Alana Toulin is a Ph.D. candidate in U.S. history at Northwestern University. Her dissertation, “Open Tables: Restaurant and Reform in Progressive Chicago,” considers how Chicagoans from across class, gender, and ethnic and racial lines experienced and shaped their city’s public dining culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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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.