
Jim Vopat and his partner Bob Miller, founding members of Harbor Country Progress, live in Three Oaks, Mich. Vopat, the author of five books including Writing Circles: Kids Revolutionize Workshop (Heinemann, 2009), founded and co-directs the Milwaukee Writing Project.

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Building the Left in Harbor Country
We met our neighbors and helped turn rural Michigan blue.
Jim Vopat
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 UnionWU, 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.