Kevin Coval is the author of the forthcoming Everyday People (EM Press, November) and Slingshots (A Hip Hop Poetica). He teaches at the School of the Arts Institute in Chicago.

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Hip-Hop’s Planet Rocker
An interview with the legendary Afrika Bambaataa
Kevin Coval
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.