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Dispatch
Fighting for Peace of Mind
Operation Recovery tries to stem war’s mental wounds.
Alexandra Markowski
Labor
GOP Kills Bonds Program: Secret Plan to Bankrupt States, Bust Public Employee Unions?
Art Levine
Iowa Attorney General Promises to ‘Put People in Jail’ Over Fraudulent Foreclosures
Andy Donakowski
Weekly Diaspora: Why We Need A Deportation Moratorium Now
Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger
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Labor
Obama, CEO Lovefest Produces No Pledges to Create Jobs, Stop Union Busting
Mike Elk
Viewpoint
Honor Holbrooke: ‘Stop This War in Afghanistan’
Robert Naiman
Labor
Simple Justice? Lawsuit Slams Calif. High Speed Rail Project for Minority Discrimination
Rose Arrieta
Comics
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August Pollak

Labor
NFL Lockout Would Cause 115,000 Job Losses, Union Study Says
Akito Yoshikane
Labor
Tax Cuts Create Jobs? Prove It.
Amy Dean
Weekly Pulse: Judge Rules Against Health Reform, Takes Cash from Opponents
Lindsay Beyerstein
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Labor
Choosing Fear Over Dreams: Legal Path for Immigrant Students in Limbo
Michelle Chen

Feature
Your Holiday Guide to Deficit Reduction
10 ways to pleasure your base while (maybe) saving some cash.
David Moberg
Labor
UE and Taunton, Mass., Chart Own Course in Fight Against Outsourcing
Roger Bybee

Labor
Sen. Bernie Sanders Stands for Workers on Senate Floor—and Picket Lines
Mike Elk
Weekly Audit: Sanders Filibusters Tax Cuts, Electrifies the Left
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
When Workers Fought Back: The 1970s’ ‘Rebel Rank and File’
Joe Burns
Viewpoint
Good Profits and ‘The Good War’
Leonard C. Goodman
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.