Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.
In June 2006, Doster joined In These Times as an editorial intern. A journalist based in Chicago, he has covered topics such as the labor movement, education, and electoral organizing for The Nation, The American Prospect, The Chicago Reader and WireTap, among others. In November 2007, he won the Campaign for College Affordability’s essay contest for his piece “When College Ends, So Does Activism.”
Doster graduated with university honors from the University of Michigan in 2007. While in Ann Arbor, he served as the managing editor of The Michigan Independent, a monthly progressive magazine.
Race and social democracy
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That Bell Curve is wicked crooked
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Alley fighter
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GI-John, American HERO!
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Shifting blame
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Rummy wouldn’t last a DAY on the Biggest Loser campus
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Keep this sucker going!
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Trouble in Basra
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Refinancing in B-More
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Monday night links
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The Obama doctrine
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The world’s scariest graph
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Red ink rising
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Hagee, nowhere to be seen
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He did it again!
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One nation under Elvis
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The new New Deal
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Big bad business link dump
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If America won’t accept this ...
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Friday evening link drop
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Which is worse?
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Church leaders who actually blow
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The slim margin of ethics reform
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Elizabeth, I have answers!
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Where’s that apology, eh?
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Housing woe responsibilites
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Congrats Bill Foster
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RIP ‘The Wire’
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What we miss while watching polls and returns
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Eat up these lunchtime links
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Payday in the land of the Saved
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Monday evening reads
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Bringing back the Senate to decency
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Iraq Campaign 2008
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Friday evening links
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Kate Sheppard is on a roll
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Survivng the recession, one bulk item at a time
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Obama’s defense on public financing
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Link barrage
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William F. Buckley, dead at 82
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Change the bankrupcty laws? RIDICULOUS!
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Hacktastic debate moderating
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Bike-sharing in the Windy
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Moblizing Millenials
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The f’ing cradle of civilization!
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Lunchtime links
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Teenage wasteland
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Fili-Busters
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