Kali Akuno is the co-founder and executive director of Cooperation Jackson, an emerging network of worker cooperatives in Jackson, Miss. He served as the director of special projects and external funding in the mayoral administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba, and served as the executive director of the Peoples’ Hurricane Relief Fund in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He is the co-editor of Jackson Rising.
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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.