Margaret Smith, a summer 2010 In These Times editorial intern, is a journalism student at Columbia College in Chicago.

Dispatch
Instant Election Reform
Increasingly popular runoff voting system gives third-party candidates a chance.
At Public Hearing, Citizens Speak Out Against—and For—Comcast/NBC Merger
New Film Brings Awareness to Hydraulic Fracturing

Dispatch
Social Security’s Porcupine Politics
Obama's deficit reduction panel isn't afraid of touching the 'third rail' of American politics.

Labor
Welcome to Wal-Mart University
What Actually Happened on Gaza Activist Ships? The Truth is Out There, Somewhere
‘Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!’ on Facebook Sparks Censorship in Pakistan