Malak Silmi is a Palestinian-American freelance journalist from Michigan who has reported on Metro Detroit’s city governments and elections for Outlier Media, Al Jazeera English, Michigan Radio and others.
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Michigan’s Muslims Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
Disgusted by Democrats' ongoing support for the genocide in Gaza, some Muslim and Arab American voters are embracing third-party candidates and community-based forms of political engagement.
Malak Silmi
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.