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Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
Losing Another Working-Class Hero: Graphic Novelist Harvey Pekar Dies at 70
Richard Greenwald

Culture
Todd Solondz’s Dystopia in Suburbia
In his sixth film, Life During Wartime, the film director offers another twisted modern fairy tale that revels in taboos.
Michael Atkinson

Labor
Online Activists Gather From Around Globe to Jumpstart Labor Movement
Stuart Elliott

Labor
Obama’s Embrace of Free Trade, and the Subversion of Democracy
Roger Bybee
Weekly Audit: The Hidden Casualties of the Great Recession
Annie Shields, Media Consortium blogger
Video
America’s Mood, and Its Impact on the Midterms
Jeremy Gantz
Recipe for a Midsummer’s Night War
Carl Rosenstein
Labor
America Is No Number 2: We Must Stop Chinese Currency Manipulation
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor
Overlooked DC Victory Shows Linking Safety, Labor Rights is Winning Formula
Mike Elk

Labor
Waxman Demands Answers on Tainted Trailers for BP Spill Cleanup Workers
Lindsay Beyerstein
Labor
Union Publications Persevere Through Media Crisis—and Deserve to be Celebrated
Kari Lydersen
Viewpoint
In an Afghan Hole? Dig Deeper
Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch
Where the Press is Free to Die
Death of jailed journalist raises questions in Cameroon, one of Africa's most corrupt nations
Stefan Simanowitz
Labor
Weekly Round-Up: Philly Taxi Drivers Protest, Kentuckians Fights McConnell
Audrey McLain
Labor
Why Obama’s Export Plan Is Doomed
Roger Bybee

Labor
No Summer Vacation for New Chicago Teachers Union Leadership
Kari Lydersen
Weekly Mulch: Politics, Power, and the Environment Beyond BP
Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
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.