Cathy Albisa is co-founder and executive director of National Economic and Social Rights Initiative. She is committed to a community-centered and participatory human rights approach that is locally anchored, but universal and global in its vision. She has served on boards of the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the International Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Network, and the Center for Social Inclusion, among others. This month, her organization will be launching A New Social Contract: Collective Solutions Built by and for Communities.

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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.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
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.