Member Profile
Jeremy Gantz
Jeremy Gantz was the Web/Associate Editor of In These Times from 2008 to 2012. His January 2011 cover story for the magazine, “Terrorist by Association,” was selected as a finalist for the Molly National Journalism Award 2012. He is now a contributing editor to the magazine, focusing on labor issues.
A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, he worked as a reporter for The Cambodia Daily in 2007. After graduating from Carleton College in 2004, he lived in Sri Lanka on a Fulbright scholarship, studying the intersection of ethnic politics and public education.
He got his start in journalism in eastern Massachusetts, working for the Memorial Press Group, now part of GateHouse Media. While at MPG, he worked as a layout and copy editor, reporter and monthly music columnist.
His articles have also appeared in Chicago-area newspapers, Alternet, the Onion’s A.V. Club Chicago, and BusINess and Shore magazines, of which he is a contributing editor. When he travels, he blogs at Xanadu’s Travelogue, which has captured his thoughts on Australia, New Zealand, India and Cambodia.
Most Recent Articles
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Features
‘Please Stop Exploiting People’
Forced and child labor are embedded in the 21st-century economy. What's Washington doing about it? more »
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Features
The International Precariat
Foreign correspondents like James Foley, abducted in Syria, are at the most dangerous edge of the freelance economy. more »
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Features
Romney’s 9-Point Plan to Annihilate Unions
What Mitt Romney and the GOP would like to do to labor. more »
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Working
At Utopian Chipotle Festival, Immokalee Workers Protest ‘Food With Integrity’
CHICAGO—Chipotle is a rare breed in the world of fast food: the chain not only markets more »
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Working
The 7-Year Itch: Desperate for Fare Increase, Chicago Cabbies Continue Weekly Strike
Angry over new ordinance raising vehicle lease limits, drivers push for fare hike and meeting with City Hall more »
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The ITT List
Oscar-Winning ‘Saving Face’ Director Says Movement Building to Quell Acid Attacks
Their faces are hideously vandalized and disturbingly devoid of expression. Plastic surgery can help only so much. Each more »
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Act Locally
Managing Dissent in Chicago
As the G8/NATO summits approach, activists protest restrictive new rules--and prepare for the spotlight. more »
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Features
Voices From the Occupations
Why occupy? Four protesters from around the U.S. discuss the nation's newest movement. more »
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Working
Building on Occupy Wall St., ‘Take Back Chicago’ Protests Keep the Pressure On
Actions by coalition of community groups and unions continue all week CHICAGO—As he watched thousands of more »
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The ITT List
Can Music Festivals Have a Conscience?
It's a fairly ridiculous question: People don't swarm onto large open spaces every summer—sometimes for serious money— more »
