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Labor
Farmworkers Fight Wendy’s, the ‘Last Holdout’ on Fair Food
Michelle Chen
Video
The Most Amazing Speech by a 9 Year Old You Will Ever See
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature
How the Government Targeted Occupy
A new report reveals the U.S. spent millions spying on Occupiers and other anti-corporate activists.
Lisa Graves

Comics
Bush Library Corky Library
Eric Garcia

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Is Cyprus the Beginning of Another Economic Collapse?
Alternative Press Center

Feature
Is Your Town in Transition?
Out of a quaint English town, a sustainability movement goes global.
Jessica Stites

Feature
Woodstock in Transition
A small town in upstate New York rallies in the face of environmental disaster.
Polly Howells
Labor
Texas Explosion Could Have Been Worse; Unpaid Interns Denied in Court; Regulator Had Honeywell Stock
Mike Elk

Feature
Not Your Grandma’s Wooden Nickel
Fears of global economic instability spawn DIY money.
Julia Pergolini

Labor
Senate Standoff Threatens Labor Board Shutdown
Bruce Vail

Farmer Plants First Industrial Hemp Crop in 50 Years
Susie Cagle

Comics
Sergeant Gropeman
Jeff Danziger
Party-Crashing for the Climate; Indignados Turn Two; Bus Ads Promote Equal Rights for Palestinians
Ben Lorber

Culture
Bring on the Trash
Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby gets the tackiness right, but the flappers wrong.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature
If West, Texas Had Been a Terrorist Attack
Why the double standard?
David Sirota

Labor
Labor Department Hits the Road To Push Minimum Wage Hike
Bruce Vail

Feature
The Tragedy of Self Immolation: No One Cares
If a monk lights himself on fire and nobody watches, has he made a protest?
Andrew Lam

Boobs React to Angelina Jolie’s Preventive Mastectomy
Lindsay Beyerstein
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 UnionWU, 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.