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Feature
Cure a Sick Healthcare System
Universal coverage under National Health Insurance would not increase health costs
Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein
Muzak—an untold benefit of marriage?
Phoebe Connelly

Culture
Tuneful Humanism
Kevin Canfield

Feature
Educate All Children
Adequate and equitable funding is required for schools to provide qualified teachers, small classes and up-to-date facilities
Barbara Miner
Debate Over Media Consolidation Continues….
Emily Udell
Mystery Solved
Brian Cook

Feature
Prioritize Civil Rights
Democrats need to redress the social and economic inequalities expressed in the United States’ foreign and domestic policies
Salim Muwakkil
Viewpoint
Bush’s Churchillian Dreams
Nat Parry
For the armchair investigative reporter
Jessica Clark

Culture
When Yes Means No
Michael Atkinson

Feature
Win Over Women
Republicans have waged a 20-year war against women, mothers and families, and ensured that it’s harder to be a mother here than in any other industrialized country—unless you’re rich, of course
Susan J. Douglas
Obama + McKinney = hope for Progressives?
Aaron Sarver
Comics
scared
Mikhaela B. Reid
The July Surprises
Joel Bleifuss

Feature
Be a Good Steward
Using Bush’s playbook, Kerry could employ executive orders to create a sustainable century
Adam Werbach
The Corporatization of the Militarization of Society
Abraham Epton

Viewpoint
Growing the Green Party
David Cobb

Viewpoint
Expenses We Cannot Afford
Rep. José E. Serrano
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.