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If You Can Borrow a Book, Then Why Not a Chainsaw? The Rise of Tool Lending Libraries

3. januar 2023 In These Times
Spawned in the wake of World War II, tool libraries lend implements and provide practical guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.

Solidarity Is Our Power: Our 10 Biggest Stories of 2022

31. december 2022 In These Times
Restorative practices, abortion rights, and a fearless labor movement: We look back at a year of resistance.

Our Biggest Labor Stories of 2022

30. december 2022 In These Times
Sluggish institutions, corporate mergers, billionaires behaving badly: It’s been a watershed year for the labor beat.

The Big Idea: Third Place

28. december 2022 In These Times

How Global South Artists Are Upending 72 Years of CIA Influence on Art

23. december 2022 In These Times
The CIA spent decades promoting apolitical, individualist art. These artists are fighting back.

One Year In, Starbucks Workers Aren’t Backing Down

22. december 2022 In These Times
A look back at our coverage of 2022’s highest-profile union drive.

Military Budget Hike for 2023 is 3,200 Times the NLRB Increase

22. december 2022 In These Times
If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.

Oversight Has Led to Better Housing for Migrant Farmworkers. Why Aren’t Some States Doing It?

22. december 2022 In These Times
With no national regulation, employers often provide subpar housing to the migrant farmworkers who sustain the billion-dollar food industry.

Elites Are Clueless, and so on

21. december 2022 In These Times
Kurt Vonnegut's words live on.

How Private Equity Gave Rise to a New Power Elite

20. december 2022 In These Times
The dominance of predatory financial firms has allowed a class of super-rich investors to exert vast control over our economic and political lives.

When Cops Tell You Who They Are, Listen

20. december 2022 In These Times
A cartoonist illustrates police union leaders’ statements, in their own words.

As Afghans Suffer, U.S. Stalls on Plan to Return Central Bank Funds

19. december 2022 In These Times
In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan's foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people.

10 Predictions For Labor in 2023

19. december 2022 In These Times
AI's menace, institutional failures and a labor movement basking in energy not seen in decades.

Title 42 Was a Disaster. What’s Next Doesn’t Look Much Better.

16. december 2022 In These Times
The court-ordered termination of Title 42 marks an important step toward restoring access to humanitarian protections at the border. But the Biden administration must do more to fight the program's racist legacy.

Título 42 fue un desastre. Lo que sigue no se ve mucho mejor.

16. december 2022 In These Times
La terminación ordenada por la corte del Título 42 marca un paso importante hacia la restauración del acceso a las protecciones humanitarias en la frontera. Pero la administración de Biden debe hacer más para luchar contra el legado racista del programa.

The Biggest Strike in Starbucks’ History Is Underway

16. december 2022 In These Times
Starbucks workers at around 100 stores have begun a national three-day walk out, the union campaign’s largest action yet.

Debt Ceiling Deja Vu

15. december 2022 In These Times
Then and now, how does the bipartisan embrace of austerity help working people?

UC Grads’ Bargaining Committee Drops Core Demands, Sparking Rank-and-File Activism

14. december 2022 In These Times
Strategic differences come to the fore as the largest higher education strike in the country's history enters its second month

The Republican Party’s Plan to Fight Inflation Is a Sham

14. december 2022 In These Times
Republicans don’t have a strategy to lower costs for consumers, but they are plotting to slash the safety net.

What Today’s Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners’ Victory 50 Years Ago

14. december 2022 In These Times
Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.

Inflation Misinformation

13. december 2022 In These Times
Inflation myths only benefit the rich.

Crypto Predators Wage Class War with a Smile

13. december 2022 In These Times
The cryptocurrency bubble reveals the emperor’s new grift.

Elon Musk’s Takeover Through The Eyes of Twitter’s Janitors

12. december 2022 In These Times
Three weeks before the holidays, Twitter laid off its custodial staff. We spoke to them on what they saw at HQ.

The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

12. december 2022 In These Times
Here’s what happens when a school rethinks punishment.

Remember El Mozote

11. december 2022 In These Times
On December 11, 1981, El Salvador’s US-backed soldiers carried out one of the worst massacres in the history of the Americas at El Mozote.

Oil Companies Have Plundered Louisiana’s Coast. They Owe Us Reparations.

10. december 2022 In These Times
Native and Black communities suffering the most from coastal damage need reparations for past abuse while we fight for systemic change.

Starbucks Union Workers Have a Holiday Wish: Don’t Buy Starbucks Gift Cards

8. december 2022 In These Times
To mark the anniversary of the Starbucks union movement, workers are holding rallies in 10 cities—and asking customers to publicly show their support.

To Make Debt Relief a Reality, We’ll Need to Reform the Supreme Court

7. december 2022 In These Times
The legal hurdles facing Biden’s student loan cancellation plan underscore the need to overhaul our democracy—and make debt relief universal.

Golden on Learning How to Live as a Black, Queer and Trans Artist from the South

5. december 2022 In These Times
“There’s so much politicizing of trans lives and at the heart of it, I just want to wear my dress.”

UAW Reformers Win a Historic Victory. What Comes Next?

2. december 2022 In These Times
"Get ready to negotiate with a UAW where the membership is back in charge."

Why Is ‘Pro-Union’ President Biden Pushing a Labor Deal That Rail Workers Rejected?

1. december 2022 In These Times
While the Biden administration is seeking to avert a strike by backing a contract over union objections, Bernie Sanders and other progressives made a last-ditch effort to win guaranteed paid sick leave.

Ranked Choice Voting Won the Midterms

30. november 2022 In These Times
More than 15 million people now have access to ranked elections, and that number is only growing

The Greenwashing Scam Behind COP27’s Flop

29. november 2022 In These Times
This year’s UN climate conference offered some reason to celebrate. But the growing clout of the “carbon capture” industry is hindering urgent efforts to clamp down on fossil fuels.

Britain May Be Headed Toward a “De Facto General Strike”

29. november 2022 In These Times
Unions representing British postal, rail, education and communication workers are rediscovering the workplace as a battleground.

Britain May Be Headed Toward a “De Facto General Strike”

29. november 2022 In These Times
Unions representing British postal, rail, education and communication workers are rediscovering the workplace as a battleground.

These Poop Lagoons Can Poison Waterways, but Regulation Is Patchy

29. november 2022 In These Times
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) produce dangerous amounts of animal waste, but only one third of them have a federal permit.

U.S. Rail Workers Are Poised to Begin a National Strike Next Week

28. november 2022 In These Times
After rejecting an agreement brokered by the White House, railroad workers could walk off the job ahead of the busy holiday season.

This World Cup Is Brought to You By Abused Migrant Workers

23. november 2022 In These Times
Reports of widespread labor exploitation and safety hazards cast a dark shadow over the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The “Labor Shortage” Is Being Used as a Pretext to Harm Workers

22. november 2022 In These Times
Lawmakers and bosses are citing a supposed lack of workers as justification for a suite of reactionary policies aimed at further squeezing the working class.

The Rural Vote Is Again in Play

22. november 2022 In These Times
The midterms showed that rural voters must be an integral part of the Democratic strategy if they want to win in 2024.

“Come To The Table, Cowards”: Starbucks Workers’ First National Strike

18. november 2022 In These Times
We spoke to strikers in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh about their fight to bring the multi-billion dollar company to the bargaining table.

The Left Has a Lot to Celebrate After the Surprising Midterm Results

18. november 2022 In These Times
After the midterm elections, more left-wing insurgents are going to the House, Bernie Sanders has two strong allies in the Senate and progressive ballot measures passed everywhere.

How the Pandemic Changed the Landscape of U.S. Labor Organizing

17. november 2022 In These Times
By banding together to demand justice on the job, essential workers paved the way for a resurgence of labor unrest—and showed how to create a crisis for capitalism.

Democrats Can’t Be Counted On to Stop the MAGA Right, So Socialists Are Stepping Up

17. november 2022 In These Times
After the midterms, Congress will have more socialists than ever—while progressive policies won across the country. The Left will have to use its power to take on the anti-democratic GOP.

Democrats Need To Be Even Better on Abortion To Win the “Blue Tsunami” They Need

17. november 2022 In These Times
An interview about the midterms with reproductive justice pioneer Loretta Ross.

How to Fix the Pathetic Florida Democratic Party

16. november 2022 In These Times
To reverse their dismal midterm election performance, Florida Democrats need to embrace working people, the environment and Unite Here.

Will Lithium Mining Turn California’s Salton Sea into a Green Energy Sacrifice Zone?

16. november 2022 In These Times
Once a tourist destination, the Salton Sea faces ecological collapse, toxic dust storms—and maybe a lithium boom.

Democrats Must Invest in Young People If They Want to Win

15. november 2022 In These Times
The midterms proved the climate generation is a force to be reckoned with.

The Good Years May Be Over, and Labor Didn’t Get Much

14. november 2022 In These Times
The meager returns of Democratic control of the government remind us that true power comes from organizing workers.

How the Democrats Won and Lost the 2022 Midterms

11. november 2022 In These Times
What the surprising results mean for the electoral left.

Unionizing Is Now a Constitutional Right in Illinois. Here’s How It Happened.

11. november 2022 In These Times
In Tuesday's midterm elections, a majority of Illinois voters backed the Workers Rights Amendment which will enshrine the ability to organize. A coalition of unions, along with socialists, helped propel the campaign.

In Key Swing States, Union Members Are Democrats’ Last Line of Defense

8. november 2022 In These Times
In 2020, UNITE HERE workers led the charge in canvassing voters and played a key role in Democrats’ electoral victories. This year, they’re taking the lead once again.

They Waged the Largest Private-Sector Nurses’ Strike in U.S. History. They’re Still Waiting for Justice.

8. november 2022 In These Times
Minnesota nurses made national headlines by going on strike this fall, but as contract negotiations stall, they’re fighting for a voice on the job.

The Protest Camp Where Houseless Activists Fight Luxury High Rises

8. november 2022 In These Times
Houseless protesters in Chicago occupied a parking lot and then set up a long-term camp to fight gentrification—with the support of the neighborhood.

Lessons From the U.S. Left on Taking Power Vs. Organizing on the Outside

7. november 2022 In These Times
As social movements move beyond the default anarchist sensibility that prevailed through Occupy, they must still reckon with hard questions about bureaucracy and cooptation.

It’s Time For a Ceasefire in Ukraine

3. november 2022 In These Times
A ceasefire in Ukraine has been needed since day one—and it’s more urgent now than ever.

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien Vows to “Pulverize” UPS in Fiery TDU Convention Speech

2. november 2022 In These Times
The first TDU-endorsed leader in 30 years sought to meet the hopes of the militant rank-and-file, promising a UPS strike if needed.

Kentucky Is Latest to Test Whether Red States Will Keep Voting for Abortion Rights

2. november 2022 In These Times
An anti-abortion constitutional amendment identical to one Kansas voters rejected this summer is on Kentucky’s November ballot.

Washington Post Editorial Board Wants U.S. ‘Beacon’ for Ukraine Refugees—but Not for Haitians

1. november 2022 In These Times

Bosses Hate This One Trick

31. oktober 2022 In These Times
Work-to-rule is not walking away from a fight, but a different way to fight.

Don’t Look Now But Progressives Are About to Expand Their Ranks in Congress

31. oktober 2022 In These Times
A lot is uncertain about the midterms, but there's one thing we do know—the House will have the largest left cohort in decades.

Halloween and the Horrors of Capitalism

28. oktober 2022 In These Times
When have you ever seen a poor vampire?

Black Mold, Bed Bugs and Anti-Union Tactics: Why New York Starbucks Workers Are Out On Strike

28. oktober 2022 In These Times
Starbucks workers at a roastery in New York are on the picket line alleging unsafe working conditions and a refusal by management to bargain in good faith.

‘Work-Life Balance Is at the Center of This Dispute’: Alabama Westrock Paper Mill Workers Fight On

28. oktober 2022 In These Times
Workers at Westrock’s Mahrt Mall paper mill in Cottonton, Alabama, have been locked out since the beginning of October due to an ongoing contract fight.

Mike Davis’s Socialism Was Rooted in a Love of Humanity

27. oktober 2022 In These Times
The Marxist writer and activist Mike Davis (1946-2022) showed us all how to live and fight as an “old-school socialist.”

Mike Davis’s Socialism Was Rooted in a Love of Humanity

27. oktober 2022 In These Times
The Marxist writer and activist Mike Davis (1946-2022) showed us all how to live and fight as an “old-school socialist.”

Robert Reich: Why Aren’t Democrats Talking About the Real Cause of Inflation?

26. oktober 2022 In These Times
Casting corporate profiteering as a key driver of inflation would be a political winner for Democrats—and it has the virtue of being true.

Starbucks Has a Pin Problem

25. oktober 2022 In These Times
A barista in Buffalo says he was fired for wearing a suicide awareness pin. Now, workers in at least seven other states are wearing it in solidarity.

After Platinum Health Took Control of Noble Sites, All Hospital Workers Were Fired

24. oktober 2022 In These Times
A private-equity startup acquired two rural Missouri hospitals during the pandemic. In March, it suspended all hospital services.

How Progressives Can Counter ‘Tough-on Crime’ Messaging

24. oktober 2022 In These Times
Crime plays on primal emotions. We need deep engagement to transform people's thinking.

Amy’s Kitchen Workers Protested Their Working Conditions. Then They All Lost Their Jobs.

21. oktober 2022 In These Times
“They treat you like you’re nothing. Like cockroaches.”

Sysco Strikers Reach a Deal

20. oktober 2022 In These Times
The three-week, multi-state strikes caused supply chain interruptions but drew widespread community support.

When Unions Back Corporate Mergers, Workers Lose

19. oktober 2022 In These Times
The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger's mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling.

Voters Could Help Stem the Homelessness Crisis in L.A. Next Month

18. oktober 2022 In These Times
A sweeping ballot initiative dubbed the “mansion tax” would raise funds to build supportive housing, provide rental assistance and implement other measures to help curb the crisis facing unhoused Los Angeles residents.

Barbara Ehrenreich’s Call for Socialist Feminism

18. oktober 2022 In These Times
“Feminism—despite all our efforts—is still largely a middle-class movement and ideology,” Ehrenreich wrote in 1984—words that are still relevant today.

Inside the Fight To Unionize Delta Air Lines

14. oktober 2022 In These Times
Delta is the last major airline in the US where flight attendants are not unionized. Its workers want to change that.

CEO Pay Has Soared by Nearly 1,500% Since 1978, While Workers Have Been Left Behind

13. oktober 2022 In These Times
As the Fed seeks to cut workers’ wages amid inflation, a new report shows corporate executives have seen a monumental surge in compensation.

Biden’s Marijuana Reform Plan Is a Good Start. He Can’t Stop There.

13. oktober 2022 In These Times
The Biden administration has taken the first step to ending harsh and discriminatory laws around marijuana. But it’s a far cry from justice for all those impacted.

The Gangster Socialists of the Red State Beaches

12. oktober 2022 In These Times
Insurance may suck, but it doesn't lie.

Joe Manchin Says He’s Pro-Job Creation, But He’s Lobbying the Fed to Increase Unemployment

12. oktober 2022 In These Times
Sen. Manchin has justified fossil fuel extraction because it “creates jobs.” He's also pushing a policy that would cut them.

Beware the Copaganda Machine

10. oktober 2022 In These Times
Media portrayals of police as good-hearted heroes warp our collective view of reality. Don't trust them.

El plan de la Casa Blanca para detener la migración protege las ganancias empresariales—no a las personas

7. oktober 2022 In These Times
El plan sólo afianzará aún más las razones por las que la gente se va.

I Survived the Rig Explosion That Caused the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. This Is What I Saw.

7. oktober 2022 In These Times
It’s been 12 years since the oil spill caused by British Petroleum devastated the Gulf. A people’s history of this disaster has yet to be told.

To Win in the Midterms, Democrats Should Go All In on Reviving the Child Tax Credit

5. oktober 2022 In These Times
The expanded Child Tax Credit was the most impactful anti-poverty program in a generation. Democrats should campaign on bringing it back.

Banning Congress From Trading Stocks Is Massively Popular. So Why Are Top Democrats Stalling?

4. oktober 2022 In These Times
While polling shows most Americans support banning lawmakers from trading stocks, legislation to do so has been delayed by House leadership.

The 40-Year Robbing of Rural America

3. oktober 2022 In These Times
Since the 1980s, says Professor Marc Edelman, financial capital has developed imaginative new ways to seize assets from small towns and rural areas.

Why Nurses at This LGBTQ-Affirming Healthcare Provider Threatened to Strike

30. september 2022 In These Times
Workers at Howard Brown Health in Chicago are set to walk out next week after months of stalled negotiations.

Teachers and Other Unionists Are Joining Iran’s Gender Justice Uprising

30. september 2022 In These Times
As part of the nationwide protests in Iran, women union members are taking to the streets, saying: “we have nothing to lose but our lives.”

One Year Later, Friends and Family of Kroger Employee Driven to Suicide Want Justice

30. september 2022 In These Times
The tragic suicide of Evan Seyfried has been linked to targeted bullying and harassment by coworkers and management at Kroger—his loved ones are still seeking answers and justice.

Home Depot Workers Have Filed to Form the First Union at the Retail Behemoth

27. september 2022 In These Times
Home Depot workers tried to get the company to address low pay, lack of training and understaffing. No one listened, so they're unionizing.

The Left Should Double Down on Electoral Organizing

26. september 2022 In These Times
To build power and transform communities, socialists and movement organizers need to engage in the electoral arena.

The App ICE Forces You To Download

26. september 2022 In These Times
Under Biden, monitoring of immigrants by cell phone has jumped 808%.

Opposition from Progressives and Republicans Could Sink Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Permitting Deal

22. september 2022 In These Times
The West Virginia senator is “getting desperate” as objections to his permitting deal grow louder, saying he’s a victim of “revenge politics.”

A Left Answer to Inflation

22. september 2022 In These Times
It is time to forsake the Chicago school of economics.

Lula: The Once and Future President?

21. september 2022 In These Times
On the eve of the presidential election in Brazil, which will pit former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, In These Times revisits Lula’s first year in power.

Poverty Is a Public Policy Choice

21. september 2022 In These Times
Pandemic safety net programs kept millions out of poverty in 2021. Cutting them will lead to more unnecessary misery.

Why Aren’t Workers at Unions Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness?

20. september 2022 In These Times
While Biden has taken steps to provide student debt cancellation, union workers are excluded from a key relief program—while workers at anti-labor groups like the Heritage Foundation are covered.

Independent Unions Are Great—And Proof of Labor’s Broken Institutions

19. september 2022 In These Times
The inspiring wave of independent labor organizing also represents the failure of existing unions.

“It’s Not Over”: While Biden Touts Rail Deal, Workers Have Yet to Vote—And Many Remain Skeptical

16. september 2022 In These Times
A national rail strike could still be on the table if rank-and-file workers reject the tentative agreement announced by the White House this week.

Grading President Biden’s Economic Record

15. september 2022 In These Times
Rapid job growth and increased worker bargaining power are very good—there’s a whole lot more progressive policy that could be done.

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