In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 25/09/2026You can read it here: inthesetimes.com/article/pris... 12011
Reposted by In These TimesThomas Birmingham @thomasbirm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Since May, I've followed a building story in Kingston, NY, where tenants whose landlords overcharged them for years (totaling millions collectively) are organizing to win their rent money back. My latest for @inthesetimes.com, with potential national implications: inthesetimes.com/article/king...inthesetimes.comKingston’s Quiet Rent RevolutionLandlords have spent years ignoring a historic rent reduction. Now, tenants are organizing to get their money back. 0168
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 24/09/2026From the archive: Some environmentalists praised the Pentagon for taking climate change seriously. In this 2018 #ThrowbackThursday read, @katearonoff.bsky.social warned against handing climate policy to the institutions behind the war on terror.inthesetimes.comWhy Abolishing ICE Is Good Climate PolicyThe war on terror has unleashed unspeakable cruelty. We must not rely on its institutions to fix the climate crisis. 0167
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 24/09/2026The siege on Cuba is one front in what @alfatau.bsky.social describes as a new U.S. strategy for the Americas. He examines the “Donroe Doctrine” and the pressure Washington exerts on countries that could help Cuba.inthesetimes.comCuba Under SiegeTrump’s fuel blockade shows that U.S. imperialism is a policy of extortion and cruelty. 0168
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 24/09/2026Undocumented immigrants paid an estimated $96.7 billion in U.S. taxes in 2022, including $6.4 billion into Medicare. Yet, Ramya Gosike reports, they cannot enroll in Medicare.inthesetimes.comImmigrants Aren't Taking Away Our Healthcare—ICE IsMillions of U.S. residents—including many immigrant families—are set to lose their healthcare under changes coming due to legislation passed under Republicans and the Trump administration. But ICE is… 02721
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 24/09/2026Amazon called the September 2nd Riverside, California walkout the work of “mostly outside organizers.” Night-shift worker Kain Kazsuk told @alexnpress.bsky.social: “It was all us, boots on the ground in the warehouse, talking to our coworkers.”inthesetimes.comAmazon Workers Keep Walking OutAt a Riverside delivery station, workers have walked out three times since December as they organize without a recognized union. 08026
Reposted by In These TimesSasha Fury @sashafury.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026Americans had healthcare? 1206
Reposted by In These TimesMattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Honey, this wraparound cover for the new issue of @inthesetimes.com really knocks it out of the park! Was looking for the cover image credit before I realized, wait, of course it's @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, now Artist-at-Large at In These Times, looking forward to more of this trouble💥 0195
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/2026At the beginning of the pandemic, more than 400 Amazon workers in Eastvale petitioned for safer conditions. In 2022, workers in San Bernardino walked out over pay and extreme heat. Now, @alexnpress.bsky.social reports that workers in nearby Riverside have staged three walkouts since December 2025.inthesetimes.comAmazon Workers Keep Walking OutAt a Riverside delivery station, workers have walked out three times since December as they organize without a recognized union. 02312
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/2026Rosa María Carranza paid into Medicare for 24 years. Now she’s expected to lose coverage under a law Republicans passed and Trump signed. Ramya Gosike reports that 100,000 immigrants face the same loss.inthesetimes.comImmigrants Aren't Taking Away Our Healthcare—ICE IsMillions of U.S. residents—including many immigrant families—are set to lose their healthcare under changes coming due to legislation passed under Republicans and the Trump administration. 03822
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/2026Trump has threatened tariffs on countries that supply Cuba with oil. @alfatau.bsky.social examines how the U.S. uses its power beyond its own borders to block relief to the island.inthesetimes.comCuba Under SiegeTrump’s fuel blockade shows that U.S. imperialism is a policy of extortion and cruelty. 01814
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/2026Working-class voters and liberal college graduates both rank affordability first. Beyond that, their priorities diverge. “it’s time for us to have a reckoning around class,” writes Mindy Isser.inthesetimes.comIf You Want to Win Working-Class Votes, Run On Working-Class IssuesA new report lays out how to bridge the educational divide to bring non-college voters into the progressive fold. 0155
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/2026What happens to privacy when AI can help analyze every email, text, website visit and trip we take? @sanders.senate.gov argues that the rapid expansion of AI threatens to create the infrastructure for a mass surveillance state.inthesetimes.comBernie Sanders on Why Superintelligent AI Is an Existential Threat That Needs To Be BannedThe rapid development of AI is far outpacing regulation, and experts warn that all of humanity could be under threat. There's no doubt that we need to take a pause. 0127
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/2026More than 40 actions across the country in August targeted AI data centers, tech lobbying and surveillance. Stephanie Jordan and Mary Armas examine the protests alongside tech industry spending in the 2026 elections.inthesetimes.comElected Officials Are Facing a Reckoning Over Their Collusion with Big AIAcross the country, Americans from all stripes are calling on politicians to dump Big Tech. 0156
Reposted by In These TimesCathy Otten @cathyotten.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In 2025, Omer Shatz and colleagues submitted a second communication to the ICC: "European officials suspected of Crimes Against Humanity against ‘migrants’ on the Central Mediterranean route" www.crimesagainsthumanity.eu/encrimesagainsthumanity.euEU Crimes Against HumanityExposing Crimes Against Humanity of European Officials 0149
Reposted by In These TimesNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies and Executives Have Donated Millions to Members of Congress Representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts. @inthesetimes.com reported: inthesetimes.com/article/ice-... 12725
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 23/09/202650 years. Zero billionaires. In These Times depends on readers to keep its journalism going. Become a recurring donor for just $5 a month, and you’ll receive the magazine while helping fund reporting that holds power accountable. bit.ly/donate2itt 0144
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 22/09/2026Groceries, housing and utilities topped both groups’ priorities in the Class Gaps Poll. Among working-class respondents, 10 of the top 12 priorities concerned costs, wages or jobs. Mindy Isser looks at what the findings mean for progressive politics.inthesetimes.comIf You Want to Win Working-Class Votes, Run On Working-Class IssuesA new report lays out how to bridge the educational divide to bring non-college voters into the progressive fold. 0198
Reposted by In These TimesKhawla Nakua @khawlanakua.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There’s nothing like going to the mail, getting your subscribe monthly magazines and as you swift through you see your story on the cover of one of your favorite magazines @inthesetimes.com. Thank you so much to the editors of In These Times that helped me make this story shine. 0146
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026In Lac-Mégantic, 47 people were killed. A decade later, East Palestine was poisoned by another catastrophic derailment. Residents of both towns tell @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social what happens after the cameras leave—and why communities have to organize.inthesetimes.comTrain Crashes Destroyed Their Towns. Will Yours Be Next?Host Maximillian Alvarez sits down with a panel of community members from Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and East Palestine, Ohio to discuss life inside a sacrifice zone. 096
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026Trump’s NSPM-7 builds on 25 years of surveillance, expanded terrorism laws and “preventative policing.” Tina Al-khersan and Azadeh Shahshahani examine how the War on Terror laid the groundwork for today’s crackdown on dissent.inthesetimes.comHow The War on Terror Continues To Terrorize Communities 25 Years LaterTwenty five years after the 9/11 attacks and the launch of the Global War on Terror, the U.S government continues to expand its tools of repression to further crush dissent. 0147
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026Candidates are winning support by disavowing Big Tech, criticizing AI and promising to stop data center growth, Stephanie Jordan and Mary Armas write. They point to Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory.inthesetimes.comElected Officials Are Facing a Reckoning Over Their Collusion with Big AIAcross the country, Americans from all stripes are calling on politicians to dump Big Tech. 1152
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026“...we have power, and we will use it.” After years of rent overcharges, Kingston tenants are organizing building by building to force landlords to return money they say they’re owed. @thomasbirm.bsky.social on Kingston’s quiet rent revolution.inthesetimes.comKingston’s Quiet Rent RevolutionLandlords have spent years ignoring a historic rent reduction. Now, tenants are organizing to get their money back. 0168
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026UPS Teamsters won a strong contract without walking out. But what was lost when the strike never came? Luis Feliz Leon writes that strikes do more than extract concessions: They teach workers militancy, camaraderie and their own power.inthesetimes.comWhat Teamsters Class Solidarity Looks LikeYael Bridge’s new documentary "Who Moves America" about the UPS contract fight offers a window into the the class culture of one of the country’s largest unions. 1163
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026More than 70% of Americans say tech companies have too much power. Fewer than 1 in 5 trust Big Tech with AI. Yet Silicon Valley’s billionaires want even more control. @milesklassin.bsky.social examines the authoritarian future they’re selling.inthesetimes.comTech Authoritarian DoomsayersThe Silicon Valley hyper-rich elite are aiming to undo democracy—and modern society—for their own profit. The only problem? There are far more of us than them. 0209
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21/09/2026“The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs.” Bernie Sanders makes the case for public control over AI, stronger regulation and a ban on artificial superintelligence.inthesetimes.comBernie Sanders on Why Superintelligent AI Is an Existential Threat That Needs To Be BannedThe rapid development of AI is far outpacing regulation, and experts warn that all of humanity could be under threat. There's no doubt that we need to take a pause. 1166
Reposted by In These TimesMaximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026New from me. Baltimore currently has a moratorium on new data center development, but a proposed City Council bill has residents nervous (and PISSED) that the door is creaking open for data centers to come into the city—and that City Council views this as “inevitable" @therealnews.com 33413
Reposted by In These TimesRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026We're staking our economy on forcing a technology down people's throats that outputs misinformation as a matter of course. Someone asked me about my interview with Gil Duran. This is happened when I googled our names together. I have not interviewed Gil Duran. This path: civilizational death. 1214156
Reposted by In These TimesHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Once again the White House Correspondents Association, which had a celebratory dinner with this guy just months ago, looks like stupid craven fools. Good call idiots. 1755687
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026Some families of #september11 victims opposed war from the start. Jeremy Varon tells Mark Engler how their voices, alongside those of veterans and active duty soldiers, helped challenge the case for war.inthesetimes.com25 Years After 9/11, How Do We Build a Movement To Stop Forever Wars?As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War. 0136
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026On 9/11, @hebagowayed.bsky.social was a high school freshman in Alabama who wore a hijab. Her father had her brought home from school, then told her about Japanese internment camps. She recalls that conversation 25 years later.inthesetimes.com9/11/2001: I Was a Freshman in Alabama, I Wore a HijabTwenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, Gowayed writes that "the hate feels louder than it has ever been, more entitled and more brazen. I’m terrified of what the coming decades will bring." 03210
Reposted by In These TimesPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A lot of people are not well right now: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is an excellent time to de-escalate conflicts and to lean into patience. This is true in our personal lives and also (maybe especially) online when it's overwhelmingly strangers crashing into each other. 131646492
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026The backlash against AI data centers is crossing party lines—and landing in the middle of an election year. Democratic and Republican candidates face growing pressure while Trump continues to back expansion.inthesetimes.comElected Officials Are Facing a Reckoning Over Their Collusion with Big AIAcross the country, Americans from all stripes are calling on politicians to dump Big Tech. 0123
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026“Part of what happened when people got out there with the practice pickets was they started to feel a sense of their own power.” Luis Feliz Leon on how preparing to strike changed what UPS Teamsters believed they could do together.inthesetimes.comWhat Teamsters Class Solidarity Looks LikeYael Bridge’s new documentary "Who Moves America" about the UPS contract fight offers a window into the the class culture of one of the country’s largest unions. 03411
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026Tech billionaires are spending millions to crush wealth taxes, deregulate AI and crypto, and elect politicians who will hand them more power. @milesklassin.bsky.social explains why: Democracy remains the biggest obstacle to their plans.inthesetimes.comTech Authoritarian DoomsayersThe Silicon Valley hyper-rich elite are aiming to undo democracy—and modern society—for their own profit. The only problem? There are far more of us than them. 12412
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026The AI race isn’t only threatening jobs. Civil libertarians warn it is eviscerating privacy by turning our emails, texts, web activity and movements into fuel for a mass surveillance state. @sanders.senate.gov says it’s time to hit the brakes.inthesetimes.comBernie Sanders on Why Superintelligent AI Is an Existential Threat That Needs To Be BannedThe rapid development of AI is far outpacing regulation, and experts warn that all of humanity could be under threat. There's no doubt that we need to take a pause. 02516
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18/09/2026When you’re racing toward a cliff, @sanders.senate.gov states, you don’t ease up on the gas—you hit the brakes. He makes the case for binding global safety rules, a pause on advanced AI development and a ban on superintelligence.inthesetimes.comBernie Sanders on Why Superintelligent AI Is an Existential Threat That Needs To Be BannedThe rapid development of AI is far outpacing regulation, and experts warn that all of humanity could be under threat. There's no doubt that we need to take a pause. 0256
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 17/09/2026#ThrowbackThursday: “Public outcry and agitation must continue.” In this 2014 article, Flint Taylor traced decades of failed prosecutions for racist police violence—and the movements that forced those cases into public view.inthesetimes.comA Short History of Killer Cops Let Off the HookThe U.S. has a long history of allowing police to walk free after vicious racist violence. 0156
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 17/09/2026“The successes of past movements prove that these obstacles are not insurmountable.” On Occupy Wall Street’s 15th anniversary, revisit @nealmeyer.bsky.social’s 2013 argument for seeing the movement not as an isolated failure, but as part of the Left’s long struggle.inthesetimes.comA Historical Perspective on OccupyWhy Occupy is a continuation of the Left's struggle. 085
Reposted by In These TimesGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Stop looking to score token DC bipartisanship points." Yep. 519446
Reposted by In These TimesAlex Press @alexnpress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New one on how Amazon maps union risk across its warehouses.thealexpress.substack.comAmazon’s Organizing MapThe company knows which warehouses it’s worried about. Unions might want to take a look. 26615
Reposted by In These TimesDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 16/09/2026The only prediction about the AI crisis I feel confident making is that the crisis will involve the one thing that every American crisis involves: oligarchs and politicians attempting to rob the poor, while corporate media depicts that as the only prudent course of action. 419954
Reposted by In These TimesHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026CLASS WAR NOW www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/capital-is...hamiltonnolan.comCapital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a SideshowCapitalism or humanity, but not both. 27015
Reposted by In These TimesTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🟠 This week's Klassik Tom the Dancing Bug - "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF BITTER, BITTER IRONY" - www.gocomics.com/tomthedancin... 2496
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16/09/2026Union members: This one’s for you. Sign up for 10 free issues of In These Times and get independent reporting on politics, labor and the movement for workers’ rights. No credit card required: inthesetimes.com/union 14421
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16/09/2026“The rank-and-file pushed their leadership because this was a thing that made sense to them.” Ahead of Occupy Wall Street’s 15th anniversary tomorrow, revisit @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social’s 2015 account of how labor linked arms with Occupy.inthesetimes.comThe Untold Story of When Labor Linked Arms With Occupy Wall StreetInvestigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters. 01811
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16/09/2026Tomorrow marks 15 years since Occupy Wall Street began. In this 2013 essay, @nealmeyer.bsky.social argued that Occupy wasn't a break from history but a continuation of the Left’s long struggle—and that movements need organizations to sustain them.inthesetimes.comA Historical Perspective on OccupyWhy Occupy is a continuation of the Left's struggle. 17424
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16/09/2026Tomorrow marks 15 years since Occupy Wall Street began. In this 2016 essay, @jessemyerson.bsky.social argued that Occupy’s legacy was larger than the “99%”: It built networks, spaces and organizing models that later movements could use.inthesetimes.comOccupy Didn’t Just “Change the Conversation.” It Laid a Foundation for a New Era of Radical ProtestFive years later, it’s worth looking more closely at what Occupy built. 02611
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16/09/2026Legal weed is booming, but legalization alone won’t undo the War on Drugs. Cannabis remains federally controlled, past convictions still carry consequences and billionaires are positioning themselves to dominate the market. @kojokoram.bsky.social asks: Who gets to write the terms of the drug peace?inthesetimes.comCannabis Is Capitalism’s Next FixThe legal weed boom is just the first stop on capital’s search for a new frontier. 0147
In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16/09/2026Palestinian rights were pushed to the political fringe for decades. In 2024, Sandra Tamari and Saqib Bhatti wrote: No more. Now Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour—and every other opener and Sheeran’s backing band have followed him out, in solidarity.inthesetimes.comSupporting Palestinian Rights Used To Be Considered Far Left. Now It’s Mainstream.It’s clear that the Democratic base has moved on supporting Palestinian rights. Leadership needs to catch up. 1388