What if Trump’s threats to send troops to Portland are about the first CEO pay-ratio tax in 2016— a rare step toward a “maximum wage.” Perhaps the real battle is between billionaires and democracy.

“Even When They Gas Us”: Hundreds Brave Tear Gas, Pepper Balls to Protest ICE Read our latest collaboration with @inthesetimes.com by @sarahlazare.bsky.social

“ICE out of Chicago, we shall not be moved,” they sang. ​“Even when they gas us, we shall not be moved.” inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

"It has huge implications for what faculty teach and whether they will feel intimidated about what they’re teaching." Marjorie Cohn, reporting from California.

“Fascism is recognizable by its censorship, its fear of art, its hunger for silence.” Toni Morrison’s words still cut to the heart of our present moment. Read her warnings on fascism, racism & resistance: inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

"...when workers organized, refused to submit or cooperate and caused problems for the city governments, they could back the police off from the most galling of their activities." inthesetimes.com/article/poli...

📖 What is liberation theology? Born in Latin America, it fuses Catholic faith with Marxist critique—challenging poverty, authoritarianism & injustice. Read more in our Big Idea series: inthesetimes.com/article/libe...

From 2020, these young organizers, inspired by Assata Shakur, spoke on ‘planting the seeds’ of a better world. inthesetimes.com/article/abol...

It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.

Written in 2015, but still true: police weren’t created to “serve & protect.” Their job has always been controlling poor & working-class people. inthesetimes.com/article/poli...

Escalation by paramilitaries/cops often drives protest movements to grow fyi

Today, 100s peacefully gathered outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview, IL—only to be met with violence. At one point, agents shot tear gas into the crowd, with young children visible and present. @sarahlazare.bsky.social reports with 📷 by Isaac Silver

A coalition of University of California faculty, students, staff, and labor unions is suing the Trump administration.

Hundreds of tenants across four states are uniting to take on the mega-landlord Capital Realty Group, demanding collective bargaining for safe and dignified housing. Inside the Tenant Union Federation’s bold new campaign inthesetimes.com/article/priv...

Chicago just passed a landmark plan to protect Black communities from displacement. Read more about the years of organizing behind it: inthesetimes.com/article/obam...

Faculty, students & unions at the University of California are suing the Trump administration, charging violations of academic freedom & free speech after UC handed over names of 160 people to federal officials.

Tenants across four states are joining forces to take on private equity landlord Capital Realty Group. From New Haven to Detroit, Louisville, and Kansas City, hundreds of renters are organizing through the Tenant Union Federation to demand collective bargaining.

Could we ever see a “maximum” wage? Slowly but surely, the notion of capping the gap between our highest and lowest incomes is gaining traction. Just published: an ace survey on who’s accomplishing what at the income-capping cutting edge. @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/maxi...

The next three months will determine the future of Starbucks, according to @sbworkersunited.org. Union baristas are demanding more hours, higher pay, and resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice cases—warning a strike is on the table.

The city of Portland passed the nation’s first CEO pay-ratio tax in 2016. Nearly a decade later, it’s raised millions and inspired similar efforts. Could a “maximum wage” help curb billionaire power nationwide?

The Trump White House is weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s killing to police dissent, while Democratic leaders stay silent. @ahjohnson.bsky.social breaks down the doxxing, legal assaults and a looming crackdown on nonprofits and free speech.

"Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world’s resources." inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

☕️“Starbucks is on the ropes,” says @sbworkersunited.org President Lynne Fox. If the company keeps stonewalling baristas, workers are ready to strike for the fair contract they’ve earned.

“We just want things fixed and done in a timely manner. We shouldn’t have to live like this in our senior years.” Inside the Tenant Union Federation's bold new campaign ⬇️

"The trade union movement is in a fight for its very existence, and for the existence of even a semblance of democracy and economic justice." For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism. Read this powerful piece by @billfletcherjr.bsky.social

Billionaires are tightening their grip on U.S. politics—Trump’s 2nd term has made that painfully clear. What can we do about it? Celeste Pepitone-Nahas proposes one answer: a maximum wage. a 🧵on the case for capping runaway CEO pay

Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer’s poem “If I Must Die” has echoed across the world since his killing—translated by volunteers into dozens of languages. We share it here in English & Arabic. inthesetimes.com/article/refa...

"The reason the goal post had to shift from ​'celebrating Kirk’s killing' to ​'mocking it' to ​'being mean' or ​'misquoting him' is because no one with any power or significance on ​'the Left' has celebrated it." The latest from @ahjohnson.bsky.social

"Climbing out of the hole that we are in will require more than one or two favorable election cycles." @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social explains why the slogan “Organize or Die” has become uncomfortably relevant.

“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said @ramirez.house.gov Read the other side of this immigration story: inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

He loves the coal, but not those who mine it. "One in five veteran coal miners in Appalachia are suffering from black lung, an incurable respiratory disease that kills its victims slowly and painfully."

🚢 For decades, shipping giant Maersk has quietly profited from moving weapons & military cargo fueling Israel’s assault on Palestinians. Now, a grassroots campaign is exposing their role in genocide—and winning. inthesetimes.com/article/maer...

"The romance myth is affecting so many of our social circles and our activist circles that I think it’s affecting everyone, regardless if they identify with it or not." @deanspade.bsky.social, slinging truth about relationships & love with @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social

Tech workers at the heart of Microsoft are waging one of the most significant and under-covered labor battles in the US right now. Listen to the latest Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social!

“Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned,” Lynne Fox of @sbworkersunited.org writes. “This includes going on strike if they must.”

A year-old campaign is ruining the reputation of the global shipping company, Maersk, complicit in the genocide in Gaza. Palestinian Youth Movement lead organizers held a recent session discussing their progress, victories and a path forward. inthesetimes.com/article/maer...

"Fascism talks ideology, but it is really just marketing — marketing for power." If GOATs exist, she's the GOAT of them.

“Fascism is not new. It wears a new dress, buys new boots—but it can only reproduce fear, denial, and the loss of will to fight.” Toni Morrison’s timeless warning on fascism & censorship still rings out today. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

I remember. I was at Zucotti the night Troy Davis was killed. I remember the change in the air when the news broke. The beating of the drums. The trembling of the candles. The collective understanding of the meaning of that death.

Troy Davis' death at the hands of the state on Sept. 21, 2011, transformed Occupy Wall Street and kindled Black Lives Matter.

Why are baristas organizing with @sbworkersunited.org? No free water No free restroom access Required cup-writing Restrictive dress code None of these policies help baristas better serve their customers.

While Trump himself has reliably blamed ​“the Left” and promised retribution, the president seems only half interested in the minutiae of the propaganda effort, choosing, for example, to play golf rather than attend the vigil for Charlie Kirk.

Back in 1983, @sanders.senate.gov told you to subscribe to In These Times. Still solid advice—subscribe now and get the other side of the story: inthesetimes.com

"A freedom struggle is being waged, and fascism feeds on silence." In this reprint of “Peril” & “Racism and Fascism,” Toni Morrison warns of the creative depths of fascism’s reach. inthesetimes.com/article/toni...

When labor and @occupywallstnyc.bsky.social joined forces, the movement of the 99% gained momentum. In 2015, @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social wrote about the Occupy-labor insurgency that helped pave a pathway from the political margins to the mainstream. inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

So very honored that my @inthesetimes.com investigation on U.S. security assistance fueling violence against environmental defenders won an award from @coveringclimatenow.org.

In Chicago, Mexican Independence Day celebrations mixed pride, resilience, and fear as immigrants face ICE raids and political intimidation. History repeats—but the community marches on. Read more: inthesetimes.com/article/mexi... #MexicanIndependenceDay #ImmigrantRights #Chicago

How do you balance love, friendship, and radical organizing? @deanspade.bsky.social's new book shows leftists how to build ethical, supportive relationships without losing sight of the struggle. Read the conversation with @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social: inthesetimes.com/article/love...

The Trump admin is using Charlie Kirk’s killing to launch a crackdown on dissent and nonprofits. What Democrats will do—if anything—to stop it remains unclear. @ahjohnson.bsky.social reports.

Yet more recognition for Alessandra Bergamin's incredible @inthesetimes.com investigation "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders" from the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards