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Labor
Netroots-Labor Solidarity: A Work in Progress
Mike Elk
Labor
Beyond the Spin: The People Left Behind by Extended Unemployment Benefits
Art Levine
Weekly Diaspora: Evangelicals Unexpected Allies for Immigration Reform
Annie Shields, Media Consortium blogger
Viewpoint
The Right’s Power of Infrastructure
Robert Parry

Labor
The Recession Enters Prison: Inmate Laborers Face Increasing Layoffs
Akito Yoshikane
France Moves Closer to Banning Burqa—and Betraying Its Own Values
Camille Lepage

Labor
A DREAM is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Immigrant Youth and Economic Crisis
Michelle Chen

Dispatch
Slavery in Our Time
For the first time, the U.S. government acknowledges modern-day slavery in the United States.
Michelle Chen
Comics
workingharder
August Pollak
Labor
Grassroots Pressure—And New Polls—Show New Path for Dems
Roger Bybee

Labor
Collaboration Power: How Are Unions and Educators Joining Forces?
Richard Greenwald
Weekly Audit: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Protection Bureau
Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger

Labor
High Officials’ Salaries Open California Nurses Union Up to GOP Attacks
Mike Elk
Viewpoint
The End of Men, or the End of Reason?
Susan J. Douglas

Labor
Second Wave of News Industry’s Collapse: Freelance Life Increasingly Unrealistic
Rebecca Rosen Lum

Labor
Fashion Designer, Makeup Mogul Sell Luxury Goods ‘Inspired’ By Dead Maquila Workers
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
On the Border and in the Fields, Dying from the Heat
Kari Lydersen
Pitchfork Day 3: And Then It Was Over
Jeremy Gantz
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.