In 1976, author and historian James Weinstein, along with a handful of journalists, moved to Chicago to launch an independent publication to inform and critically analyze the emerging new movements on the American Left. They called the publication In These Times.

The first issue of In These Times was on released November 15th, 1976.
They modeled their new publication on Appeal to Reason, a socialist newspaper from the turn of the century that once reached more than half a million subscribers. From the beginning, In These Times relied on the financial support of its readers, and the list of founding sponsors included Julian Bond, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Daniel Ellsberg and Michael Harrington.

1976年，作家兼历史学家詹姆斯·韦恩斯坦和少数记者搬到芝加哥，创办了一份独立出版物，为美国左翼新兴运动提供信息并进行批判性分析。他们把这份刊物叫做《时代周报》。

《在这些时代》第一期于1976年11月15日发行。

他们以《理性呼吁》为蓝本，这是一份世纪之交的社会主义报纸，订户一度超过50万。从一开始，《在这些时代》就依靠读者的资金支持，创始赞助商名单包括朱利安·邦德、诺姆·乔姆斯基、芭芭拉·埃伦里奇、丹尼尔·埃尔斯伯格和迈克尔·哈林顿。