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Knowing What’s Nice
Kurt Vonnegut
Just Add Water
Joel Bleifuss
Dispatch
Domestic Partnerships between Same-sex Couples Finally Recognized in Cook County
A gradual shift in the county board's politics leads to new registry.
Christopher Hayes
Beyond Beyond Borders
Jessica Clark

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Media Forecast is Hazy
Patricia Aufderheide
We Spy
Joel Bleifuss
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Profile: Prometheus Radio Project
Emily Udell
Dispatch
APPALL-O-METER
Dave Mulcahey

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Lessons from the Idiot Box
Cynthia Moothart
Feature
A Language for Change
David Kusnet
Dear Editor
Joel Bleifuss
Viewpoint
Sympathy for the Devil
Ana Marie Cox
Dispatch
Teaching Commercialism
Jim Hightower

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From the Screen to the Streets
Howard Rheingold
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Profile: Media Education Foundation
Brian Cook

Dispatch
Killer Candidate
Ex-general threatens Guatemalan election
Victor Blue

Dispatch
White-Collar Blues
Professional jobs shifting overseas
Dave Lindorff

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No Brass Check Journalists
Studs Terkel
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.