Inside ITT
Why is it called violent extremism when “they” do it to us?
Frida Berrigan
Viewpoint
Torture in the Homeland
Salim Muwakkil
U.S. Activists Trek Towards Guantanamo/AP
Frida Berrigan
Walking
Frida Berrigan
Christian Witnesses Against Torture
Frida Berrigan

Feature
Beatrice Were: Fighting a Deadly U.S. AIDS Policy in Uganda
Christopher Hayes

Feature
The Rise of Professional Journalism
Reconsidering the roots of our profession in an age of media crisis.
Robert McChesney and John Nichols

Culture
Bad Girls
Silja J.A. Talvi
Comics
taxcuts
Mikhaela B. Reid

Feature
Cult of Ideology
North Korea struggles to save face by resisting crucial foreign aid
Jehangir Pocha
ripped from the headlines
Jessica Clark
Viewpoint
Their Patents or Your Life
Joel Bleifuss

Feature
She-said/She-said
Jessica Clark
Comics
holiday
Andrew Wahl

Dispatch
Road to Riches or Ruin?
Army recuitment may be down, but economic hardship keeps the troops of Halliburton at high levels
Andrew Stelzer
Effort mounts to stop the 12/13 execution of the co-founder of the Crips.
Silja J.A. Talvi
Bill O’Reilly’s Evil Media List
Tracy Van Slyke
Viewpoint
In and Out Burglars
Craig Aaron
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.