In These Times

When progressive politicians disavow the politics of 2020, they erase a legacy of Black political thought—and the policies it built that are quietly working today.

After police raids on more than 50 Asian massage parlors, workers are pushing for licensing that recognizes their expertise and an end to the “rescue” model.

The Democratic Socialists of America has gained increasing electoral influence. After the Left’s success in the midterms, the group could make an impact in the upcoming presidential race—if organizers take lessons from previous cycles.

The legacy of Bernie Sanders’ presidential runs was on full display in Democrats’ titanic midterm election results. The message from voters is clear: deliver on economic populism.

As the next mayor of Washington, D.C., Janeese Lewis George will join other local leaders who say they’ll look to the public sector to help solve their cities’ housing crises.

In Tuesday's midterm elections, voters rejected Trump’s billionaire-backed politics and attacks on working people. The winners need to show that a different kind of politics can deliver.

Democrats’ sweeping victory in the midterms showed why the old playbook should be thrown out of the window—and that the Left is on the march.

With the Voting Rights Act gutted and education under attack, building democratic power must reach beyond the ballot box—and into classrooms and the streets

There’s no room for dithering—the U.S. labor movement has to choose now whether to be on the right side of history.

The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins.

New comics from Mark Kaufman, Tom Tomorrow and Adam Zygis.

The question heading into the midterms is not whether Trump has lost support among Hispanic Americans—it is what dissatisfied Hispanic voters will do with that dissatisfaction.

Making numbers go up isn’t compatible with human freedom. It’s time to flip the tables in how we determine progress.

Longtime incumbents in UFCW's Local 8-Golden State are being challenged by an insurgent slate in what may be the local’s first competitive election in decades.

Despite trailing far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of voting, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defied the odds and secured a fourth presidential term, but the road ahead will not be an easy one.

As France erupts with protests and the U.S. midterm elections near, a declining West is answering its crisis with denial, repression and war.

The incoming class of left-wing insurgents can hold sway in the next Congress—if they work as a bloc.

In a new book, a dissident economist argues that to save democracy, we must democratize the economy.

How historic housing unaffordability—and resurgent tenant organizing—are reshaping the midterm elections.

Human labor fueled the rise of AI. It can also be used to halt it.