Gemma Baltazar is a fall 2009 In These Times editorial intern and a student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Dispatch
No Change for Obama
LGBT activists launch a boycott of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
Gemma Baltazar

Feature
Toxic Turf?
More popular than ever, fake grass may not be so safe.
Gemma Baltazar

Labor
After Long Struggle, Philly Museum Guards Unionize
Gemma Baltazar
Nebraska Dems Pressure Sen. Nelson on Public Option
Gemma Baltazar
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