Howard Rheingold is the author of Smart Mobs, The Virtual Community, and Tools for Thought. He was also an editor of The Whole Earth Review, The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog and HotWired and founded the online communities Electric Minds and Brainstorms.

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From the Screen to the Streets
Howard Rheingold
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.