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Comics
Here They Come!
Jeff Danziger
Bangladesh Considers Raising $38/Month Minimum Wage
Ian Becker

Viewpoint
Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher
The tall tales are all true.
Jane Miller

Labor
As Death Toll in Bangladesh Collapse Climbs Past 1,000, Another Factory Fire Claims 8 Lives
Michelle Chen
Noam Chomsky Helped Talk Stephen Hawking Into Boycotting Israel
Jessica Stites

How Chicago Workers Went From Occupation to Cooperative
Rebecca Burns

The Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Guide to Running in Another Party’s Safe District
Devin McCarthy

Feature
Whose Budget? Their Budget.
At their first participatory budgeting vote, 5th ward residents take $1 million in municipal funds into their own hands.
Joel Handley
Hawking Joins Boycott; Foreclosing on Wells Fargo; Cooper Union Gets Occupied
Ben Lorber

Viewpoint
FCC: Fronting For Corporations?
Business is cheering Obama's nominee. That's bad news if you like your media diverse and your Internet free.
Joel Bleifuss

Feature
The Military’s 40-Year Experiment
How the end of the draft made way for an 'era of persistent conflict.'
David Sirota

Labor
In Wake of West, Texas Explosion, Safety Advocates Recommend Harsher Fines
Mike Elk

Feature
A New Era for Worker Ownership, 5 Years in the Making
The New Era Windows Cooperative opens its doors (and windows) for business.
Kari Lydersen

Comics
Sanford Wins South Carolina
Jeff Danziger

Feature
Robert Redford Doesn’t Know Which Way the Wind’s Blowing
Redford's 'political' film about '60s radicals, The Company You Keep, is anything but.
Michael Atkinson

Labor
Columbia College Chicago’s Adjunct Faculty Poised to Strike
Kari Lydersen

Comics
Bush’s Legacy
Eric Garcia

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Stop-and-Frisk Is a Tactic to Control Minorities, Admit Police
Alternative Press Center
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.