Dan Berger is a professor, the author or editor of six books, and a coordinator of the Washington Prison History Project.
Kay Whitlock, an abolitionist, is the co-author of two books on structural violence and a forthcoming book that interrogates contemporary criminal justice reform agendas.

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Sanders and Warren Released Criminal Justice Plans This Week. Here’s What’s Good, Bad and Missing.
The plans are a good starting point, but they are far from the finish line.
Dan Berger and Kay Whitlock
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.