Todd Lookingbill is Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at the University of Richmond. Peter Smallwood is Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Richmond.

Rural America
As Development Destroys Habitat, Wildlife Finds Refuge on Battlefields
Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood
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.