Linda Stout, founder and executive director of Spirit in Action, has been a grassroots organizer and activist for over three decades. She is the author of Bridging the Class Divide: and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing and Collective Visioning: How Groups Can Work Together for a Just and Sustainable Future.

Feature
‘Hopelessness is Our Biggest Enemy’
Why young people must continue to fight for change.
Linda Stout
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.