In These Times

U.S. democratic socialist / labor left

Background

Founded in 1976 by socialist historian James Weinstein, In These Times launched as a biweekly newspaper aiming to chronicle and support movements against corporate power, with early backers including Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Daniel Ellsberg. It transitioned over the decades from a newsprint tabloid to a magazine and eventually an online-first nonprofit outlet, formally organized under the Institute for Public Affairs. In 2014 it joined the Institute for Nonprofit News, cementing its identity as noncommercial, mission-driven journalism rather than an advertiser- or subscriber-profit model. The magazine has long focused on labor organizing, socialist and progressive politics, environmental justice, and critiques of capitalism, distinguishing it from mainstream center-left outlets. It has faced periodic financial strain typical of small nonprofit newsrooms and has relied on fundraising drives and union/foundation support to stay afloat. Editorially it has been a consistent voice for the U.S. left, including democratic socialist politics associated with figures like Bernie Sanders, and has taken firm anti-corporate, pro-labor stances across changing presidential administrations.

Sources

1. In These Times (magazine) - Wikipedia
2. In These Times - About
3. In These Times - SourceWatch
4. In These Times - Institute for Public Affairs - InfluenceWatch

Profile compiled 2026-09-27; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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