Douglas Williams is a doctoral student in political science at Wayne State University in Detroit, where his research centers around public policy, disadvantaged communities and the labor movement. He blogs at The South Lawn.
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Spare Us Your Technocratic Handwringing Over Single Payer: This is Life and Death
The battle for single payer in California is an opportunity to make historic investments in both healthcare and education. We can't pass it up.
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Labor
This is Why Labor Should Care About Virginia’s Gubernatorial Primary
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Labor
A Radical Plan For An Economy That Makes Black Lives Matter
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Viewpoint
The Progressive Case For Hillary Clinton Isn’t Much of a Case At All
A recent argument for Clinton from the left fails to convince.
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Labor
Why Virginia’s Open Shop Referendum Should Matter to the Entire American Labor Movement in 2016
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Viewpoint
An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis on My Grandmother and the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement was made up of people whose names never made it into the history books.
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Labor
Are “Works Councils” Really Such a Good Idea for Workers and Unions?
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Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
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Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.