In These Times
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A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
Eleanor J. Bader uncovers the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Eleanor J. Bader uncovers the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.
inthesetimes.com/article/quee...
inthesetimes.com/article/quee...
Last month, voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Last month, voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
On Zohran Mamdani's win, @bradlander.bsky.social wrote:
"When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be 'Donald Trump versus Zohran Mamdani.' It will be 'Donald Trump versus New York City.' And we’ve got to rise to the challenge together — as New Yorkers."
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"When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be 'Donald Trump versus Zohran Mamdani.' It will be 'Donald Trump versus New York City.' And we’ve got to rise to the challenge together — as New Yorkers."
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December 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
On Zohran Mamdani's win, @bradlander.bsky.social wrote:
"When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be 'Donald Trump versus Zohran Mamdani.' It will be 'Donald Trump versus New York City.' And we’ve got to rise to the challenge together — as New Yorkers."
inthesetimes.com/article/brad...
"When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be 'Donald Trump versus Zohran Mamdani.' It will be 'Donald Trump versus New York City.' And we’ve got to rise to the challenge together — as New Yorkers."
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“When I realized I wasn’t going to be allowed to leave, I slid onto the floor, thinking they would have to call an ambulance to help me up. They didn’t.”
@ottavias.bsky.social reports from inside Texas boarding homes where abuse & exploitation are widespread.
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@ottavias.bsky.social reports from inside Texas boarding homes where abuse & exploitation are widespread.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“When I realized I wasn’t going to be allowed to leave, I slid onto the floor, thinking they would have to call an ambulance to help me up. They didn’t.”
@ottavias.bsky.social reports from inside Texas boarding homes where abuse & exploitation are widespread.
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@ottavias.bsky.social reports from inside Texas boarding homes where abuse & exploitation are widespread.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
Part 2 of @atarahi.bsky.social's dive into zine making, printing, & binding with Peter Bergman in Chicago.
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Part 2 of @atarahi.bsky.social's dive into zine making, printing, & binding with Peter Bergman in Chicago.
Today is intern, Atarah Israel's last day with us, & we are proud to present her dive into the world of zine making, printing, & binding with Peter Bergman in Chicago.
Reporting and Video Editing: @atarahi.bsky.social
Special thank you to Peter Bergman!
Click through this thread to watch part 2!
Reporting and Video Editing: @atarahi.bsky.social
Special thank you to Peter Bergman!
Click through this thread to watch part 2!
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today is intern, Atarah Israel's last day with us, & we are proud to present her dive into the world of zine making, printing, & binding with Peter Bergman in Chicago.
Reporting and Video Editing: @atarahi.bsky.social
Special thank you to Peter Bergman!
Click through this thread to watch part 2!
Reporting and Video Editing: @atarahi.bsky.social
Special thank you to Peter Bergman!
Click through this thread to watch part 2!
"The reality is that this election was a rejection of Trump’s economy and a rejection of ICE and its cruelty—not an endorsement of any of its particular replacements."
@alexhan.bsky.social, Executive Director of In These Times, on the current moment of possibility.
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@alexhan.bsky.social, Executive Director of In These Times, on the current moment of possibility.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"The reality is that this election was a rejection of Trump’s economy and a rejection of ICE and its cruelty—not an endorsement of any of its particular replacements."
@alexhan.bsky.social, Executive Director of In These Times, on the current moment of possibility.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
@alexhan.bsky.social, Executive Director of In These Times, on the current moment of possibility.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
"I came away admiring her not as an icon, but as a real person."
Eleanor J. Bader uncovers the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.
inthesetimes.com/article/quee...
Eleanor J. Bader uncovers the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.
inthesetimes.com/article/quee...
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"I came away admiring her not as an icon, but as a real person."
Eleanor J. Bader uncovers the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.
inthesetimes.com/article/quee...
Eleanor J. Bader uncovers the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.
inthesetimes.com/article/quee...
“When I realized I wasn’t going to be allowed to leave, I slid onto the floor, thinking they would have to call an ambulance to help me up. They didn’t.”
As the USA faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas presents a frightening vision.
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As the USA faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas presents a frightening vision.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“When I realized I wasn’t going to be allowed to leave, I slid onto the floor, thinking they would have to call an ambulance to help me up. They didn’t.”
As the USA faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas presents a frightening vision.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
As the USA faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas presents a frightening vision.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
“Nowhere to Go” is a deeply reported look at how we are failing disabled, elderly and undocumented people—and what the future of long-term care could look like if massive healthcare cuts go through.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Nowhere to Go” is a deeply reported look at how we are failing disabled, elderly and undocumented people—and what the future of long-term care could look like if massive healthcare cuts go through.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
Still, both live with the fear they could be moved again.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Still, both live with the fear they could be moved again.
Advocates say we need a complete overhaul:
▪️ Funding for community-based care
▪️ Strong, enforceable standards for any facility providing personal care
▪️ Investment in Adult Protective Services
▪️ Policies rooted in disability justice, not “out of sight, out of mind.”
▪️ Funding for community-based care
▪️ Strong, enforceable standards for any facility providing personal care
▪️ Investment in Adult Protective Services
▪️ Policies rooted in disability justice, not “out of sight, out of mind.”
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Advocates say we need a complete overhaul:
▪️ Funding for community-based care
▪️ Strong, enforceable standards for any facility providing personal care
▪️ Investment in Adult Protective Services
▪️ Policies rooted in disability justice, not “out of sight, out of mind.”
▪️ Funding for community-based care
▪️ Strong, enforceable standards for any facility providing personal care
▪️ Investment in Adult Protective Services
▪️ Policies rooted in disability justice, not “out of sight, out of mind.”
And this isn’t just about Texas.
As Congress slashes $500 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 9 years, experts expect up to 16 million people to lose coverage and hundreds of nursing homes to close.
As Congress slashes $500 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 9 years, experts expect up to 16 million people to lose coverage and hundreds of nursing homes to close.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
And this isn’t just about Texas.
As Congress slashes $500 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 9 years, experts expect up to 16 million people to lose coverage and hundreds of nursing homes to close.
As Congress slashes $500 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 9 years, experts expect up to 16 million people to lose coverage and hundreds of nursing homes to close.
Others describe inaccessible bathrooms, hours-long waits to be moved from bed, filthy mattresses, stolen belongings and caregivers who humiliate or even assault residents.
For many undocumented, disabled and older people with no family, these homes are the only option.
For many undocumented, disabled and older people with no family, these homes are the only option.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Others describe inaccessible bathrooms, hours-long waits to be moved from bed, filthy mattresses, stolen belongings and caregivers who humiliate or even assault residents.
For many undocumented, disabled and older people with no family, these homes are the only option.
For many undocumented, disabled and older people with no family, these homes are the only option.
The result: people like Manuel, an undocumented immigrant with quadriplegia, shuttled through eight facilities.
At one point, he says he was left in the dark for days, with little food or water and no help to change his clothes.
At one point, he says he was left in the dark for days, with little food or water and no help to change his clothes.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The result: people like Manuel, an undocumented immigrant with quadriplegia, shuttled through eight facilities.
At one point, he says he was left in the dark for days, with little food or water and no help to change his clothes.
At one point, he says he was left in the dark for days, with little food or water and no help to change his clothes.
In Texas, boarding homes are low-cost houses—often charging around $1,400/month—where people with serious medical needs end up because they can’t afford $5–7k/month nursing homes or don’t qualify for Medicaid.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In Texas, boarding homes are low-cost houses—often charging around $1,400/month—where people with serious medical needs end up because they can’t afford $5–7k/month nursing homes or don’t qualify for Medicaid.
His death was ruled a homicide and Becquer is now charged with murder.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
His death was ruled a homicide and Becquer is now charged with murder.
By early 2024, Arlington police were investigating at least 13 deaths in Becquer’s homes over 18 months.
One resident, Steven “Kelly” Pankratz, died with psychotropic meds in his system he’d never been prescribed.
One resident, Steven “Kelly” Pankratz, died with psychotropic meds in his system he’d never been prescribed.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
By early 2024, Arlington police were investigating at least 13 deaths in Becquer’s homes over 18 months.
One resident, Steven “Kelly” Pankratz, died with psychotropic meds in his system he’d never been prescribed.
One resident, Steven “Kelly” Pankratz, died with psychotropic meds in his system he’d never been prescribed.
Angelique says that when she tried to get out by sliding to the floor, the staff dragged her onto a mattress.
Desperate, she tried to harm herself so someone would call 911. No one did.
Only when she messaged a friend, 'I'm being held against my will,' did the police come.
Desperate, she tried to harm herself so someone would call 911. No one did.
Only when she messaged a friend, 'I'm being held against my will,' did the police come.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Angelique says that when she tried to get out by sliding to the floor, the staff dragged her onto a mattress.
Desperate, she tried to harm herself so someone would call 911. No one did.
Only when she messaged a friend, 'I'm being held against my will,' did the police come.
Desperate, she tried to harm herself so someone would call 911. No one did.
Only when she messaged a friend, 'I'm being held against my will,' did the police come.
When 53-year-old Angelique Estes arrived at a small house in Arlington in December 2023, she hoped it would be safer than the streets & cheaper than a nursing home.
Instead, she was neglected, given mayonnaise sandwiches, sedated with an unknown drug, and not allowed to leave.
Instead, she was neglected, given mayonnaise sandwiches, sedated with an unknown drug, and not allowed to leave.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When 53-year-old Angelique Estes arrived at a small house in Arlington in December 2023, she hoped it would be safer than the streets & cheaper than a nursing home.
Instead, she was neglected, given mayonnaise sandwiches, sedated with an unknown drug, and not allowed to leave.
Instead, she was neglected, given mayonnaise sandwiches, sedated with an unknown drug, and not allowed to leave.
THREAD: Our new investigation by @ottavias.bsky.social with @typeinvestigations.org uncovers Texas “boarding homes” where disabled and elderly people are neglected, trapped and exploited—and why this is a warning for the whole country.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
THREAD: Our new investigation by @ottavias.bsky.social with @typeinvestigations.org uncovers Texas “boarding homes” where disabled and elderly people are neglected, trapped and exploited—and why this is a warning for the whole country.
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
Last month, voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Last month, voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
inthesetimes.com/article/firs...
In a new @LaborNotes roundtable piece, @alexhan.bsky.social, explains why calls for a #generalstrike are resurfacing and what recent labor actions show about the path forward. From the “Day Without an Immigrant” to #RedforEd, the groundwork is already there.
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
In a new @LaborNotes roundtable piece, @alexhan.bsky.social, explains why calls for a #generalstrike are resurfacing and what recent labor actions show about the path forward. From the “Day Without an Immigrant” to #RedforEd, the groundwork is already there.
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
With rising grocery prices and increasingly sparse options, more places are considering municipal-owned grocery stores to create equitable access to food.
@leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains how this is Medicaid, but for milk and eggs.
inthesetimes.com/article/muni...
@leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains how this is Medicaid, but for milk and eggs.
inthesetimes.com/article/muni...
December 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
With rising grocery prices and increasingly sparse options, more places are considering municipal-owned grocery stores to create equitable access to food.
@leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains how this is Medicaid, but for milk and eggs.
inthesetimes.com/article/muni...
@leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains how this is Medicaid, but for milk and eggs.
inthesetimes.com/article/muni...
The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
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inthesetimes.com/article/they...
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
inthesetimes.com/article/they...
inthesetimes.com/article/they...