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Labor
Budget Crisis and/or Union Busting, Chicago Teachers Ask
Kari Lydersen

Labor
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Scab: Israeli Diplomats Hit Back at Mossad
Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture
A Bronx School Tale
A new book shows how grassroots community organizing and persistence turned around one of the country's most corrupt school districts.
Louis Nayman

Dispatch
Dear ITT Ideologist: Interstate Warfare and the Teahadists
Pete Karman
Viewpoint
Elites’ Democratic Days Are Numbered
David Sirota
Labor
We All Fall Down? America’s New Economic Reality
Stephen Franklin

Labor
The Real Problem for Obama and Dems: Their Voters
Roger Bybee

Labor
Steven Slater’s Slide Shows Suffering of Flight Attendants
Kari Lydersen

Dispatch
BP: Dispersing Oil or Criticism?
Toxic chemicals helped the oil giant save face, but their health and environmental impacts are unknown
Terry J. Allen

Feature
Guyana’s Post-Colonial Plight
Still beset by ethnic divisions 45 years after independence from Britain, the country's labor movement is now offering 'bold leadership,' according to scholar Perry Mars
Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Labor
Dolores Huerta: Legendary Labor Activist Celebrates 80th Birthday
Rose Arrieta

Labor
As Netroots Rage at Gibbs, Long-Term Jobless Left Behind
Art Levine
Labor
Union Leader Brian Petronella Dies
Lindsay Beyerstein
Viewpoint
USPS to Struggling Publications: Take a Hike
Megan Tady

Labor
Sour Apples: Mott’s Workers Continue Strike as Harvest Season Looms
Akito Yoshikane
Video
Andrew Bacevich: The Bipartisan War Project
Jeremy Gantz

Labor
Gulf Spill Casts New Light on Indiana Refinery Controversy
Kari Lydersen
Weekly Pulse: Killer Summer Heatwaves, Air Pollution and Winger Docs
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 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.