcast

"For those of us on the Left whose desire is to both defeat authoritarianism & win the future, we need to step back, assess the terrain & create goals & a vision looking beyond the current fight." @alexhan.bsky.social writing about key possibilities now present. inthesetimes.com/article/firs...

“When I realized I wasn’t going to be allowed to leave, I slid onto the floor, thinking they would have to call an ambulance to help me up. They didn’t.” @ottavias.bsky.social reports on a frightening vision of the future of long-term care in the United States. inthesetimes.com/article/texa...

"Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good." @etoddbreland.bsky.social breaking down why corporations should pay more tax.

Check out the new comics by Emily Flake, Rob Rogers & Kendra Wells curated by @mattbors.bsky.social with 2026 predictions. jensorensen.bsky.social introduces the new startup, MurderKorp, “connecting customers with ordinary people willing to murder someone for them.” inthesetimes.com/article/kris...

“Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good. We’ve seen why this is necessary throughout history — over and over again.” @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

"Over the past two years, as Jewish activists have demanded a Judaism beyond Zionism, people have responded by asking what that kind of Judaism would stand for—not just what it would oppose." @shaneburley.bsky.social reporting on a new kind of flourishing Judaism.

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...

Corporations should pay more taxes, writes @etoddbreland.bsky.social As Chicago’s budget standoff continues, the question isn’t if corporations should contribute to the public good—but why they’ve been allowed not to. 🧵

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...

New comics section up at @inthesetimes.com with work from Jen Sorensen, Emily Flake, Rob Rogers, and this from @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/kris...

Today, @mattbors.bsky.social brings us comics from Emily Flake, Jen Sorensen, Rob Rogers and Kendra Wells with predictions for the new year and the introduction of MurderKorp, a startup “connecting customers with ordinary people willing to murder someone for them.” inthesetimes.com/article/kris...

"There’s about five streams of main frontal assaults on higher ed. The funding agency that’s taken the biggest hit is the National Institute of Health... the biggest biomedical research funding organization in the world." @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports. inthesetimes.com/article/high...

Oh hell yeah. New @inthesetimes.com hit my mailbox 📬

Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for @sbworkersunited.org, explains why over 3,800 baristas are striking: "The average barista receives just 19 hours per week, leaving them one hour short of the cutoff to receive company benefits." inthesetimes.com/article/work...

Inside California’s climbing gyms, workers are scaling up for power. In March, @melbuer.bsky.social listened to workers and organizers with Workers United about unionizing five LA gyms, Touchstone Climbing, and how winning a fair first contract is the real fight.

Privatize the USPS? Letter carriers say that would hurt workers and the public. After winning a historic rejection of a bad contract, postal workers are fighting privatization—and laying out a better idea for the United States. @melbuer.bsky.social reports for the Working People Podcast.

Federal immigration agents in camo chase landscapers, students, and day laborers through U.S. cities in a deportation campaign, treating neighborhoods like war zones. Ashley Gilbertson for @hammerandhope.bsky.social documents the courage of communities who resist.

Educators and organizers from @aaup.org discuss how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling higher education as we know it.

Originally aired in March, this Working People Podcast with @melbuer.bsky.social revisits the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Uprising of the 20,000—an urgent reminder that today’s labor struggles are part of a long fight for worker power.

Trump just escalated his war on federal unions—stripping workers of collective bargaining rights and putting public services at risk. As @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports for the Working People Podcast, this is an attack on both workers and the public.

“They don’t want working people to have a voice.” @silviabaldwin.bsky.social reports that over 3,800 baristas are on strike with @sbworkersunited.org in the longest national work stoppage in the company’s history—demanding fair pay, stable hours, & real democracy at work.

In April, the Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social documented how the Trump administration tried to rule higher education through fear—abducting students, slashing research, criminalizing protest, and targeting DEI. A warning that’s only grown louder.

Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area. @sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting on his fight to keep himself and others safe.

Tenant union members say they’ve faced threats, surveillance and retaliation from their private equity landlord, which has retained a notorious “union avoidance” firm.

The Trump administration is attacking protesters from all angles. Activists refuse to back down. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

"Over the past two years, as Jewish activists have demanded a Judaism beyond Zionism, people have responded by asking what that kind of Judaism would stand for—not just what it would oppose." @shaneburley.bsky.social reports on the new kind of flourishing Judaism.

Union members are thinking seriously about the future of the labor movement. Reporting from the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social of the Working People podcast speaks with workers refining the skills, strategy, and solidarity they will need for what comes next.

What a fantastic story! Thank you to @inthesetimes.com and so excited to be in the company of the super badass @qzap.bsky.social

When Lindsay interviewed me back in the spring I knew that they were talking to other folks too, but I'm especially thrilled to be published in such good company as my friends Maigen and Margaret from @invisiblehistories.bsky.social. 🩷🖤🩷🖤🩷