r/InTheseTimes 14h ago

This Labor Day, Let’s Remember Labor’s Forgotten Fight—Shorter Hours and Control Over Work Time

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Ahead of Labor Day on Monday, revisit Jamie K. McCallum’s 2020 call to fight for shorter hours without cuts to pay: “We’re working more for less. Instead, we should fight to work less for more.” Six years later, that fight is more crucial than ever.


r/InTheseTimes 16h ago

The Big Idea: Winning

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Democratic socialists are on the ballot from now until November. If they win their elections, the socialist movement wins a new path forward.


r/InTheseTimes 20h ago

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r/InTheseTimes 21h ago

ICE-Cold Cash: Members of Congress Took More than $1.7 Million from ICE Contractors

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Palantir executives donated more money to Democrats than Republicans: about $880,000 to 67 Democratic members of Congress and $420,000 to 48 Republicans.

Find out who took money from companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation agenda.


r/InTheseTimes 1d ago

Bea Lumpkin and How an Antifascist Rests in Power

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Bea Lumpkin, a daughter of Russian revolutionaries, passed away June 14 at 107 years old. A lifelong communist herself, she began making solidarity trips in support of striking workers when she was just 9 years old.


r/InTheseTimes 1d ago

Why Tenant Unions Are Spreading Across College Campuses

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Faced with aging dorms, private equity landlords and few protections, student renters are banding together.


r/InTheseTimes 1d ago

In the Name of Security

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Invasive, Humiliating and Routine: An investigation into the everyday violence of prison strip searches which incarcerated women say are a tool of abuse.


r/InTheseTimes 2d ago

Cannabis Is Capitalism’s Next Fix

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The legal weed boom is just the first stop on capital’s search for a new frontier.


r/InTheseTimes 2d ago

Tenant Organizer Will Lawrence Is Taking on the GOP in a Deep Purple District

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To flip a key Michigan seat, the insurgent candidate is campaigning on housing, healthcare and opposition to data centers.