Nathan Comp is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist who has written extensively on criminal justice and other social issues. He is currently writing a book about a Madison, Wisc., man whose 2004 disappearance and presumed homicide sparked a massive federal drug investigation stretching across six states and into Canada.

Dispatch
Granny Get Your Gun
Is America on the verge of a geriatric crime wave?
Nathan Comp

Feature
An End to the War on Weed?
Marijuana advocates believe legalization is on the horizon.
Nathan Comp
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.