In These Times

01/14/2026

As protests spread across Iran, the U.S. response has been renewed threats of military action.

Reporting by David Vine shows how those threats don’t protect protestors—instead, they make it easier for Iran’s leaders to label dissenters as foreign agents, intensify repression, and justify violence. Military action would also put U.S. troops and civilians across the region at risk, raising the danger of a far wider war.

Vine traces how past U.S. interventions—from Iraq to Libya—produced mass casualties, displacement, and long-term instability, offering a warning about what an attack on Iran could unleash.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/attacking-iran-is-no-way-to-support-iranian-protests

01/14/2026

“We are facing a tsunami of hate from our own federal government. We’re going to shut it down on the 23rd. We’re going to overcome this.”

A labor-community coalition is calling on residents to refuse to work, shop, or attend school on January 23.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-labor-unions

01/14/2026

“This is not normal. Violence is no longer a threat—it’s a reality.”

After Immigration and Customs Enforcement killed Renee Good, unions, faith groups, and community organizations across Minnesota are calling for a statewide shutdown on January 23: no work, no school, no shopping.

As heavily armed federal agents escalate raids, detentions, and assaults on workers, students, and families, Minnesotans are organizing mass refusal—and mutual aid—to protect one another and demand accountability.

“When your coworkers aren’t safe, nobody is safe. This country is run by workers.”

Sarah Lazare and Amie Stager report, in partnership with Workday Magazine, on how a labor-community coalition is building toward the mass resistance of January 23.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-labor-unions

01/13/2026

The longest-running strike in the United States ended with a decisive legal victory for workers—and then the paper was shut down.

After more than 1,100 days on strike, journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won in federal court, with the Third Circuit ordering management to restore illegally stripped contract protections. It was a landmark win for labor and press workers alike.

Days later, the paper’s corporate parent announced it was closing the Post-Gazette altogether—a 240-year-old institution shuttered in a move widely seen as retaliation against workers who refused to back down.

This is what it looks like when workers win, and corporate power lashes out anyway. The victory still matters. The courage still matters. And the fight for dignified journalism, fair contracts, and accountability doesn’t end with one newsroom.

Maximillian Alvarez reports on what this hard-won victory—and the paper’s closure—tell us about labor, media, and power in the U.S.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/workers-win-as-longest-running-strike-in-the-us-ends

01/13/2026

Nearly 15,000 healthcare workers across New York City are on the picket lines demanding safe staffing and workplace protections.

Nearly 15,000 healthcare workers across New York City are on the picket lines demanding safe staffing and workplace protections.

01/13/2026

Rents are still rising. Evictions are still accelerating. And millions of tenants are still being squeezed to the breaking point.

This piece was published in 2024—but it remains urgently relevant today. "The Future of Housing Organizing: Tenant Unions" looks at how tenants across the country are turning rent hikes, unsafe conditions, and displacement into collective power.

From St. Petersburg to Chicago to Kansas City, tenants are organizing—not as isolated individuals, but as unions—to fight back against corporate landlords, stop displacement, and demand housing as a right, not a commodity.

As housing costs continue to spiral, this reporting makes one thing clear: the market won’t save us—but collective action just might.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/housing-crisis-tenant-unions-debt-collective

01/13/2026

As the Supreme Court considers whether states can ban transgender students from participating in girls’ and women’s school and college sports, the stakes for trans youth could not be higher.

Journalist Kathryn Joyce reports on how those national battles are being quietly built at the local level—inside school board meetings across Pennsylvania—through the spread of coordinated anti-LGBTQ policies crafted by a powerful Christian Right legal group, the Independence Law Center.

Parents and community members are pushing back, even as advocates for these policies openly hope to land a case before the Supreme Court.

Produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/anti-lgbtq-policies-taking-root-in-local-school-districts-trans-gay-right-wing

01/13/2026

Nearly 15,000 nurses are on the picket lines across New York City right now—launching the largest nurses strike in the city’s history.

Nurses with the New York State Nurses Association say management at some of the city’s wealthiest private hospitals left them no choice. They’re demanding safe staffing levels, protections from workplace violence, and dignity for the people doing lifesaving work every day.

Elected officials, including NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders, have spoken out in solidarity, while fellow healthcare workers with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East are backing the strike.

What happens next will shape patient care, working conditions, and the future of healthcare in New York City.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/largest-nurses-strike-in-new-york-city-history-zohran-mamdani

01/12/2026

"The Trump administration is trying desperately to politicize the murder of Renee Good to further attack its political enemies. Agents kill an innocent woman and then the Trump administration uses her death to villainize the people protesting her killer."

https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-minneapolis-renee-good-shooting-trump

01/12/2026

President Donald Trump’s saber-rattling over Greenland is escalating — with explicit threats of annexation, purchase, or even military takeover. This week, Trump said the U.S. would take Greenland “whether they like it or not,” while top aides dismissed the idea that anyone could stand in the way.

In this latest conversation with the Green and Red Podcast, host Scott Parkin speaks with Adam Federman about why Greenland has become a geopolitical flashpoint, what’s driving these threats, and what they mean for the Arctic and global politics.

Federman brings deep expertise on environmental policy, public lands, and U.S. power abroad. Also, check the links to read his reporting with In These Times on Greenland.

https://greenandredpodcast.org/2026/01/10/trumps-new-imperialism-threatens-greenland-w-journalist-adam-federman/

Previously published with In These Times:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-greenland-denmark-expansionist-maga

01/11/2026

From War to Unrest in Iran 🇮🇷

In June last year, Journalist Phyllis Bennis sounded the alarm about the reckless U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities — a dangerous act of war that risked dragging us into another long conflict abroad. At the time, she called on Congress to act and stop the United States from entering another forever war.

Today, Iran is in a state of deep instability. Nationwide protests have surged across all provinces in response to economic collapse, repression, and political crises — with hundreds killed and thousands detained amid a violent crackdown by security forces. Many observers warn that the country is facing its most dangerous internal confrontation in years, with political divides widening and the regime under unprecedented pressure.

This isn’t just a regional conflict anymore — it’s a humanitarian crisis with global implications.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-iran-war-israel-bombing

01/11/2026

"The invasion of Venezuela went forward even while millions of Americans did the math on just surviving until the next paycheck."

https://inthesetimes.com/article/venezuela-maduro-trump-invasion-oil-healthcare-housing