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Feature
Whose Recovery?
A year after Hurricane Sandy hit, despite community efforts, marginalized New Yorkers aren't back on their feet.
Sarah Jaffe

Feature
Ending Million-Dollar Pay Packages, Papal-Style
Let the Pope's suspension of a bishop for spending millions on lavish renovations be a lesson to America's CEOs.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor
State Department Apologizes for Calling Unionization a Security Threat
Mike Elk

Viewpoint
A Different Kind of Shutdown
What if progressives took a page from the Tea Party?
Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor
Only One Cheer for Amazon
Bruce Vail

Comics
The Surveillance State of America
Matt Bors

Feature
Homeland, Season 3, Episode 5: Daddy Issues Strike Again
Dana's dating another killer? Stop us if you've heard this one before.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature
The Children Left Behind
What happened to the students pushed out by high-stakes testing?
Debbie Nathan
Private prisons thrive despite repeated failures to justify a costly, dangerous industry
Matt Stroud

Dispatch
Sweat-Free Chocolate
Pledge to buy Halloween candy that's child-labor-free.
Amato Nocera

Labor
Railroad Worker: BART Fatalities Show We Still Aren’t Safe
Kari Lydersen

Comics
Drone Reassignment
Matt Bors

Feature
The ‘Economic Persecution’ Myth: No Need To Weep for the Wealthy
Research shows that taxing millionaires won't drive them away.
David Sirota
Video
Russell Brand Breaks Down The Need For Socialism
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Culture
Silk Road Rage
Jia Zhangke's A Touch of Sin is a grotesque portrayal of modern-day China's struggle with corruption.
Michael Atkinson

Labor
Minimum-Wage Hike Won’t Appease Bangladeshi Workers
Michelle Chen

Labor
16-Hour Shifts, But Not a Real Worker?
Sarah Jaffe

Feature
Social Democracy in the South
Bernie Sanders talks about economic justice—and the possibility of a presidential run—on a three-day road trip.
Cole Stangler
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.