Debbie Southorn works for the American Friends Service Committee in Chicago, where she’s supported community based responses to police violence. In 2012, she co-founded the Chicago chapter of Black & Pink, and currently serves on the National Committee of the War Resisters League.

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We Can’t Fight Trump-Style Hate with the Surveillance State
"Life After Hate" has attracted widespread support as an anti-racist organization. Yet, the group has a troubling history of collaborating with Islamophobic "war on terror" federal programming.
Debbie Southorn
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.